Actor / Performer / Composer / Lyricist / Writer
Amy Jo Jackson is a performer, playwright, composer/lyricist, kabarettist, and glitter alien based in New York City. Jackson along with Brian Nash received the 2023 EST/Sloan Commission for Grace/Bliss and was a 2022 finalist for the Jonathan Larson Grant. 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. Amy Jo's work as a kabarettist and nightlife artist has appeared on just about every cabaret and comedy stage in New York City, both the glamorous and decidedly unglamorous kind.