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 WP Theatre, Company XIV, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Exit Pursued by a Bear, Prospect, Syracuse Stage, Arkansas Rep, Flat Rock, Weston, 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.

WINNER Redbull Short New Play Festival, 2024
Kilroy’s List/Web 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 - Stanley Award -Viola
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

LAUGH IT UP

Award-winning kabarettist and comedienne Amy Jo Jackson (The Brass Menagerie, A24’s Dicks the Musical) returns to The Green Room 42 stage with a setlist so eclectic, it just might give you whiplash. Featuring a combination of rock and Broadway classics, along with the debut of some original tunes, expect hijinks and high belting as AJJ and music director Brian Nash bring their signature combination of highbrow wit and utter stupidity back to midtown.
In-person and livestream tix HERE
Regency Girls

Amy Jo is playing Mrs. Benton and understudying Lady Catherine/Madame Restell in this world premiere musical comedy at The Old Globe in San Diego!
April 3rd to May 4th, 2025 - Now EXTENDED to May 11th!
Tickets and more info HERE
PEGGY (& BEN) Reading

Greenwood Lake Theater (in Warwick, NY) will be producing a reading of my play PEGGY (& BEN), a pop-history comedy about Benedict Arnold’s wife, on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 at 7:30pm, as part of their New Works Festival.
Tickets are free - if you’re going to be in the Hudson Valley in March, drop on by for a lil’ treasonous fun!
dirty laundry

AJJ is Off-Broadway this fall with WP Theatre in Mathilde Dratwa's beautiful new play about three people grappling with love, loss, lust, and household chores after the person who unites them dies.
Sept 21st - Oct 20th; tickets and more information 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!