Natalie Weiss – Creator/Composer/Lyricist
Musician/ Puppeteer / Playwright / Performing Artist Natalie Weiss has been creating music under the moniker Unicornicopia since 2001. Her eclectic Unicornicopia performances are as well received at world-renown art shows such as the Performa Biennial and the Museum of Modern Art’s Warm Up at P.S. 1 as they are at rock and cabaret venues such as The Knitting Factory, the Box and Joe’s Pub. She collaborates extensively with costume designer riderhood and prominent music producers such as Joe McGinty (Losers Lounge, Psychedelic Furs), Jeff Saltzman (producer of The Killers, The Black Keys), and duets with Ann Magnuson (of Bongwater) on the upcoming Fischerspooner album.
Her postmodern compositional style also extends into the realm of musical theatre: she has written, composed, directed, designed and produced three full-length musicals, two of which utilized her skills a puppeteer. Using a style developed while teaching AIDS education in Africa, Weiss is a deft designer, performer and director of multiple mask and puppetry types. Her third original musical, the smash Off-Off Broadway hit Jack and the Beanstalk, featured 6-foot two-wheeled human-integrated puppets as well as Vietnamese-influenced water puppets that were manipulated in a pool of water by non-actors in a converted mayonnaise factory. She is currently in the midst of developing her 4th original musical – CAMP WANATACHI – a collaboration with glitch pioneer Machinedrum that is executive produced by Ian Pai (co-founder of Blue Man Group).
Weiss’ smart and playful genre mashing isn’t restricted to original music - she also works as a music supervisor for fashion and theatre regularly. Music supervision highlights include Meryl Streep’s benefit for the Soho Repertory Theater, Steve Martin’s benefit for Elevator Repair Service and Monica Byrne’s Spring/Summer 2008 presentation at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
CONTACT:
campwanatachi at gmail dot com
Bridget Regan - Producer
Bridget Regan is a film, television and stage actress originally from Carlsbad, California. Her film credits include the upcoming “The Best and the Brightest” staring Neal Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris, “Sex and the City: The Movie,” “The Babysitters” and “Binders.” She played reccurring roles in “Six Degrees,” “The Black Donnelley’s,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” and had guest appearances on “New Amsterdam” and “Love Monkey.” From December 2007 through March 2008, she originated the role of Cecile Leroux on Broadway in the comedy “Is He Dead?” written by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives and directed by Michael Blakemore. She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Bridget presently lives in Auckland, New Zealand where she is shooting the second season of “Legend of the Seeker,” the epic action adventure fantasy television series. “Legend of the Seeker” is produced by ABC Studios, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and Kenneth Biller.
This is her first venture in producing. Her other current projects include two independent feature films “This Must Be The Place” and “Rua Taniwha” both to be shot in New Zealand.
Conrad Winslow – Arranger/Musical Director
Conrad Winslow holds an M.M. degree in composition and film scoring from NYU, where he was a student of Justin Dello Joio, and an Honors A.B. degree in music from Rollins College, where he studied composition with Daniel Crozier. He composed the annual commencement music for the college and wrote music for theater. Winslow has also composed music for student films and The Last Romantic (2006), which went to several film festivals, including SXSW and the Independent Film Festival Boston. Conrad was a participant in the American Composers Orchestra’s Underwood New Music Readings in 2008, where Brad Lubman conducted his piece The Violence of Ragtime. He will continue graduate studies in composition with John Corigliano at the Juilliard School this fall. www.conradwinslow.com
Travis Stewart – Arranger/Electronic Production
Bridging the gap between extremities, Travis Stewart has produced/composed several albums under various aliases since 1999 and has covered an incredible variety of styles. Under the name Machinedrum, his most well known project, his debut album “Now You Know” was released early 2001 on the influential Miami based Merck Records and gained the attention and praise of musicians, fans and critics world wide. It was heralded as the “standard to which the next wave of imitators aspires” by Pitchfork. Since then he has toured around the world performing in places like the Sydney Opera House of Australia, Star Pinez in Tokyo, Bush Music Hall in London, and the Nokia Theater in Times Square. Now with 9 albums under his belt Travis is a force to be reckoned with. His next album as Machinedrum titled “Want to 1 2?” will be released on the New York City based label Normrex in 2008 and focuses on changing the face of what we now know as Pop by fusing current pop music standards and trends with his extensive knowledge of experimental production techniques. Travis has remixed a wide variety of artists like The Doors, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Mochipet and more. Now based in New York City Travis has begun working with several vocalists from NYC and from around the world. His Normrex debut will feature many of these artists like Yo Majesty, Reno Chinati, Kapps, Addiquit, Sarah Ruba and many others.
Ian Pai – Producer
Ian Pai is a Grammy Award nominated songwriter, producer, and musician from Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the founding members of Performance Art sensation Blue Man Group. He has worked with artists such as Philip Glass, Dave Matthews, Moby, Jill Scott and Carina Round. His current projects include the 3rd album release of electro-pop band Fischerspooner, a theatrical production with Fischerspooner and The Wooster Group, performing on the Blue Man Group “How To Be A Megastar” tour and writing, producing and recording an album with electro artist Sid Maudlin.
