Love Songs and Heaux Tales

Simone | Wilson | Vaughan

It’s not always easy being drop dead gorgeous AND trans. Jae W.B. takes us on a roller coaster journey from childhood queerness to adult transition. Sit back and buckle up as you listen in about all the men that disappointed her along the way from Flower Boy, to Twin Flame, to her own Father. Lower the Key | Raise the Bar is a biographical retelling of finding your own voice and the trial by fire it takes to love yourself, let alone someone else. Through the American Songbook Jae revisits the music of iconic altos like Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson as a vehicle for transition and self actualization. Just because you have to Lower the Key, does not mean you can’t Raise the Bar.

Jae W.B. is a theater artist, singer, & nightlife performer in New York City. Off Broadway debut in the titular role of Thorn in Bruise & Thorn. Most recently seen performing “Unremarkable” at the Jonathan Larson Awards for The American Theater Wing & headlining Cabaret acts at the historic Cherry Grove Community House & Theater. Other credits include Luna in Millennials are Killing Musicals, Luna and the Starbodies at Joe’s Pub & Lincoln Center, Broadway for Racial Justice Sings! The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill at Little Island Amph & as Xavii for New Light Theater Project’s Pastel Color Ripples. Jae has participated in workshops for Roundabout & La Jolla. She has been seen performing in NYC nightlife spaces such as Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Club Cumming, & alongside longtime collaborators Yaz & Lance Horne. Jae is an honorary mention for The New Visions Fellowship with the National Queer Theater & Dramatist Guild 2022 & GLAM Award nominee for Best Vocalist 2021.

Elijah Caldwell is an OBIE Award Winner. Elijah was the original Standby in A Strange Loop at Playwrights Horizon. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – receiving his Bachelors of Music with a Focus in Piano Performance, with the addition of voice and received his Masters degree at New York University Steinhardt School. He made his Off-Broad- way debut at Town Hall as one of Broadway’s Rising Stars. Elijah has been seen Off-Broadway & the Cutting Room, 54 Below, & Birdland Jazz Club, just to name a few. Elijah was the Associate Music Director on the Chicago out-of-town production of Devil Wears Prada with music by Elton John. Elijah also toured with the Beatles’ tribute band as “the fifth Beatle!” Elijah is currently a Professor at Marymount Manhattan College & Hunter College & can be seen playing and singing in Piano bars around NYC! IG: @This|sCaldwellofficial www.thisiscaldwell.com #ThislsCaldwell

Lance Horne is an Emmy award-winning composer, pianist, singer, music director, and producer. Credits include collaborations with: Alan Cumming, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Amanda Palmer/Dresden Doll. Broadway arrangements for “Little Women”, “Bent” at Mark Taper Forum, and work for A.R.T. Residences at Joe’s Pub, Mondays in the Club at Club Cumming. Two original musicals currently in development. Mr. Horne is a Steinway Artist, recipient of Jonathan Larson, Bistro, and ASCAP Awards, Helpmann Award Nominee, Interlochen graduate with BM, MM in Composition, The Juilliard School. Previously on faculty at Juilliard, NYU, and EAMA Paris. Currently on faculty at Syracuse University. See more at Lancehorne.com.

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