Mary Catherine Ward – Falling In Love With Love
Mary Catherine Ward returns to Club Café’s Moonshine Room with *Falling in Love With Love*, a cabaret about the exhilaration of falling in love repeatedly and the possibilities that come with growing older. Still surprised by her most recent birthday, Ward continues to pursue life’s opportunities with determination, pushing herself to draw as much as possible from every experience. She will be joined by her friend Mark Roderick and accompanied by the Tom LaMark Quintet.
The production was directed by John O’Neil. Ward’s passion for cabaret was inspired by her friend and muse, the late Jan Peters, and this performance marks her return to the Moonshine Room with musicians she considers favorites.
When: Sunday, November 8, 2026
Showtimes: Doors open at 1:30 p.m.; the performance runs from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $35, with no additional fee listed
Venue: Moonshine Room at Club Café, 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Lineup: Mary Catherine Ward, with Mark Roderick and the Tom LaMark Quintet
Director: John O’Neil
Previous collaborations: Ward’s earlier shows with musical director Tom LaMark include *Ticket to Ride*, *I Could Write a Book*, *Inside This Heart of Mine*, and *Written in the Stars*. Her cabaret *The Me Nobody Knows* was also presented in the Moonshine Room and directed by Tony Award winner Faith Prince.
Performer background: Ward belongs to the Manhattan Association of Cabaret Artists and is a monthly donor to *Cabaret Scenes*, the magazine of the American Songbook Association. She is a graduate of the Yale Cabaret Conference and the St. Louis Cabaret Conference, and has performed with Boston Bel Canto Opera, Longwood Opera Company, Opera Aperta, and other organizations.
Acting background: Ward briefly appeared on CBS’s *The Early Show*, disguised as Nancy Kerrigan while singing from the rock opera *Tonya & Nancy* by Michael Teoli and local songwriter Elizabeth Searle. Her earlier acting work includes the lead in the Academy Award-nominated student film *Grease Monkey*, which received the Louis B. Mayer Award and the Nissan Award and has been shown during NYU Film School orientation. She also appeared in several segments of *The Dr. Ruth Westheimer Show*, an experience described as foreshadowing her later career as a couples and families therapist at a Boston teaching hospital.
Run time: One hour
Age restriction: Not stated
Accessibility: Not stated
Dining note: Club Café notes that ticket holders can show their ticket for a 20% discount on their food order.