Maria Wirries - Headshot by YellowBelly Photo

New York based vocalist, songwriter, composer, actress, and dancer.

Maria is a BFA graduate of the musical theatre program at Penn State University, as well as a powerhouse vocalist and songwriter. She will be part of the original Broadway cast for Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (devised by Cameron Mackintosh) with Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga! She was most recently seen in Kinky Boots (Off-Broadway Revival) and Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway and National Tour). 

Maria is currently part of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Writer’s Workshop. Alongside Christian Thompson, she composed In-Gauged, commissioned for Penn State’s Class of 2023, which premiered at 54 Below, and Iobairt, which was accepted into the Johnny Mercer Writer’s Grove at Goodspeed Musicals. She premiered her own solo-project, Bloody Mary, at 54 Below this past year (and would love for interested producers to contact her).

She has also participated in several developmental readings such as the Broadway revival of Once on this IslandLeap by Andrew Lippa, Anne of Green Gables by Matte O’Brien & Matt Vinson, Signs of Life by Christopher DeLair, and Medusa by Parisa Shahmir (at NAMT 2024).

As a songwriter and solo artist, Maria has released an 8-track album and a 4-track EP, as well as several singles, all of which span a variety of styles and are just a small representation of her versatility as a singer, musician, and composer.