SHOES AND BAGGAGE is about the insatiable urge to purchase and possess beautiful things and the deeper feelings that propel this behavior. Broadway veteran actress and Jonathan Larson award-winning writer Cheryl Stern takes us on a wild, hilarious, and heartbreaking ride of hunting and spending as she digs deep to understand her own obsession with shopping. From her escapades while in the cast of the star-studded Broadway revival of The Women to her stint as coach and host on The Home Shopping Network, Cheryl portrays over two dozen characters, illuminating a secret yet relatable world of retail enslavement. SHOES and BAGGAGE is a 75 minute solo odyssey, featuring an original score with lyrics by Cheryl and music by Drama Desk nominated and Emmy Award winning composer Tom Kochan.

Cheryl is currently recurring as Ida Ettenberg (Benjamin's Mom) on the Emmy winning series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Cheryl's Broadway credits include the Tony Award Winning Revival of La Cage Aux Folles, starring Kelsey Grammer, The Women with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Tilly and Kristen Johnston (Roundabout; filmed for PBS), Candide (NY City Opera) and Laughing Room Only starring Jackie Mason. Cheryl has also appeared in Fiorello at New York City Center's Encores!

Off Broadway, Cheryl's acclaimed one-woman musical, Shoes and Baggage received two productions at The Cell Theatre and Out of the Box Theatrics. She also starred as Frannie in A Letter to Harvey Milk, Claire in Being Audrey, Alice B. Toklas in 27 Rue de Fleurus and won critical acclaim as Mamie Eisenhower in Transport Group's Drama Desk nominated First Lady Suite. Other Off Broadway credits include City Of, Requiem for William, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Game Show, That's Life and The Immigrant.

She has appeared in National Tours of A Grand Night for Singing, Les Miserables, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof and as Mme. Dindon in La Cage with George Hamilton.

Regional credits include Sue in Bells Are Ringing at The Berkshire Theatre Group, Yente in Goodspeed's Fiddler On The Roof, Jack's Mother in Into The Woods at Baltimore Center Stage / Westport Playhouse and The Old Lady in Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Candide at the Huntington Theatre in Boston (IRNE Award - Best Supporting Actress).

Cheryl has been seen as a guest star on Unforgettable, Guiding Light, All My Children, As the World Turns and Law and Order-Criminal Intent. She can be seen in Sondheim: a Celebration at Carnegie Hall, filmed for PBS, and in the feature films, This is Where I Leave You, starring Jason Bateman and Tina Fey and Brooklyn Lobster with Jane Curtin and Danny Aiello. She has also narrated many books for Audible.com.

As writer, Cheryl created lyrics for the critically acclaimed, Jonathan Larson Award winning, Off Broadway musical, Nor'mal:, starring Barbara Walsh. (book by Yvonne Adrian, music by Tom Kochan). An adaptation of the musical, now retitled Pretty To The Bone has been enjoying a rich life in schools and universities. Also Off Broadway: A Letter To Harvey Milk, The Audience (Drama Desk nomination - Best Musical), Being Audrey (Transport Group) and That's Life! (Outer Critics Circle nomination). Other credits include Famous, A Hollywood Musical (TRU Musical Reading Series Winner – Kochan/Adrian), Gene Game (Alfred P. Sloan Grant), Are We There Yet? and A Christmas Survival Guide. Buffalonia, a solo piece written and performed by Cheryl with music by Tom Kochan was presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Cheryl is a graduate of Northwestern University. She is currently on the teaching faculty at AMDA and has a vibrant private teaching practice in NYC. www.CAPTcherylstern.com

Emmy Award winning composer Tom Kochan is also a Drama Desk nominee for his score to Almost, Maine for Transport Group. His songs are currently featured on The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Career highlights include: The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper at Williamstown Theatre Festival, two plays with Arthur Miller (at Roundabout and Williamstown), five CD's with flutist James Galway (on RCA Records), three NYC productions with British filmmaker Mike Leigh (including the Obie Award winning Ecstasy), and the Jonathan Larson award winning musical Pretty to the Bone.

Tom is the series composer for Playing On Air, a radio/podcast show of short plays. tomkochanmusic.com

Joe Barros is a New York based director and an award-winning choreographer working on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Joe directed the original production of Shoes and Baggage Off-Broadway and the immersive New York production at Alice's Tea Cup. Broadway: Gigi. Off-Broadway: The Evolution of Mann (starring Max Crumm and Allie Trimm, cast recording on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon), Cagney, Bastard Jones, Love and Yogurt, A Taste of Things to Come (also Broadway in Chicago and Bucks County Playhouse), Hard Times, and Sam's Room. Regional/Int'l: national tours of A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live On Stage (Gershwin Entertainment), Beaches (Chicago's Drury Lane), Aida (Singapore), Bright Star and Tuck Everlasting (SSTI), plus DC's Signature Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Kaixinmahua (Shanghai), Music Academy International (Italy), NYMF, NYFA, CAP21/Molloy College, Michigan State University, and The Hartt School. Film Choreography: The Girl Who Left Home (with Paolo Montalbán), Petunia (with Thora Birch, Christine Lahti, Michael Urie), Mangus (with Jennifer Coolidge, Leslie Jordan). Artistic Director: New York Theatre Barn. Recipient: The Drama League's First Stage Residency, 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Award (Best Choreography), New York Innovative Theatre Award-nominee, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society's 2018 Standout Moments for the direction of an immersive production of Alice in Wonderland that featured an entire cast of actors with disabilities (also co-writer). Upcoming: Frankie with Tony nominee Caitlin Kinnunen (concept album), Mommie Dearest (by Christina Crawford and David Nehls), A Complicated Woman: The John Kenley Show (directed by Jeff Calhoun). www.joebarros.com