Candace (Candy) Decker:  

lm, industrials, voiceovers, as a storyteller, an acting teacher and a cabaret artist in New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland. She was selected to attend the 2000 NYC Cabaret Symposium as a Cabaret Fellow at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut performing with such cabaret artists as Sally Mayes, Julie Wilson and Margaret Whiting. She worked steadily as an actress on stage in Chicago, IL for years where she received the 1996 After Dark Award for her performance in Bailiwick Repertory’s production The Christmas Schooner reprising her role as Alma for three seasons. She was also seen at Bailiwick in the After Dark Award winning ensemble cast of Hello Again, as well as the Jeff Award winning Pope Joan, The Underwear Plays, Wuthering Heights and Son of Fire. Other Chicago credits include work with the Music Theater Foundation, Lifeline, Griffin, New Tuners, Emerging Artists, Talisman and Strawdog theatres. Candace is the Cabaret Nouveau Series Producer and Marketing Director as well as the Elementary Acting instructor of the School of Dramatic Arts (SODA) at the Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP). She made her debut at the BPP as an actor in Sunflower Town and co-directed with her husband, Steven Decker, the well-received children's play Jeremy Frey Kicked a Hole in the Sky. Through the Cabaret Nouveau Series she created she has brought talent in from Chicago, Washington D.C. and Indiana. She has written and appeared in her own cabaret shows such as Candy for the Holidays, Candy Canes & Dreidels, Love, Candy, O’Candy!, Pieces of Candy and CANDYLAND-A Cabaret for Kids!, for which she received a 2001 Indiana Individual Artists Grant. She will be relocating to Wisconsin in the near future where she plans to continue performing cabaret.