Amy Jo Jackson

(they/she) is a performer, playwright, composer/lyricist and glitter alien based in New York City. They are the recipient of a 2023 EST/Sloan Commission for Grace/Bliss, and were a 2022 finalist for the Jonathan Larson Grant. AJJ’s original musical Hatchetation was one of two musicals selected for the National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in 2021, and has also been developed through She-Collective, Untitled Musical Project, and Fresh Ground Pepper’s PAL program. Her acclaimed solo cabaret The Brass Menagerie was commissioned in 2019 by the Denovan Fellowship in Cabaret, and was the recipient of a 2022 Bistro Award. As an actor, Amy Jo has performed with Company XIV, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Exit Pursued by a Bear, Prospect, Syracuse Stage, Arkansas Rep, Theatre Works Hartford, and many more. Their work as a kabarettist and nightlife artist has found them on just about every cabaret and comedy stage in the city, both the glamorous and decidedly unglamorous kind. As a dialect coach, they’ve worked extensively in NYC and regionally, most notably on Broadway’s Kinky Boots. BFA Boston Conservatory.

Kilroy’s 2023 -Hatchetation
Ensemble Studio Theatre Sloan Commission - Grace/Bliss
Finalist – Jonathan Larson Grant
Bistro Award – The Brass Menagerie
National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center – Hatchetation
Litsa Tsistera Emerging Artist Grant
Finalist - Ashland New Plays Festival - Viola
Semi-Finalist - Playwrights Realm Writers Group
Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Retreat Fellow
Denovan Residency/Commission – The Brass Menagerie
IRNE Award Nomination – Alison; Fun Home
Eliot Norton and IRNE Award Nominations – Female Soloist; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

News

Grande Dame

Amy Jo Jackson and music director Brian Nash bring an all-new show to Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis this March 15th and 16th!
Tickets and more info here!
PRIDE Anthems Tour

Join us in a celebration of the past 50 years of LGBTQ history and music! Amy Jo will be touring to thirteen different cities throughout the US, alongside fabulous fellow singers Kevin Smith Kirkwood and Marty Thomas as well as music director Brian Nash, singing anthemic queer songs by artists like Donna Summer, Queen, Lady Gaga, and many more!
Tickets and tour dates here!
My First Sondheim

Click here to watch Amy Jo performing "There Won't Be Trumpets" from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at this Sondheim birthday event!
AJJ at Joe's Pub

Amy Jo sings the music of Annie Lennox and Eurythmics at Joe’s Pub on Tuesday, Feb 27th at 9:30pm!
Getcha tickets here!
Matilda

Amy Jo plays the iconically terrifying Agatha Trunchbull at Constellation Stage and Screen (Bloomington, Indiana) this holiday season!
Link to fun lil’ trailer here!
DICKS: THE MUSICAL

Amy Jo plays Sister Tammy in A24’s first-ever musical, starring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, Megan Thee Stallion, Josh Sharp, and Aaron Jackson (Amy Jo’s brother)! Winner of the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award at TIFF 2023.

Now streaming on Max!
Kilroys List

Hatchetation is on the 2023 Kilroys Web, this year’s version of the famous Kilroys List. It’s a huge honor and thrill to be included in this legacy.
Click through to read more!
Singin' in the Rain

Amy Jo plays the not-so-golden voiced Lina Lamont at the Weston Theatre! August 3rd - August 20th, 2023 in Weston, VT.
Tickets and more info can be found here.
BRASS in St. Louis

The Tennessee Williams Festival of St. Louis brings The Brass Menagerie to the town of Tennessee Williams’ youth. Join us at the Curtain Call Lounge (part of the Fabulous Fox Theatre) on May 31st and June 1st, 2023!
Hatchetation In Concert

Come check out the concert premiere of Amy Jo Jackson’s comedic riff on the life of Carry A. Nation. Featuring an all-female, Trans, and gender non-conforming cast, Hatchetation is a hilarious, high-octane look at one infamous woman's extraordinary life.
Monday, 1/23/23 at 7pm · Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
Read more about Hatchetation here.