In The Round with Riley Weston, Charles Esten & Welsh Wolf
with Riley Weston, Charles Esten, Welsh Wolf
CST
(Doors: 17:00 pm )
$12 / $12 food/bev minimum
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There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open.
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Artists
Riley Weston
There are multi-hyphenates and then there is Riley! She started out working as an actress and writer on many television shows and feature films. She has starred in the hit TV movie, What About Your Friends, written for the television drama, Felicity as well as guest-starred as Story Zimmer. She quickly grabbed the attention of Touchstone Pictures and Television brass who signed Riley to an acting and writing development deal. She then wrote and co-starred in the highly rated ABC television movie, Christmas at Water’s Edge.
She went on to film a cameo role in the horror film, The Cutting Room. Riley created the hit web-series, Being Bailey, for GoTV Networks, which she also produced. She also wrote Dark Beauty, starring Elizabeth Berkley as well as Damaged starring Chris Klein, both television movies airing on Lifetime.
Riley also wrote The Nanny Express and Always and Forever for the Hallmark Channel! Nanny starred Vanessa Marcil, Dean Stockwell and Stacey Keach. A & F starred the ever-funny Dean McDermott {Mr. Tori Spelling} Rena Sofer, and Barbara Eden {I Dream of Jeannie}. She also wrote Damaged and Dark Beauty for Lifetime.
Riley filmed a supporting lead in the indie feature film, Footprints. She plays a disturbed runaway in Hollywood who dresses up as Super Girl. It was named "One of the 10 Best Films so Far this Year" by the Chairman of the NY Film Critics Circle.
She then added author to her hyphens! She received three awards for her debut novel, before i go: an IPPY Award for Story Teller of the Year, the Grand Prize at The New York Book Festival as well as the top honor as Best Fiction. And lastly, Riley received a Book Sense Pick Award.
Riley traded Hollywood for Nashville! She has been extremely busy adding country music artist and songwriter to her already impressive resume. Riley has opened up for Lee Brice and Montgomery Gentry and continues to play shows around Nashville. Riley also just had her first cut by the band Shenandoah!
If you’re a fan of Hallmark, keep a close eye on the channel as Riley has a few movies airing there including Good Morning Christmas! It stars Alison Sweeney and Marc Blucas. Hallmark recently optioned two more of Riley’s movies! Stay tuned for the winter movie Snowcapped in Love and the fall movie, Fall Love on the Farm!
Riley is excited to also be meeting with producers about the movie version of her award-winning book, before i go. Having already written the script and written & recorded the movie’s theme song, Riley is now training to play an Olympic ice skater for the film in her “spare” time.
Charles Esten
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Charles “Chip” Esten was raised in Alexandria, VA and attended T.C. Williams High School (made famous in the film “Remember the Titans.”) He then attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, where he graduated with a degree in economics and met his wife, Patty. While in Williamsburg, he was lead singer/songwriter in a popular local band.
Esten made his theatrical debut in London when he portrayed Buddy Holly, singing, acting and playing guitar in the hit West End musical “Buddy.” In that role he was honored to perform for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and eventually President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush at The White House. He was also very honored to perform with Jerry Allison and Joe B. Mauldin, Buddy’s original hitmaking bandmates, the Crickets.
It was during his run as Buddy that Esten first appeared on the original British version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” with Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops. When “Whose Line” came to ABC, he became a recurring cast member and frequent song improvisor. Since then he has appeared on Drew Carey’s Improvaganza and toured frequently, performing live improv shows with Stiles, Proops and Jeff B. Davis.
Esten’s many early television credits include recurring roles on “Big Love,” “Enlightened,” “The Office” and “ER.” Besides being the father on Disney Channel’s “Jessie,” he has been a Klingon on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” a secretary on “Murphy Brown” and Kelly Bundy’s fiance on the series finale of “Married with Children.” His film credits include “Swing Vote,” “Thirteen Days,” “61*” and “The Postman.”
Esten has been honored to perform across the US, UK, and Germany for the past several years, including the Grand Ole Opry, the historic Ryman auditorium and the Royal Albert Hall. In addition, he has performed at festivals including Stagecoach, the CMAs, Route 91, C2C, and CMC. He looks forward to resuming touring this summer.
His most recent single “Sweet Summer Saturday Night” was released in August 2020. He continues to write and record music with over 9.5 million streams to date, earning a Guinness World Record in 2017 for releasing 54 original songs (available on iTunes, and on Spotify) once a week, for 54 consecutive weeks.
Charles is an active Musicians On Call board member and volunteer, regularly performing for patients and caregivers in hospitals, hospice centers, and VA facilities. With live performances being mostly cancelled in 2020, the singer-songwriter, actor and performer has instead performed a regular online Quarantine Live Stream concert to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, where he has served as an honorary spokesperson for the past 8 years.
Welsh Wolf
Electric and dynamic, Welsh Wolf has emerged as a must-see Artist in the Los Angeles scene. The current single “When You Cry” is an alternative smash that doesn’t shy away from its catchy, melodic songwriting. “When You Cry” signals the coming of Welsh Wolf's debut EP, due out in early 2025. Helmed by singer/songwriter Paul Freeman, Welsh Wolf is a departure from Freeman’s roots as a wildly successful songwriter and performer. Freeman, who is no stranger to big moments, has toured the world and performed with a veritable “who’s who” of pop and rock music: James Blunt, The Who, Chris Cornell, and Brandi Carlisle just to name a few. He’s played guitar on Blunt’s iconic recording of “You’re Beautiful,” written a Top-40 Billboard hit for Sleeping with Sirens, and has written songs covered by Robbie Williams, Meat Loaf, and Mark Owen of Take That. He has landed incredible syncs over the years in films including "The Break-Up”, as well as, hit TV shows "Jessica Jones” and “Insatiable”.
