Name: Hannah Bakke
Start: 2026-01-26T18:00:00
End: 2026-01-26T19:30:00
Location: The Bitter End

Songwriter and playwright Hannah Bakke brings her folk-fueled, living-room-jam-sesh-spirit to NYC’s legendary Bitter End for a night rooted in collaboration and community.Over the past three months, Hannah sat down one-one-one with six friends and fellow artists she had never written with before. Together, they created six brand-new songs from the ground up.New Songs with New Friends celebrates those collaborations and the brilliant songwriters behind them. Each artist will debut these brand new co-written songs, as well as share work of their own. It’s an evening of first listens, creative messes, and the joy of writing music together.Featuring performances and songs by Rick Snell, Carolyn Bacon, Maria DiFabbio, Cate Ré, Ethan Carlson, and jakey jakes.Hannah Bakke is a songwriter and actor-instrumentalist whose work blends the communal heart of folk music with bold, contemporary musical storytelling. Originally from Minnesota, she grew up playing guitar and mandolin alongside her family in the band “Danville” covering classics from Bob Dylan, the Everly Brothers, and Peter, Paul &amp; Mary. Now based in New York City, Hannah collaborates widely across both the theatre and songwriting worlds. Her work has been developed with Out of the Box Theatrics, RE/VENUE NYC, Musical Theatre Factory, the NYC Rogue Theatre Festival, the Children’s Theatre Company, and Trademark Theatre. She is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and the NYC Songwriters Collective. Hannah teaches elementary students how to write their own musicals with the New York City Children’s Theatre.The concept album for her folk musical The Garden is available on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube. She is also developing LOCUST, a horror musical (book by Emma Y. Lai, music and lyrics by Hannah Bakke), commissioned by Trademark Theatre for their 2026 New Works Showcase.She has performed at venues throughout NYC and the Midwest, including The Bitter End, The Green Room 42, Three’s Brewing, the West End Theater, Dixon’s Autumn Harvest Winery, and the Heyde Center for the Arts.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/bannah_hakke/?hl=en">Instagram&nbsp;Hannah&nbsp;Bakke</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/ricksnell/?hl=en">Instagram Rick Snell</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/jakenelson99/?hl=en">Instagram Jake Nelson</a>