Samantha Joy Pearlman is a creative performing artist based in NYC. She is a singer/songwriter, actress/playwright, director & voice teacher. She is the lead singer of Joy and the Wildfire and her original songs “Madly” and “Real World” were featured on the BMI #musicmonday playlist. She has a passion for developing new work through her experiences working on the Broadway-bound Chasing Rainbows (Mary Jane Gumm, Paper Mill Playhouse/Developmental Lab), Factory Girls (Harriet, 11th Hour Theatre Co), and The Art Tour (Deb), among many other readings and workshops. She also performs with America’s Sweethearts, a vintage Andrews-Sisters style trio, and The Sugarplums, a holiday vintage trio. She is currently adapting her original show, Devotedly, Sincerely Yours into a television pilot. She is an associate voice teacher in Mike Ruckles Voice Studio and has taught musical theater and vocal workshops in the US and China. BA: Wesleyan University.