Horse Trade Presents...

Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of rest area, a collection of short stories, and miss corpus, a novel -- both published by Hyperion Books.

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.

One Ring Zero is Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. Based in New York City, they perform regularly at venues around the city including The Knitting Factory, Galapagos, and Tonic. They recently performed at the Whitney Museum of Art, at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, and at the Central Park Summer Stage with George Plimpton and Paul Auster. One Ring Zero has shared billings with Cibo Matto, Medeski Martin and Wood, Thurston Moore, The Magnetic Fields, and The Roots among others. One Ring Zero has received grants from The Virginia Commission For the Arts and The National Endowment For The Arts. Their music has been featured in dance concerts, films and animations, fashion shows, and NPR programming including This American Life, Fresh Air, New Sounds and The Next Big Thing.

Imagine the finest anthology of writing possible, and then imagine that writing put to music... You’re imagining As Smart As We Are, a book-cum-CD. Many of North America’s best-selling and prize-winning authors, have contributed original lyrics (and in some cases their musical skills) to this CD of music by Brooklyn lit-rock band One Ring Zero. Contributing Authors: Jonathan Ames, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dave Eggers, Amy Fusselman, Neil Gaiman, Myla Goldberg, Ben Greenman, Daniel Handler, A.M. Homes, Denis Johnson, Lawrence Krauser, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, Aaron Naparstek, and Darin Strauss

Sabrina Braswell has been involved with Horse Trade in many capacties including Venue Director at St Mark's for The HA! Comedy Festival, and Assistant Lighting Designer on The Horse Trade production of "Cocaine Dreams." Her other lighting design credits include Tooth and Nil's "The Ballad of Yachiyo" at The Vital Theater; The Pumpkin Pie Show's "Donation Plate"and "Ringside Seats" at The Red Room, The Belt Theater and The Raymond Hodges Theater in Richmond, VA; Team Raya's "A Thought about Raya" at The Red Room and El Milagro Theater, as well as shows in The Fringe Festival, The GAWK II Festival, The Women Center Stage Festival and the "Sketch Fights" series. She'd like to thank Erez, Kimo, Clay, St. Anthony's Dance and Juan Valdez.