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GUEST ARTISTS

Shaleah Adkisson, Vocalist

Shaleah Adkisson has been seen on Broadway and
on tour in Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
and off-Broadway in the revival of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning musical Rent. Her many regional
theater credits include Jubilee (Arena Stage),
Clybourne Park, Avenue Q (Arkansas Repertory
Theatre), The Hot Mikado, Beehive: The 60’s Musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’
(Broward Stage Door Theatre), Grease, Nunsense (Murry’s Dinner
Playhouse) and Children of Eden (Arkansas Repertory Theatre).
Shaleah regularly performs in New York City and on tour with Soul
Picnic Productions (Back to the Garden and August 1969: A Tribute to the
Women of Woodstock). shaleahadkisson.com

Tamika Lawrence, Vocalist

Hailing from the Mount Hope neighborhood of the
Bronx, two-time Grammy Award-winner Tamika
Lawrence began her musical career on Broadway
almost 10 years ago and has starred in The Wiz
Live! On NBC, Book of Mormon, Come from Away,
RENT, Caroline, or Change (2022 Drama Desk
nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical) and the
world premiere of Black No More (2022 Lucille Lortel nomination for
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical). She then began to lend
her Alt-Rock vocals to movie soundtracks and sang backgrounds for
artists including Hugh Jackman, and Idina Menzel. A cross between
Jack White and Bette Davis, Tamika began to write her own music
and in 2014 released the Album Ugly with her band Tamika & the
Slay to critical acclaim. In 2018, Tamika won a Grammy for her work
on the Dear Evan Hansen album and won her second Grammy for her
work on The Greatest Showman. Her critically acclaimed debut solo EP
Two Faced was released in 2020.

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