What is an amm?
It's like 'Ann' But with 'M's!
Amm Skellars is a functioning guillotine. Amm Skellars is joy. Amm Skellars is play. Amm Skellars is a 10-foot wide paper-maché rat covered in disco ball fabric, filled with string cheese, suspended over a stage.
Founded in 2021 by Mia Soza and Hannah Dorfman, Amm Skellars began as a bedroom pop project with the release of Nashville's premier Nolensville pike anthem, "Cruisin' the Pike."
Fast forward to 2022. A giant rat scampers across Mia and Hannah's kitchen floor and they ask themselves: how can one witness a rat of such size and NOT write a musical about it? Rat Race was born. Performed to a sold out audience at Third Coast Comedy Club, Amm Skellars' live debut included catchy hits, costume changes, the aforementioned string cheese-filled rat, a surprise foot race, and so much more. Camille Faulkner, Bea Troxel, Rita Pfeiffer, Ally Baker, and Ryan Wood joined the ranks as Amms. Rat Race was awarded Third Coast Comedy Club's Show of the Year. Amm Skellars was named as a local artist/band to rule in 2023 in the Nashville Scene's 2022 Rock n' Roll Poll.
And rule they have. Part electro-pop musical, part Baroque farce, Amm Skellars’ hysterical sophomore show Silver Platter! seamlessly blends comedy with theatricality. A Victorian strip tease that ends in a pole dancing number while a gaggle of ladies in waiting are shredding guitars onstage? Check. Dramatic costume changes to the tune of original baroque inspired compositions? Check. Functioning guillotines, gigantic towers appearing out of thin air, and a surprise intramural basketball match? Check, check, check. Silver Platter! creates a captivating spectacle that weaves music, dance, and drama into an immersive adventure exploring forbidden love and the lengths we’re willing to go to get what we want. Silver Platter!, a featured Critics' Pick in the Nashville Scene, premiered to another sold-out audience at The East Room on January 12, 2023 and will be a featured performance at the 2023 Kindling Arts Festival at Oz Arts Nashville.
Amm Skellars is Mia Soza, Hannah Dorfman, Camille Faulkner, Bea Troxel, Rita Pfeiffer, Ally Baker, Ryan Wood, and a growing cast of collaborators. We are made possible by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Dame Judi Dench, Her Royal Highness Wendy Windsor, ...