Women Rock

Tamika Lawrence is a two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Singer, Actor, and Writer. Some movie and television credits include Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman, series regular on That Damn Michael Che Show, and Better Nate Than Ever. In 2022, Tamika received a Drama Desk Nomination for her work in Black No More, written by Black Thought of The Roots and John Ridley of 12 Years A Slave. Broadway Credits: Caroline Or Change, Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Beautiful, If/Then, Matilda, and The Book of Mormon. 

Instagram: @iamtamikalawrence

Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Emily Drennan began singing at a very early age, predominately in church. With a family overflowing with musicians, a musical upbringing seemed inevitable for Emily. Throughout her teenage years, Emily had the opportunity to sing for many varied events, most notably the national anthem for the Indianapolis Colts, Oklahoma City Thunder, NCAA Championship games and the Softball College World Series. 

Her senior year of high school, Emily was selected as a National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts(youngARTS) Competition Level 1 winner and was chosen as 1 of 2 Pop Vocalists in the United States.  This award included a solo performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and a White House reception with President Bill Clinton.

Within a year of moving to NYC, Emily landed a spot in the Drama Desk Award Winning Off-Broadway a cappella show Toxic Audio in which she later went on to perform in the show in its Las Vegas productions at Planet Hollywood and The Luxor and across the country.

Since then, Emily has been a featured soloist many times at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Radio City Music Hall.  She was recently seen in the New York Spectacular starring the Rockettes at Radio City and was seen touring Europe and the Caribbean playing Tanya in Mamma Mia!  She was also seen as “Mezzo” in the Lucille Lortel Award winning Off-Broadway a cappella show, Voca People, and in its Israel, Japan, and Dubai tours as well as on The Jimmy Fallon Show, MDA Telethon with Nigel Lythgoe, Wendy Williams Show and with Sting.  Emily has appeared on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice singing alongside Cyndi Lauper, and appeared in the NBC, PBS, and Netflix specials of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, as a featured soloist.  Regionally, sha has performed in AIDA (Amneris), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), SWING! (Ann), HAIR (Sheila), Smokey Joe’s Café (Pattie) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Doatsy Mae).

As a guest artist with symphonies, she has shared the stage with:  The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; The Detroit Symphony; The Rochester Philharmonic; Buffalo Philharmonic; The OKC Philharmonic; Long Beach Symphony; The Colorado Springs Philharmonic; Muncie Symphony; South Bend Symphony; Orchestra of Kentucky; Tulsa Signature Symphony; Hendersonville Symphony; Greensboro Symphony; Winston-Salem Symphony and Hendersonville Symphony among others.

Emily is a published ASCAP and Recording Academy (GRAMMY) producer, lyricist, composer, and recording artist for TV and Film. She is also an acclaimed studio singer and voice-over artist. Her double-disc album, Two-Way Street, encompasses pop and jazz, and tells of both sides of ones’ heart:  the white album full of hope, love and belief and the black album full of honesty, heartbreak, and resilience.  Her latest album, A Mother Daughter Christmas, features her mother, Patti Drennan, who is a well-known composer having sold over 2 million copies of her sacred and secular music. Emily’s full discography, including recently released singles O Holy Night, Make You Feel My Love, See the Light and We Three Kings / What Child is This? are on iTunes and on her official website: www.emilydrennan.com. Emily is also a NYC Marathon finisher and Price is Right winner.  Her favorite roles are wife to her husband, Greg, and mother to their 4-year-old and 1-year-old sons.

Brie Cassil is a singer, actor, and composer based out of Chicago, IL. Original from Missouri, Brie moved to NYC straight out of high school, and has since starred in musical productions such as Mimi in Rent, Little Sally in Urinetown, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Suzy in the Off-Broadway cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes. 

Cassil has had the opportunity to perform all over the world. From leading workshops in Brazil, to opening for Adler with her original band, Rebel. Most recently, Cassil had the privilege of performing at the prestigious Carnegie Hall, in the new musical SuperYou. She is very grateful to be able to do what she loves, traveling around the world and singing the music of her biggest influences, with many of the world’s best orchestras. 

Jake Navarro is a NYC based rock drummer who studied Jazz/Commercial music at Five Towns College in Long Island, NY. He was a Music Director for Carnival Cruise Lines and tours with multiple Pops shows, performing with symphony orchestras all over the country. He is also a children’s’ music teacher, a studio/touring musician for various artists, and he performs with several major event bands in the NY metropolitan region.