WNY's Longest Running Show is entering its 12th Anniversary Year!

In March 2011, we will begin the 12th Anniversary Year of O'Connell & Company's Award-Winning
Original Hit -  DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration of Women!   
Join us for DIVA-licious performance filled with songs, readings, poetry, humor & quotes
for, by & about women ... plus a fabulous Special Anniversary Raffle !
See more info about our Special Raffle further down on this page.

  2010 DIVA DATES *
September 15, 22, 29
October 6, 13, 27  
November 3, 10
December 8, 15, 22, 29

  2011 DIVA DATES *
January 5, 12, 26
February 2, 9, 16
 March 2, 9, 23, 30  
April 6, 13, 20, 27  
May 4, 18, 25   
June 1, 8

* Please call to verify a performance date as occasionally we must cancel a performance due to scheduling conflicts.

TICKETS:   $22 General Admission     $16 Seniors 65+/Students      ECC Community:  $13 (ID required)
"DIVA Deal" (5 Tickets for price of 4):  $88 Regular;  $64 Seniors
Group Rates available
*DIVA Dinner & Theatre Package:  $45 
*ECC Community  Dinner & Theatre Package:  $38

*  DINNER THEATRE PACKAGES are available for ALL DIVA performances.  Go to our Dinner Theatre page for details on the Dinner Theatre package:   Click here.



Click on ETix to buy individual tickets for the show only:




Call our Box Office for Dinner Theatre, DIVA Deal Packages, Group Rates Season Subscriptions

(716) 848-0800

                                          DIVA 11th ANNIVERSARY RAFFLE       
     Win a DIVA performance at the location of your choice !!

     The Grand Prize is a full DIVA performance at the location of your choice.
     Use the performance as a fund-raiser for your favorite charity or organization....
     YOU win, your charity wins, and O'Connell & Company's charitable fund
     also wins!    Additional prizes may be offered.

                                       TICKETS:  $1.00

Tickets will be available at all DIVA performances and special DIVA events during our 11th Birthday year from March 2010 - March 2011.   Drawing will be held in March 2011.
                                              
                                                                             

                                    FUNDRAISING and SPECIAL EVENTS

If you've seen the show, you know that a DIVA doesn't need much to perform - dressed in classy black and a bit of "bling",  a black binder containing the script, a microphone & an audience - and  she is ready...no matter what the location !!  We love to take "DIVA by DIVA..." on the road  to help area organizations with their fundraising & entertainment efforts.  If you would like to bring "DIVA by DIVA..." to your next event, please contact us at 716-848-0800  or by e-mail at OConnellGetInfo@aol.com                                        

                                                     DIVA MERCHANDISE      

Are you looking for a  hostess gift, a stocking  stuffer, or just a little something for someone special ?  Here's a couple of ideas:
DIVA by DIVA - The "Cookbook" is the perfect gift - it's filled with wonderful  recipes for appetizers, drinks & desserts (plus some surprises...) from our fabulous DIVAS & friends.  The Cookbooks are $10.00  & are available at all performances.  Proceeds benefit our favorite charity, Cornerstone Manor.

Beautiful DIVA pins in gold or silver are  available  for $10.00.  We are adding new surprises all the time, so please see us after the show to get your unique gifts.

             THE  "DIVA"  STORY

"DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration of Women!" is Western New York's longest-running theatrical production.  This fast-paced cabaret style show filled with songs, readings, poetry, humor & quotes by, for & about women was created by Mary Kate O'Connell (Artistic/Executive Director of O'Connell & Company) as a 2-week performance honoring Women's History Month.  Now, 10 years later, audiences still flock to share in the "DIVA experience".  The show is "gender specific", but not "gender exclusive" ... men enjoy it too! 

The ever-changing "DIVA by DIVA..." cast is drawn from all aspects of the community: performing arts, the business & corporate arenas, as well as the private & philanthropic sector - making this an extraordinary network of remarkable women.  At any given performance, the cast can range in size from 7 to 27 and might include a politician, a singer, a teacher, an actress, an international banker, a cancer survivor...a sister, a daughter, a mother, a friend.  All of these women join together, giving their voice and talent to, as O'Connell puts it, "redefining the DIVA ... it's a happening, really."

Over the years more than 300 women have been a part of the "DIVA by DIVA..." cast.  The show has been performed throughout Upstate New York as well as Southern Ontario & Pennsylvania.  In 2004 a special performance was held at the prestigious Players Club in New York City & in 2007 the DIVAS traveled to Ireland, taking the stage at several venues in The Emerald Isle including Point Boise in Galway & The Moat Theatre near Dublin.

Perfect as a fundraising tool, "DIVA by DIVA..." performances have helped raise a great deal of money for women's & children's charities in the WNY community.  A favorite charity has been Cornerstone Manor in Buffalo, a shelter for abused & homeless women & their children.

The unique quality of "DIVA by DIVA..." is that no 2 shows have ever had exactly the same cast or the same script.  Performers arrive an hour before the show dressed in "DIVA" black and sparkly jewelry; they gather, chatter, get their scripts & a few director's notes - then it's ON WITH THE SHOW !!!

DIVA MEMORIES

 PHOTOS FROM
THE DIVA'S 2007 IRELAND TOUR:

Above: THE DIVAS ON STAGE AT THE MOAT THEATRE IN NAAS, JUST OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN, IRELAND


Below: THE DIVAS POSE IN FRONT OF
DURTY NELLY'S IN SHANNON, IRELAND