Andrea Prestinario

ANDREA PRESTINARIO is an award-winning queer performer and producer who is NYC-based and Chicago-grown. She is the Co-Founder & Board Chair of Ring of Keys and previously served as the Founding Executive Director. Over the last two decades, she has been seen throughout the country in iconic, classical musical theatre roles including Beverley (Come From Away), Alison (Fun Home), Eliza (My Fair Lady), Louise (Gypsy), Sarah (Guys & Dolls) among others. She is equally at home workshopping new work and has lent her talents to musical theatre writers like Ari Afsar, Alan Schmuckler & Michael Mahler, Will Shishmanian, and more. She received a Jeff Award for her work as Violet in Side Show (Boho Theatre). Television credits include roles on “Succession," "The Equalizer," and “Law & Order." She created RoK’s signature programming: Queering the Canon: A Concert Series which she produces (Joe's Pub). As an independent creative producer, she is incubating a number of projects in development; most notably Atalanta by Ring of Keys members S.C. Lucier & Meghan Rose, collectively known as Lucier&Rose. She is an Artist Ambassador for the NYCLU and serves on the Alumni Council for Ball State University’s Department of Theatre & Dance. A member of the League of Professional Theater Women, Andrea was named on the Women To Watch on Broadway list by the Broadway Women’s Fund in 2025. Andrea is a graduate of Ball State University and The School at Steppenwolf and lives in Harlem with her wife, actress Klea Blackhurst.