Chuck Mitchell performs at the Green Wood Coffee House on Friday night.

Singer/guitarist/actor Chuck Mitchell — a Detroit native (and ex-husband of Joni Mitchell) whose credits include "A Prairie Home Companion," and "Mr. Foster & Mr. Twain," a 2-man minstrel show in which Stephen Foster (Mitchell) joins Mark Twain for an evening of story and song — will perform at the First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor's Green Wood Coffee House, at 1001 Green Road, on Friday at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.

In his 1-man show, Mitchell sings contemporary songs by Guy Clark, Fred Eaglesmith, Billy Joe Shaver, Michael Peter Smith, and Cheryl Wheeler, among others. He also sings cabaret songs by Brecht and Weil ("Mack the Knife" and "The Bilbao Song") and whimsical songs by Flanders & Swann (“The Gnu" and "Have Some Madeira, M'dear"). He’s likely to rove the room singing "Freeborn Man" by Ewan McColl, or "Necessity" from Finian's Rainbow, and he often weaves poetry by Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot into his shows.

Listen to Chuck Mitchell "Look Out Girl":

Tickets will be available at the door, and kids under 10 are 2-for-1. To make a reservation, call 734-665-8558 and leave a message with your name, the number of tickets desired, and the show you're interested in. Then — if there's time between your call and the performance date — send a check for the total (payable to "FUMC Green Wood") to: FUMC Green Wood, 1001 Green Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Include name, address, and phone number. Tickets will be waiting at the door. (Reservations made without payment may not be honored for sold-out performances.)

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.