Cabaret & Performance Conference schedule

Shows start at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Admission is $35 general admission, $50 premium single, or $180 premium table unless otherwise noted. The O’Neill Center is at 305 Great Neck Road inWaterford. Call (860) 4431238 or visit theoneill.org. JULY 29 Cabaret opening ceremonies, 7 p.m.; free admission. JULY 30 “An Evening with Joyce Breach” JULY 31 “3 Men and a Grand Piano,” featuring Matt Baker, Eric Yves Garcia and Brad Simmons AUGUST 1 “FourWomen: Nina, Lena, Abbey & Billie,” featuring Natalie Douglas AUGUST 2 “Barb Jungr & John McDaniel Sing The Beatles – Come Together” AUGUST 4 The Skivvies AUGUST 5 “Diamond in a RhinestoneWorld: The Music of Dolly Parton” — Performance by the Cabaret Junior Fellows AUGUST 6 “An Evening with the Fellows” — The 2015 Fellows in concert AUGUST 7 “An Evening with Shirley Jones” — 7 p.m.; general admission $50, premium single $60, premium table, $220 AUGUST 8 Cabaret Grand Finale — General admission $50, premium single $60, premium table, $220

It always inspires a little melancholy feeling when we realize that the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s summer seasons is heading to a close.

The good news, though, is it wraps up with the spectacular Cabaret& Performance Conference, and this year’s cabaret fun doesn’t even kick off untilWednesday, July 29.

The conference, under the director of John McDaniel, promises tremendous performances by the cabaret fellows and junior fellows, by The Skivvies, and by Natalie Douglas, among others.

The star of the proceedings, though, is Shirley Jones. The Oscar winner (for “Elmer Gentry”) will sing in an August 7 show. Jones starred in some classic movie musicals, including “The Music Man,” “Carousel” and “Oklahoma!,” and she led “The Partridge Family” on TV in the early 1970s.