2023 ARTISTS
John Cameron Mitchell
John directed, starred in and wrote, with Stephen Trask, the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he won Best Director at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor. His recent Broadway production of Hedwig garnered him Tony Awards for his performance and for Best Revival. He won an Obie Award for Hedwig Off-Broadway as well for as starring in Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me. He directed Tennessee Williams’ Kingdom of Earth Off-Broadway with Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard. He directed the films Shortbus (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018) both starring Nicole Kidman who was nominated for Best Actress Oscar for the former. Recent TV roles include Peacock’s Joe Vs. Karole, Hulu’s Shrill, HBO’s Girls and Vinyl, CBS’s The Good Fight, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, and Sandman. He stars in, wrote (with Bryan Weller) and directed the musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus and in development on a new podcast Cancellation Island.
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Amber Martin
Amber Martin is a celebrated NYC Vocalist, Cabaret Star and Comedic Monologist. Named one of the Top Performers of the Year by The New Yorker, Martin brings a combination of cabaret, belting vocals & no-holds-barred comedy to her live, raucous, genre-hopping musical performances. She previously made her Broadway debut in Tales of the City at The Music Box Theater. Some of her performances include appearing with Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice and opening for Joan’s live NYC shows. You can hear her belting out featured vocals on The Scissor Sisters single “Inevitable” (co-produced with Pharrell). She was a featured vocalist with comedian, Sandra Bernhard at Town Hall in New York City and has twice been a featured guest on Sandra's Sirius XM radio show, Sandyland. Amber has performed her own solo shows in New York City & New Orleans, as well as The TBA Festival, Treefort Festival, Outsider Festival, Jazz and Blues Festival in Altomonte, Italy, and has recurring NYC residencies at Alan Cumming’s Club Cumming, Joe's Pub and The Cutting Room. Amber continues to evolve as writer, curator, choreographer and star of her own performances, The Days of My Lives &Three Women: Joplin, Midler & Nyro (Solo Artist Residency at Joe’s Pub, NYC), Hi! (Best Solo Performance Drammy Award), Wigshop, Stoned Soul: In Love with Laura Nyro (Residency at Feinstein's/54 Below) and Janis: Undead (a continuing U.S./Int’l tour). She is also touring her original album, A.M. Gold, including 2 songs featured in John Cameron Mitchell’s recent film, How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
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Jake Wesley Rogers
Discovered by hit songwriter Justin Tranter in 2020, Jake Wesley Rogers’ rise to stardom began in 2021 when Apple Music’s Zane Lowe debuted “Middle of Love,” the first single from Jake’s major label debut EP, Pluto, and called Rogers “wildly talented.” That opinion was shared by a wide array of tastemakers including People, Billboard, Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, and PAPER. His ambitious visual style and bold music also attracted the attention of Vogue who profiled him as part of their Youthquake series, highlighting Gen-Z creators that are radically reimagining the future. Jake was able to showcase his unique style and larger-than-life stage presence with performances on Good Morning America, The Late Late Show With James Corden, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Late Night With Seth Meyers. In 2022, Jake released his latest EP, LOVE, and supported Panic! at the Disco’s Viva Las Vengeance arena tour. He headlined a run of North American dates at the start of 2023, and is currently gearing up to hit the road with Kesha on her Gag Order tour.
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BOYFRIEND
Boyfriend, the "mysterious, raunchy, feminist rapper" as described by NPR, has taken her special brand of "campy rap antagonism" (LA Times), "high-concept booty bass" (Rolling Stone), and "candy-coated cultural criticism" (Nasty Gal) to stages across the globe.
Boyfriend is a songwriter (Charli XCX, Slayyyter), producer (Rebecca Black, Jon Batiste) and performer (“5 Best Things That Happened at Outside Lands” - Rolling Stone and featured in Sony Pictures’ Grammy-Award winning Jazz Fest documentary).
The Nashville born and New Orleans-based artist is featured opposite Lil Wayne and longtime collaborator Big Freedia, on the song “El Niño (feat. Lil Wayne & Boyfriend)”, off of Freedia’s 2023 album Central City.
The single follows Boyfriend’s debut project, Sugar & Spice, which features the likes of the global feminist-art collective Pussy Riot, award-winning T-Pop artist Pyra, and LGBTQ-icon Amanda Lepore. The album peaked in the top 70 on the NACC College Radio Charts and landed placements with Netflix, HBO, and Apple to name a few.
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SUPERKNOVA
Ellie Kim, aka SuperKnova, is a Korean-American, transgender musician who creates Queer Pop, a unique sound that incorporates electronic drums, moody synths, and dreamy guitar solos. She writes about identity, queerness and the struggle to be your authentic self.
Her music has received significant praise and has been featured on Showtime’s Work In Progress, Out.com, GoldFlakePaint and multiple Spotify editorial playlists.
A talented multi-instrumentalist, she produces and records all of her own music and builds many of her songs live on-stage through looping and live instruments. She performs both locally and nationally and is currently working on a second full-length album.