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CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN is a playwright
and storyteller who has seen his short fiction transported to the stage
over the last ten years . . produced in Romania, Scotland, Ireland and
the United States. Originator of The Pumpkin Pie Show, Chapman has taken
his writing to the Sibiu International Festival of Theatre (1997/2001),
FringeNYC (1997/99/2001), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Zipper Theater
(off-Broadway), along the waterfront at Riverside Park South and Coney
Island Fun Park. His first book of short stories, Rest Area (nominated
by Hyperion Books for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), hit the shelves
in early 2002 . . while his second book, Miss Corpus (a novel) will be
released in 2003. Recent projects include an Off-Broadway production of
his short stories (Broken Boughs) as well as reading of his original material
along with the likes of Mike Daisey, Rick Moody, AM Homes, Lawrence Krauser
and Jonathan Ames. He reads frequently at the McSweeney's store in Brooklyn.
Clay was educated at North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama, the
Burren College of Art and Sarah Lawrence College.
ONE RING ZERO is Michael Hearst and
Joshua Camp. The duo began working together shortly after both graduated
from Virginia Commonwealth University with degrees in musical composition.
The music is held together by a wide collection of highly unusual instruments
and sounds and is often recorded using experimental techniques. With the
release of their first record, Tranz Party, a six-piece band was put together
to perform live and has shared billings with Cibo Matto, Medeski, Martin,
and Wood, The Magnetic Fields, Thurston Moore and The Roots. One Ring
Zero can be seen weekly at the store associated with McSweeney's publishing
in Brooklyn, and frequently plays at other literary events around the
city. Recently, One Ring Zero completed two new albums . . one of which
features music composed for The Pumpkin Pie Show.
HANNA CHEEK spent the last four years
of her acting career bouncing between New York, Los Angeles and Chicago
in a feverish attempt to become a working tri-coastal actress. She most
recently performed The Pumpkin Pie Show: Big Top (a collection of long
character monologues) to rave reviews, The Red Room in NYC. Other stage
credits include The Seagull (Nina) and Kindertransport (Ava) at Sarah
Lawrence College. She performed with Judith: A Comedy Troupe at The Kitchen,
NYC, and would have replaced Rachel Miner or Margot in The Diary of Anne
Frank (Music Box Theatre, NYC) had they not decided to close the show.
Damn. In Los Angeles, she co-wrote, directed and performed in Bad Touch:
A Sketchy Show at Masquers Theatre, as well as many improvised comedies
at the Improv Olympic Theatre. Television credits include a guest starring
role on Titus (Fox), a recurring role on Undressed (MTV), and a featured
role on The West Wing (NBC). Hanna studied at Sarah Lawrence College,
The British Academy of Dramatic Arts and Improv Olympic West.
Visit http://www.pumpkinpieshow
and http://www.oneringzero.com
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