Bandleader

After a decade of touring with original music and theater, one thing remained constant: women’s music, songwriting, and stories were told far less than their male counterparts. Inspired to bring female identifying artists to center stage, and to create a collective for NYC based singer/instrumentalists, Allison created Americana Women. From it’s earliest days, Americana Women has employed women on the creative, performing, technical, and management teams. Aside from Americana Women, favorite work includes: Monstress (Hunger and Thirst Theatre Co. NYC) Regional: The Other Josh Cohen, American Idiot, Ring of Fire, Airness, Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America. NY Workshops: Little Orphan Danny, The Hello Girls. TV: The Helpsters (Apple TV+), The 75th Annual Tony Awards (ensemble vocalist). Allison tours nationally as June Carter with Darlin’ Companion: Johnny and June Carter Cash and Not Fade Away: Rock n/ Roll Reignited. She has served as Music Director for the Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. Her original music can be found through her band, Southpaw Green, on all streaming services. @akplaysmusic @southpawgreenmusic.

Carrie Lyn Brandon is a NYC based singer, actor, multi-instrumentalist and voice teacher. Carrie has performed all over the world, on National tours (most notably with Once the Musical), on cruise ships, with symphonies and in many regional theatres. Favorite credits include playing Jenna in Waitress at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ring of Fire at North Carolina Theatre and co- creating and co-starring in an all femme actor musician celebration of women in music, called Five On Fire: Groundbreaking Women of Song. Carrie is passionate about working with women in music, and grew up loving singing country and folk music, so she is very excited to be a part of Americana Women! www.carriebrandon.com

MAGGIE HOLLINBECK (she/her/hers) is a proud original member of Americana Women. An actress/musician based in New York City, she’s played roles in musicals such as ONCE (1st national tour, PCLO and GEVA); RED ROSES, GREEN GOLD (Off-Broadway); RING OF FIRE (Florida Repertory Theatre); WOODY SEZ (Ivoryton Playhouse); EBENEEZER SCROOGE’S BIG PLAYHOUSE CHRISTMAS SHOW (Bucks County Playhouse); and others. She and her music partner Graham Sobelman have recorded five albums: Another Shade of Blue (a song-for-song cover of Joni Mitchell’s Blue) and Jane Kenyon Sessions Vol. One-Four. Graham and Maggie recently spent a week at Jane Kenyon’s farm in New Hampshire developing a musical based on Graham’s compositions, set to the writings of Jane and her husband, Donald Hall. When Maggie isn’t performing, she nurtures a thriving private practice as a psychotherapist.

Website: www.maggiehollinbeck.com

Instagram: @maggiehollinbeck

Music: grahamsobelman.bandcamp.com

Abbey Janii is a country songwriter based in Queens, New York. Her band, “Goatroper,” performs around NYC bringing Honky Tonk dance numbers to the five burrows. In 2016 she released her first solo album titled, “Prairie Roads.” Last year her band released their self-titled album, “Goatroper.” She will be releasing her third album in March of the new year. She is a multi-instrumentalist, playing country keys, guitar, and occasionally the harpsichord! Abbey is thrilled to be a part of Americana Women. A celebration of the great female singer songwriters of our time.

Cat Patterson is an NYC based actor/musician. Born in Virginia, she has spent the past few years working all over the world from tours to cruise lines. Some of her favorite past credits include, the Off-Broadway premiere of The Signature Project, the World Premiere of Mr. Holland’s Opus, and ONCE the Musical. Passionate about all areas of theatre, she has been involved with numerous commercials and films, including the film On Duty. She is a long time instrumentalist specializing in cello, violin, and piano. When not performing she can be found reading, eating ice-cream, or rocking out to fall ambience videos on YouTube. She is so excited to be joining Americana Women!

www.catpatterson.com @the.cat.pat

Tina Scariano Originally from Billings, Montana, Tina is now a New York City based musician, actor and makeup artist. She has toured the country for nearly a decade as the lead singer of A Band Called Honalee. In 2020, she debuted her solo show Feels Like Home: Celebrating the Queens of 70’s Folk/Rock which has gone on to play iconic venues in NYC’s tri-state area (Birdland, 54 Below, Green Room 42) as well as tour across America. She is a member of Actors Equity, and has performed multiple contracts for Disney Cruise Line, Utah Shakespeare Festival, as well as various Off-Broadway shows. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University. When she’s not performing, Tina makes magic happen behind the scenes as a makeup artist to broadway stars & TV personalities.

www.tinascariano.com @teenziano @tscarianomakeup

Lauren Jeanne Thomas is an actress and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. She most recently played The Fiddler in the critically acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) Off-Broadway, directed by Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey. Select credits: Once (Reza, Nat'l tour), The Goree All-Girl String Band (NYMF), Monopoly, Songs For a New World. Concerts: Streicker Center (duet with Itzhak Perlman). BFA Acting (BU and LAMDA). www.laurenjthomas.com @taurenlhomas

Meg has played and written with some of the greatest songwriters of our time (Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell). She earned praise as a guitarist of The Weepies, won a Latin Grammy with Spain’s Manolo Garcia, and helped orchestrate Waitress The Musical. Her songs are featured on shows like “Pretty Little Liars”, “Vampire Diaries”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, and with Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel, Cyndi Lauper, The Go Go’s, Jason Mraz, Lea Salonga, and Ruben and Clay.