Valerie has been cast as Mona in My Cousin Radu, a new webseries from 812 North Productions. The offbeat comedy starts filming in Chicago in mid-January.

Meanwhile, you can still catch her singing with your supper.  She'll be appearing at Villa Verone in Elgin for Elgin Opera's Festival of Singers on December 20 and their holiday party December 27 (tickets available until December 21).

Then it's uptown to the Holiday Club in Chicago for n.u.f.a.n. ensemble's "Holiday Leftovers" variety show January 5. No cover!