Ernxst, Or The Importance Of Being is an electro-pop romp through manners and misgivings in the search for love. From the award-winning songwriting team Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk, this musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s comedy dismantles binary gender and identity through song. In original and bonus tracks recorded by a star-studded cast – including J. Harrison Ghee, Jeff Hiller, Ryan McCartan, and Joy Woods – these voices remind us the importance of being exactly who we are.  

Kait Kerrigan is an award-winning bookwriter, lyricist, and playwright. Broadway: The Great Gatsby (book). West End: The Great Gatsby, The Time Traveller’s Wife. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Henry and Mudge. 2025: The Heart (La Jolla Playhouse), The Great Gatsby (Seoul), The Mad Ones (London), Indigo (UK Tour). Regional: Justice, Earthrise, Father/Daughter, Imaginary Love, Disaster Relief. Digital: A Killer Party. Awards: Kleban Award (libretto), Jonathan Larson Award (lyric-writing), Most Promising Lyricist (Theatre Hall of Fame), Edgerton Award (Father/Daughter). Albums: The Great Gatsby (Original Broadway Cast), The Mad Ones (30+ million streams), Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, Our First Mistake. kaitkerrigan.com  

Bree Lowdermilk (she/her) is an award-winning theatre writer, composer, lyricist and orchestrator. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Henry and Mudge. Nat’l Tour: Ada Twist Scientist & Friends, Henry and Mudge. Regional: Justice (Arizona Theatre Co, Marin Theatre Co), Earthrise (Kennedy Center), Dr. Wonderful (Kennedy Center), Ernxst, Or The Importance of Being (Concord Theatricals), and The Bad Years, an immersive house party musical. Awards: Jonathan Larson, Alan Menken, Richard Rodgers. Concerts: Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center. Residencies: McDowell, Mercer. Albums: Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, Our First Mistake, The Mad Ones. Founder of NewMusicalTheatre.com, board member of Applied Mechanics. Bree is a queer, non-binary trans woman. breelowdermilk.com 

Track List: 

1. Become Yourself – Wren Rivera, Jeff Hiller, ‘Ernxst’ Studio Cast 
2. The Socials Today –  J. Harrison Ghee, Bonnie Milligan 
3. Wider Spectrum – J. Harrison Ghee 
4. Earnest Love – Anna Zavelson, J. Harrison Ghee 
5. Born With It – Beth Leavel 
6. Out Here – Joy Woods 
7. Wild – Joy Woods, Bonnie Milligan 
8. Tea Fight – Joy Woods, Anna Zavelson, Wren Rivera, Jeff Hiller 
9. Tell Me – Anna Zavelson, J. Harrison Ghee 
10. Born With It (Reprise) – Beth Leavel 
11. What A Shame – Wren Rivera, Beth Leavel 
12. Wider Spectrum (Reprise) – J. Harrison Ghee, Wren Rivera, ‘Ernxst’ Studio Cast 
13. Worthy – J. Harrison Ghee, Anna Zavelson, Joy Woods, Bonnie Milligan, Wren Rivera, Jeff Hiller, ‘Ernxst’ Studio Cast 
14. X Marks The Spot – J. Harrison Ghee, Anna Zavelson, Joy Woods, Bonnie Milligan, Wren Rivera, Jeff Hiller, ‘Ernxst’ Studio Cast 
15. Wider Spectrum (Bonus Track) – Ari Notartomaso 
16. Wild (Bonus Track) – Jesse James Rose, Anania 
17. Tell Me (Bonus Track) – Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus 
18. Born With It (Bonus Track) – Jay Armstrong Johnson 
19. Out Here (Bonus Track) – Ryan McCartan