A new Broadway-bound play in development Billie Jean, by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Marc Bruni, will have closed industry presentations on November 21st and 22nd. Billie Jean explores the public battles and private secrets of the lesbian sports icon Billie Jean King. Andrea plays the role of Ilana, her wife. Andrea previously participated in the table reading and 29-hour reading.
Reuniting with Ari Afsar (Jeannette), Andrea joins A Night of Artivism: A Community Safety song cycle concert presented by Tony®️-winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition. The night is a culmination of Ari’s fellowship and features songs co-written with formerly incarcerated community advocates. Other perfomers include Tiffany Mann, Adam Hyndman. Directed by Kirya Traber and music direction by Sujin Kim-Ramsey.
Andrea joined the producing team for a one-night benefit concert at Town Hall of Well-Behaved Women For Kamala, a song cycle musical by Carmel Dean, directed by Schele Williams. The evening benefited the Harris Victory Fund. Performers included Kate Baldwin, Klea Blackhurst, Lilli Cooper, Ingrid Michaelson, Lauren Patten, Jessica Philips, Mary Testa, Jessica Vosk, Betsy Wolfe, and more.
Pictured: Andrea with Carmel Dean
Third time’s the charm! Andrea will make her Studio Theatre debut in Washington, D.C. playing Alison in Fun Home under the direction of Artistic Director, David Muse. Performances from 6/28 -8/27.
This Washington Post article features Andrea as Alison in Fun Home at Studio Theatre as well as her and her work with Ring of Keys.
“The co-founder of Ring of Keys is doing ‘Fun Home’ in the month of Pride,” Prestinario says. “This is pretty big. This is a big rainbow vomit right here.”
Andrea co-stars on the epic episode of Season 4, Episode 3 of Succession on HBO.
Celebrating the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress in 1917, Andrea will join the project as Jeannette, alongside Ari Afsar (Hamilton) and Asmeret Ghebremichael (Book of Mormon). Andrea participated in the 2021 workshop of the then-titled We Won’t Sleep as Greenwich. Book by “America’s most produced playwright” Lauren Gunderson and Jordan Ealey. Music by Ari Afsar.
Having conceived Queering the Canon in 2020, Andrea is proud to executive produce Queering the Canon’s Chicago debut for Ring of Keys! Building off three sold-out Queering the Canon concerts at Joe's Pub in 2022, Queering the Canon: Jerry Herman debuts in Chicago to further queer the stage and transform the musical theatre canon. The Series commissioned Key songwriters to write in response to canonical tunes by Jerry Herman. Through casting and storytelling, the canonical tunes are queered while in back-to-back conversation with the new canon of Key response songs. The Series creates visibility for queer performers, songwriters, and creatives, all of which are Ring of Keys members, while also highlighting songwriters who are currently queering our stages and creating a new canon.
Andrea will reprise her role of “Black Hole” in the 10-minute musical Black Holes Like Donuts (Eliza Randall, Sam Norman) for Theatre Now’s SOUND BITES X Festival of 10-Minute Musicals. The performance will take place on May 8th at 7pm @ Kaufman Music Center.
Andrea is beyond thrilled to be inducted into NYCLU as an Artist Ambassador alongside Shaina Taub, Leigh Silverman, November Christine, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and many more deeply respected colleagues and artists! As artist ambassadors, the class of 2023 will work to bridge civil rights and the arts in New York State.
Andrea had the dreamiest dream come true by being invited to join the private table reading of Starstruck - a new musical by Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers, Beth Malone (Fun Home), and Mary Ann Stratton. A longtime Indigo Girls lover (arguably the music that helped her come out): the opportunity to work with Emily Saliers is incredibly impactful!
Joining friend and Sondheim Unplugged producer Lucia Spina (Into The Woods), Andrea will be singing a few tunes from Gypsy, queering a song, and singing a Sondheim tune brand new to her in concert at 54 Below.
Andrea rang in the holiday season singing alongside her wife Klea Blackhurst, Anthony Murphy, and Spot-on Entertainment founder Scott Coulter at the John W. Engeman Theatre in Long Island in the Broadway Hollywood Holiday Songbook concert.
Andrea talks with Jennifer Apple - host of Empowered Artist Collective. She shares her journey as a queer performer & producer and what led her to co-found Ring of Keys. They talk about the need for queer visibility and representation, creating change even if it takes time, and what it means to lead by example & trust your intuition.
Listen here or watch the interview on YouTube by clicking below.
Andrea performed in the 10-minute musical Black Holes Like Donuts as part of Prospect Theater’s 2022 Musical Theatre Lab concert “Caption This”. A gut-wrenching show about grief by Eliza Randall & Sam Norman, Black Holes Like Donuts explores the relationship of a father and daughter after her Mother has died.
Music direction by Nissa Kahle, directed by Dev Bondarin.
