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The Soundtrack Series is stories. It’s songs. It’s stories about songs. And that’s pretty much it. The Soundtrack Series had its first show in February of 2010 at Waltz Astoria Cafe, then moved to The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge) in September of 2010, where it currently runs the fourth Thursday of every month. The Soundtrack Series was created and is hosted by Dana Rossi, and is produced by Lauren O’Connor and Bridget O’Neill, with sound design by Jeanne Travis and Stephanie Cox-Williams, social media management by Margaux Guyonneau, photography by Spencer Ritenour, videography by Jeremy Mather, and sound recording by Douglas MacKrell.
Dana Rossi has written for NY Press, Time Out New York, and is a regular contributor to The Retroist and InDigest. An essay of hers will appear in the anthology Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop in March 2012. As a storyteller, she has performed at storytelling events such as RISK, The Liar Show and others all over New York City (including boroughs that are not Manhattan). She got her first 45 at age four, it was Bob Seger’s “Shame on the Moon”, and in listening to the lyrics as an adult, she has no idea why a four year old loved that song that much. But she did.
Lauren O’Connor is a Creative Executive at Maximum Films & Management, a company that scouts literary material for adaptation to television and film for several major studios and producers, manages several screen and playwrights, and produces its own content. She came on board to co-produce Soundtrack Series in October, 2010, inspired by the honest words and good music. She fancies herself a writer on occassion, has produced and penned several short films to date, and previously worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Bridget is a Storyteller, Writer and Comedian. She hosts Purge, an evening of stories about “getting it all out” at Perch Cafe in Park Slope. She is a regular on the storytelling scene, and a MothSlam winner. Bridget’s work has been published in small publications and blogs. She loves John Hughes films and hates tourists.
Jeremy Mather is a filmmaker, cameraman, editor, actor, and occasional stumblebum. He is the technical director of No Tea Productions, and in 2009 he wrote & directed the farce, Poppycock, which premiered at the Under St. Marks theater. Every summer, he spends a month as an assistant director at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Utah, workshopping new projects with up-and-coming filmmakers. He has written several film articles for Bananawho.com and he once painted a board for MTV.
Douglas MacKrell is a golden voiced award winning film maker who records sound for The Soundtrack Series. His most recent film, Never Say Goodbye Twice, won Best Comedy at the 48 Hour Guerrilla Film Competition. Currently you can see him as the host of his own webseries, Internet After Dark, a digital fireside chat where he talks about stuff he likes and cool stuff he finds online (www.internetafterdark.com) You can also find more of his films online at his production website, Hard Luck Hero Pictures (www.hardluckheropictures.com)
Stephanie Cox-Williams is currently Company Manager of Nosedive Productions. She is an Actor, Sound Designer, Director, Fight Choreographer and Special/Gore FX Designer for Independent Theater–named “Queen of Gore” by NY Press in 2009 and the “Tom Savini of Off Off Broadway” by the New York Times. She has a BA in Theatre, a Musical Theatre Conservatory degree, and a Masters of Art in Educational Theatre. She is currently working on her play, Icarus Phoenix and the Zombie War, because, you know, there aren’t nearly enough theater pieces about Zombies out there.
Jeanne Travis is a sound designer and stage manager for the indie and Off Broadway communities. Her recent sound design for Retro Production’s The Desk Set received a nomination for Outstanding Sound from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. A native Texan, Jeanne holds two B.A. degrees in Theatre and Music from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She plays the flute, piano and composes in her free time. Jeanne is a die-hard Thomas Newman fan and her life would make an excellent soundtrack if set to music.
Spencer Ritenour is an optometrist at Pretty Handsome Optometry. By night, he photographs storytelling and comedy shows through New York. He also chronicles daily life in his neighborhood as the lead photographer for the popular blog, “F***** in Park Slope.” He has been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, Brownstoner, and (oddly enough) the national papers of Finland and Norway. Spencer is a transplant from the midwest, wears skinny pants, and rides a dope bike.