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Broadway, Off-Broadway, Touring, Regional
2025

The Pansy Craze: Episodes 4-6 - Audible/Minetta Lane Theatre
The Drowsy Chaperone in Concert - Breaking the Binary/Carnegie Hall
Nietzsche: a New Musical - Off-Brand Opera/A.R.T. New York Theatres
The Pansy Craze: Episodes 1-3 - Audible/Minetta Lane Theatre
2024
Elf: the Musical (sub) - Marquis Theatre
Antonio! - Bedlam's West End Theater
Mama I'm a Big Girl Now (sub) - New World Stages
That Parenting Musical​ (sub) - Theatre Row
Pipe Dream - Berkshire Theatre Group
Empire: The Musical (sub) - New World Stages
A Tale of Two Cities - Village Light Opera
Lucky Stiff (sub) - AMT Theater
Dead Outlaw (sub) - Audible/Minetta Lane Theater
A Sign of the Times (sub) - New World Stages
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FIVE: the Parody Musical (sub) - Theater 555​
2023
Baggage at the Door - AMT Theater
Relapse: a New Musical - Theater Row
​Jagged Little Pill: the Musical (sub) - ​1st National Tour
The Impossible Dream - ​Hangar Theatre
Pride Anthems (sub) - IMG Artists Tour
Pretty Woman: the Musical - 1st National Tour (2021-2023)
2021
Waterman - Thicket & Thistle/The Players Theatre
Songs for a New World - New City Music Theatre/Radial Park
2019
Over Here! - The Triad Theater
​​Odd Day Rain - ​TADA! Theater
2018
The Cave: A Folk Opera - Daughters Collective/Access Theater
Folk Wandering - Pipeline Theatre Company/A.R.T. New York Theatres
2017
Freefall Frostbite - Theatre 80 St. Marks



Workshops, Readings, Festivals, etc.
2025

Skinny - Australian Theatre Festival/Theatre Row
NAMT Challenge Accepted! Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge - New World Stages
World's Greatest Lover - Broadway International Group/52nd Street Project
Playwrights Horizons Gala - Gotham Hall
Spectrum: in Concert - Green Room 42
Amberland: a Folk Musical in Concert - Prospect Musicals/Baruch PAC
Quiddawick - Open Jar Studios
2024
Crimson Lit: Scarlet Letter Setlist - The Tank
Q2 - Smash Studios

Medusa - NAMT Festival of New Musicals/New World Stages
Barrett Wilbert Weed's Dear Diary - Sony Hall
Lottie & The Deep Blue Sea - PRISM Festival
NAMT Challenge Accepted! Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge - Signature Theatre
On a Wing and a Chair - Green Room 42
2023

We Start in Manhattan: A New Queer Musical - 54 Below
Forget Me Not - Manhattan School of Music
Baked! The Musical in Concert - Prospect Theatre Co./Sheen Center
Selkie: A Musical Myth
 - ​Green Room 42
Lottie & the Deep Blue Sea - ANTfest/Ars Nova
Booksmart - BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
2021
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​Love & Other Destinations - New York Film Academy
The Most Incredible Thing - ​Pleasant Valley Productions/Oskar Schindler PAC
2020

Bridesmaids: A Dance Narrative - Symphony Space
2019
The Gay No More Telethon: the Apology Tour - Green Room 42
Deathbed Edition - ANTfest/Ars Nova
Broadway's Future Songbook Series: The Songs of Braver & Dean - ​Lincoln Center
​The Tattooed Lady - New Dramatists
2018

Freefall Frostbite - ​54 Below
Enlargement: The Musical - ​​FringeNYC Festival
Ruby & Charlie - Eugene O'Neill Theater Center/Jim Henson Foundation Residency
Sons & Dogs ​- Royal Family Performing Arts Space
2017

East o', West o'! - ANTfest/Ars Nova



Concerts & Cabarets
2026
Listen to the Beat - St. Luke's Theater
Dirty Mother String Band - Cowgirl Seahorse
Broadway Sings STRIPPED: Sabrina Carpenter - The Cutting Room
My Mind & Yours: An Evening of Yebba - 54 Below
Pearly: Single Release Show - Stonewall Inn
A Band Called Honalee - Shannondell/Valley Forge, PA
Hailie Lucille: The Climb - Green Room 42
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Lincoln Center/David Rubenstein Atrium
2025
The Doris Dear Christmas Special 2025 - Triad Theater
Bound for Broadway: All Stars Holiday Edition - Triad Theater
Broadway Sings STRIPPED: Sabrina Carpenter - The Cutting Room
Red Foot - Grimm Artisanal Ales
The Music of Eddie Bean - 54 Below
Laurie Roldan: A Song for You, the Music of Karen Carpenter - 54 Below
Gracie McGraw: Where I'm at Right Now - Joe's Pub
Hopalong Andrew - Brooklyn Folk Festival
Everstill - Lucky 13 Saloon
Peej Mele: Public Display of Affection - Laurie Beechman Theatre
The 2nd Annual Spooky Spectacular - 54 Below
Hopalong Andrew - Speedy Romeo's Halloween Street Party
Hopalong Andrew - Brooklyn Bridge Park Harvest Festival
​Red Foot - Pete's Candy Store
​Songs of Twilight - Green Room 42
The Little Mermen - Fall Family Festival/Bensalem, PA
Saint Stephen & the Children's Crusade - Green Room 42
Pearly - Animal Home Festival/Holy Fang Studios
Pearly - Hart Bar
Write Out Loud: From Contest to Concert - 54 Below
Larson Legacy Concert: Joriah Kwamé - Adelphi University
A Band Called Honalee - CrossPoint Church/Hutchinson, MN
Pearly - Pianos
Everything Possible with Three Dudes - Green Room 42
Stomp, Clap, and Sing with Moozica! - Brooklyn Public Library
I've Been ROBBED!!! - Green Room 42
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Levitt Pavillion/Westport, CT
The Little Mermen - Hampton Beach Seashell Stage/Hampton, NH
A Band Called Honalee - Uptown Knauer PAC/West Chester, PA
Meghan Fitton: Soft Girl - Green Room 42
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Wolf Trap/Vienna, VA
The Little Mermen - Lake Isle Country Club
Group Therapy with Zack Krajnyak & Friends - Green Room 42
The Little Mermen - Troy Fair/Troy, PA
Jack Bartholet: CabaRAGE - Arts Project of Cherry Grove/Fire Island, NY
Jo Kroger - Mercury Lounge
Pearly - Hart Bar
A Band Called Honalee - New London Barn Playhouse/New London, NH
Cool for the Summer - Green Room 42
Pearly [acoustic set] - House show
Pearly - Sour Mouse NYC
Wife Material: a Musical Comedy Special - Green Room 42
Let's Broadway NYC 10th Anniversary Show - Green Room 42
Pearly Single Release Show - Stonewall Inn
​Derek Alexander Smith - Young Ethel's
Sydney Kane: Wife Material - Green Room 42
Queering the Canon: A Retrospective - Joe's Pub
​A Band Called Honalee - Grunin Center for the Arts/Toms River, NJ
Becca Suskauer - Dive 106
A Band Called Honalee - Elmont Memorial Library Theatre
​Derek Alexander Smith - Pete's Candy Store
Songs of Yesterday - Green Room 42
PRIYA - The Cutting Room
The Little Mermen - Emelin Theatre/Mamaronek, NY
Chantel Hopper: Bits and Pieces - Green Room 42
A Band Called Honalee - Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts/Brookfield, WI
The Eras of Miley Cyrus in Concert - 54 Below
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Lincoln Center/David Rubenstein Atrium
2024
Doris Dear's 10th Anniversary Christmas Special - Triad Theatre
Live Recording Session w/ Elle Lexxa and Alexa Dark - Virtue & Vice Studios
Pearly - Bar Freda
We Ball Wednesday - Bar Nine
Muse Masquerade - Minton's Playhouse
Charlie Romano & Will Wegner: You Heard It Here First - 54 Below
The Little Mermen - Sugar Loaf Halloween Festival
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Jewish Museum
Femmes Fatales - Green Room 42
A Band Called Honalee - John W. Engeman Theater at Northport
Becca Suskauer - The Delancey
The Little Mermen @ Oktoberfest - BlackRock Center for the Arts/Germantown, MD
Pearly - Arts On Site
54 Sings 70's Hits - 54 Below
PlayFresh: an LGBTQ+ Concert Honoring Jane Clementi - Playthings Theatre
It Takes Two: Moments In (and Out) of the Woods - Green Room 42
Ellen Winter & Softee: Quit Playing Games With My Heart - Littlefield
54 Sings the Music of Scrubs - 54 Below
Meghan Fitton: Soft Girl - Green Room 42
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band - Summer on the Hudson/Riverside Park Pier I
Gracie McGraw: I'm Used to It - Joe's Pub
A Band Called Honalee - Temple Emanuel of Great Neck
A Night with Kelsee Kimmel - Green Room 42
Ellen Winter @ PRISM Party - PRISM Festival/Judson Memorial Church
Ellen Winter: YIKES Album Release Show - Joe's Pub
Queens of Six the Musical NCL Reunion Concert - Green Room 42
Doris Dear's 10 Year Celebration - Triad Theater
​A Divas Tribute: A Night With NéLasheé - Triad Theater
​Chicken Nugget & Livia Live - Green Room 42
Revel in Revealing: Rocco L. Arrigo - Green Room 42
Miss Tutti & the Fruity Band: Album Release Show - Jalopy Theatre
Woman Crush Wednesday - Green Room 42
Gracie McGraw: I Will Probably Cry... Again - Joe's Pub
Let You Be You - ​Mastercard Midnight Theatre
Songs of the Sitcoms! - ​​54 Below
2023
The Doris Dear Christmas Special – ​​Triad Theater
Oy Vey! A Night of Jewish Excellence for Hanukkah – ​​54 Below
Derek Speedy: Sincerity is Scary – ​​Green Room 42
An Ocean of Becoming – ShapeShifter Lab
Chantel Hopper: Key Changes – ​​Laurie Beechman Theatre
Doris Dear's Gurl Talk: Slightly Sondheim – Triad Theater
Blaine Alden Krauss: From the Soul – Joe's Pub
​A Doll Named Sis - 54 Below
2021
City of Strangers – Rooftop Musical Society/NYC Open Boulevards
Blaine Alden Krauss: From the Soul – 54 Below
Fab the Duo - The Cutting Room
2020
The Doris Dear Christmas Special - The Triad Theater/Broadway on Demand
​An Evening with... Dolly Parton – Green Room 42
MACE: Mannes American Composers Ensemble – The New School/Mannes School of Music
​Launching the Impossible: Pipeline Theatre Company Gala – ​The Cutting Room
Fab the Duo – Special Club
NOW That's What I Call Cabaret 66! – Duplex Cabaret & Piano Bar
​From Broadway with Love – Laurie Beechman Theatre
​Becoming Her: A Diva’s Tribute w/ Nicole Vanessa Ortiz – Green Room 42
​54 Celebrates Whitney Houston – 54 Below
An Evening with... Frank Sinatra – Green Room 42
2019
Fab the Duo: A FABulous NYE – The Bitter End
A Night with Broadway – Refinery Hotel/Winnie's Jazz Bar
​An Evening with... Shirley Bassey – Green Room 42
Simone Allen
– Green Room 42
Fab the Duo: Halloween Bash – Bowery Electric
​An Evening with... Eartha Kitt – Green Room 42
The Songs of Ben Lapidus, Amanda D'Archangelis, and Anderson Cook – 54 Below
Fab the Duo – Bowery Electric
​Fab the Duo Single Release Show – The Cutting Room
Jada Valenciaga, Lady Gay: All of Me – Cherry Grove Community House & Theater
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The Queen in Concert: Marti Gould Cummings – ​Mirror Room at Big Apple Circus/Lincoln Center
​Fab Sings: Pop Punk – Bowery Electric
Typed Out: A Princess Cabaret​ – 54 Below
Elliah Heifetz EP Release Show – ​Rockwood Music Hall
Hathaways EP Release Show – ​Pine Box Rock Shop
An Evening with... Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole – Green Room 42
Ry Armstrong & Friends: an Earth Day Celebration – 54 Below
Broadway's Best: the Last 10 Years – ​Stone's Throw Theatre Company/Winery at St. George
​Fab Sings: DIVAS – West End Lounge
The Music of Eddie Bean – Green Room 42
​54 Sings Legally Blonde – 54 Below
An Evening with... Dionne Warwick – ​Green Room 42
Flower Tortilla, Make You Feel my Love with Flower Tortilla – ​​Club Cumming
Joanne Vance – Pete's Candy Store
Tamasha Nights: An Evening of New Musicals – Hypokrit Theatre Co./The Players Theater
Fab the Duo – Duplex Cabaret & Piano Bar
2018
An Evening with Peggy Lee – ​Green Room 42
Look Ma, Four Hands – ​Duplex Cabaret & Piano Bar
An Evening with Patti Page – Green Room 42
The Boys I Loved in Catholic School – Duplex Cabaret & Piano Bar
An Evening with the Sherman Brothers – Green Room 42
Danny Marin: #TruthOrBare – Green Room 42
Pipeline Theatre Company Annual Gala – (le) poisson rouge
Ellen Winter: This House is Your Home – The Tank
Eddie Bean at the West End Lounge
Almost There: A Cabaret – Duplex Cabaret & Piano Bar
The Songs of Simone Allen – 54 Below



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