Maestra • For the women and nonbinary people who make the music in the musical theater industry.

Biography

Jamie Buxton is a music theatre writer, composer, performer, and teacher. Writing credits include MY FIRST START, a musical short film co-written and directed by Tony winner Victoria Clark, Amazon Prime premiere; QUILLÉN, a Chilean fantasy musical with composer Pablo Concha; MARRYING JAKE GYLLENHAAL (as composer, book/lyrics by Melissa Center), broadcast live from Los Angeles; THE FOX, mini-musical based on the D.H. Lawrence novella with composer Lucy O’Brien, Bishopsgate Institute in London; MOONPHASE, a short-form audio musical with composer Sean Eads; and 50 KEY MUSICALS (contributing author), a musical theatre textbook to be published next year by Routledge Press. As a performer, her credits include national and international touring productions of A CHORUS LINE, HAIR, and THE MIKADO; stints with the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, Disney Cruise Line, and the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players; and regional productions of 42ND STREET, ME AND MY GIRL, HAIRSPRAY, and GYPSY. Her original songs have been performed at Birdland, the Laurie Beechman, and Dixon Place. A member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, NATS, and the Dramatists Guild, Jamie holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU and calls Brooklyn home.