MICHELLE DOWDY
Broadway: Hairspray (Tracy Turnblad). National Tour: Les Miserablés (Madame Thèniarder). Off-Broadway: The Marvelous Wonderettes (Betty Jean), Night of the Living Dead! The Musical! (Betty Lou/Robin Graves). Vocalist/Host of The Girlie Show: Circus & Burlesque (Chicago, Portland). MAC Award winner (2017 Piano Bar Entertainer of the year). Her debut album, A BRASS ACT, Broadwayworld named “Album of the Decade” and is available on iTunes. She is very proud to have recently received, an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Five Towns College. So you can call her Doctor now. MichelleDowdy.com @howdymissdowdy
Michelle Dowdy booked a starring role on Broadway the day she graduated from high school, and has never looked back! She is known as the youngest actress to ever play Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. More recently, you may have seen Michelle touring the country as the Mistress of the House, Madame Thenardier, in the National Tour is Les Misérables. She has also appeared in the Off-Broadway productions of Marvelous Wonderettes, and Night of the Living Dead (original concept recording available now!!) MAC Award winner (2017 Piano Bar Entertainer of the year). Her acclaimed debut album, A BRASS ACT is available on iTunes. You can find her on social media @howdymissdowdy
DREW WUTKE
Drew is an NYC multidisciplinary artist/entertainer/MD for Tony, Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize winners. His writing debuted OffBway as the composer/music director/pianist of the sold-out run of ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS IS TARTUFFE co-starring Amber Iman. Sel: HAARLEM NOCTURNE with De Shields/Marc Shaiman; Michael R. Jackson’s LCT concert residency; Stephanie Blythe/Blythely Oratorio (Live from LCT/PBS); Fiasco’s award-winning INTO THE WOODS (Workshop MD, OffBway vocal coach). Solo shows incl Kelli O’Hara; James Jackson; Mason Park ft Stephen Trask; Natalie Joy Johnson; Billy Gilman; Edward W. Hardy; CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE! concert series (Joe’s Pub) ft Bway’s Kevin Smith Kirkwood. Westport Country Playhouse concert series. Album co-producer: Madge Dietrich, Lizzy Cracchiolo. Resident MD at Jen Waldman Studio; 1st award-winning pianist at legendary Marie’s Crisis piano bar. (MM: OCU). He serves as the personal music director/arranger to André De Shields. In dev: Mae West biomusical; GRUNGE; West-end aimed FOR TONIGHT. Grateful for chosen fam, Kansas and Ohio. Love each other more fiercely and justly. His favorite cookies are Snickerdoodles and he nerds out on Piazza, Passing Strange, Woods, Gypsy, Fun Home, Hammy, and Dreamgirls. @drewwutke
BRANDO(N) JAMES GWINN
Brando(n) (he/they) is the 2025 winner of the John Wallowitch Songwriting award. He is a Drama League nominated and Richard Rodgers Award and Bistro Award winning composer-lyricist, writer, performer, pianist and producer, and 2-time Winner of the Broadway World Award for Best Piano Bar Entertainer in NYC. . A LiveNation touring artist, Brandon opened for Trixie Mattel’s North American Tour and appears in MOVING PARTS on Netflix. Solo albums: BULLIT (Queer Global Arts Festival Winner) & NOT TOO LATE Music producer: TWO BIRDS & ONE STONE (Billboard #1) by Trixie Mattel, BOXX by Pandora Boxx, LOVE FOOL by Alexis Michelle for Broadway Records, PLACE & TIME, TL;DR: Thelma Louise Dyke Remix original cast recording. Brando also created scores THE SEANCE MACHINE (Drama League Nom, The Tank, Obie-Award) TL;DR. THELMA LOUISE; DYKE REMIX (Richard Rodgers Award, Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, UArts Polyphone Festival, O’Neill, NAMT), THE SPELL OF RED RIVER (NAMT grant recipient, University Commission) COTTON CANDY & COCAINE (Theatre C), THINGS WE DON’T SAY (Theo Ubique Chicago) MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER, I’M WILLING TO SETTLE (A.R.T., NYMF) SMALL TOWN STORY (Village Originals, Seattle. World Premiere: American Theatre Group) Residencies: Ars Nova, Dramatists Guild Fellow, Roundabout Space Jam, Catwalk. Proud Recording Academy Grammy Voter, Local 802 AFM and ASCAP. MFA NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Represented by WME. www.brandonjamesgwinn.com @brandojamesmusic