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
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.
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 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.
Andrea was proud to lend vocals to friend Anessa Marie’s concert premiere at 54 Below of her semi-autobiographical new musical A First Glimpse of Light telling the story of a 32-year-old trans actress as she prepares for gender confirmation surgery in New York City.
Andrea premiered the song “You Have To Meet Carrie” by friend Joanna Burns in concert at the award-winning The Line Up with Susie Mosher at Birdland Theater.
Andrea sang a tune “Only When You Need Me” by Anessa Marie for her concert at Lincoln Center’s “Broadway’s Future Songbook Series.”
In addition to Executive Producing for her brainchild Queering the Canon, Andrea also closed out the 2022 Series with the commissioned song “The Win” by Addie Jean Ulrey & Key member T. Carlis Roberts at Joe’s Pub.
Andrea premiered 2 new songs at the NYMF Finalist Concert at 54 Below - “If I Didn’t Have You” by Karl Amundson and “Lesbian” by Sarah Julius.
First gig of the new year! Andrea performed “The Music That Makes Me Dance” with Scott Coulter’s Spot On Entertainment at 54 Below.
Andrea sang in NYMF’s annual Intersecting Chords concert, alongside Bonnie Milligan, Teal Wicks, and more. This year’s theme was “Reclaiming the Narrative” and she sang “Maybe”, alongside Kat Griffin, written by Sarah Flaim and Sav Souza. The concert celebrates the songwriting of female-identifying, trans, and non-binary writers.
Andrea is bringing sMOkeyTOWN back to Chicago where it all started five years ago! Performances are April 11th at Metropolis Arts Center and April 12th at Beverly Arts Center. sMOkeyTOWN is conceived, produced, and written by Andrea and celebrates the songwriting canon of Smokey Robinson. Featured artists at these performances are Chicago favorites Bethany Thomas and Jos Banks. Music direction by Emma Weiss.
The 12th installment of MuseMatch is October 12th! In MuseMatch, composers and singers are paired on a blind date and asked to follow a series of prompts, designed to connect them immediately and authentically. The composers then write a song inspired by their singer, culminating in an evening of entirely original work, with proceeds benefiting the Ali Forney Center. Andrea will team up with composer Teresa Lotz Red Emma and the Mad Monk) and lyricist Naomi Matlow.
