Katrina Chester

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Katrina returns to the role of Janis Joplin in 2008!! Click here for details...

Katrina has been named ARTIST OF THE MONTH for January by Rec Radio. The station is playing both Katrina's solo material and Luxx. She will do a live interview on TUESDAY, JAN 8th at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. Listen to the station LIVE!

Modern Drummer

Gary Chester's drum book "The New Breed 1" has been re-released with a special CD. Check out the September issue of Modern Drummer and visit www.gary-chester.com for more info.

SUMMER 06 Kat with Heart...

THANKS TO EVERYONE IN THUNDER BAY, CANADA
for a great show with Heart! Click here to see the pics!

PRESS FROM KATRINA'S 2006 RUN IN LOVE, JANIS in LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND, and SAN FRANCISCO

"Katrina Chester, channels Janis in a way that captures the essence of Janis and her music and completely transcends the nostalgia."

-- Clifton Lemon, SFStation.

Read Clifton Lemon's full review.

Katrina has been asked to launch "Love, Janis" in Janis' home stomping grounds--SAN FRANCISCO CA!!! ONLY UNTIL AUG 27TH!! See Tour Calendar for details.

Opening night July 18th at Marines Memorial Theatre in SF For details, tickets, directions, hotels go to www.marinesmemorialtheatre.com. Katrina is so honored to be playing this role in San Fran and hopes you can all come out to see this incredible show in a beautiful theatre in the heart of town!! Katrina's janis buddies will be joining her, Eric Massimino on Bass, Joel Hoekstra on Guitar and actress Morgan Hallet! Also joining them is veteran of "Love, Janis," Cathy Richardson from Chicago, switching with Kat, 4 shows a week each and every other weekend sharing matinee performances. So you'll all get a chance to see Kat day or night now! Schedule will be announched shortly on the tour page.

Read the article from the Courier-Journal.

Press and Reviews from "Love, Janis" tour:

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Two potent actresses display awesome ability on local stages

Friday, January 13, 2006
Tony Brown, Theater Critic

Let us pause and praise performances by two actresses in demanding roles that reveal feminine vulnerabilities and power:
Charming, determined Magdalyn Donnelly in Ensemble Theatre's "A View From the Bridge" and rocking Kat Chester in the Hanna Theatre's "Love, Janis."

The slinky Chester, who has a band called Luxx, which has played with other bands with names such as Godsmack and Saliva (aka Smack and Spit), is the rockingest actress I've seen play the "singing Janis" role in Randal Myler's musical tribute to Janis Joplin. And I've seen five.

Chester opened the Hanna production last fall, sang for a month and left. She comes back Tuesday and stays for four weeks. Here's the beauty part: She'll alternate performances with Cleveland's own Mary Bridget Davies, the bluesiest singing Janis I've seen.

By splitting Joplin's persona between a "talking Janis" (who reads from Joplin's letters home) and a singing one, Myler deftly explores the little girl and the flamboyant star.

Now we can see, by going on different nights, another dichotomy that tore at Joplin: screaming rock and soulful blues. Long may both genres live (but please, rockers, hold the slobber).

Continues through Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Hanna, Playhouse Square, Cleveland. $39.50-$49.50. Call 216-241-6000.

COOL CLEVELAND

Love, Janis @ Hanna Theater 1/21 Opening with a loud, soulful rendition of Piece of My Heart, "Love Janis" does not disappoint from
the opening curtain to the encore (and the lighter you wish you had). Symbolizing the two halves of each of us, the one we are "supposed" to be and the one our soul cries out for, Janis Joplin was split between the person her family wanted her to be and the one destiny called to her for. The blast back to the sixties takes you through the drama, fashion, and psychedelic trippin' music that epitomizes a time when the passion we craved was as important as the air we breathed. Known for her uninhibited throaty wailing, unmanageable hair and spasmodic dance, Joplin, considered one of the top three female vocalists of her time, created the legend of a woman way ahead of her time. "Love, Janis" does an essential job of helping us celebrate the life of a strong, proud, artistically entranced woman that learned how to call the shots at a very young age. Katrina Chester, an extremely talented singer in her own right, takes the Joplin tribute over the top, complete with her raspy, cutting voice. Held over for an extended engagement (by popular demand) through mid February. Don't miss this one Cleveland - It'll rock you! From Cool Cleveland correspondent T.L.Champion tl@coolcleveland.com.