Produced by Jackknife Films and PlowShare Group, Inc.

Original music by Lauren Cregor Devine

Produced by Jackknife Films and PlowShare Group, Inc.

Original music by Lauren Cregor Devine.

The Wizard of Wall Street

In “Tit for Tat,” Gould’s contemporary – suffragette Victoria Woodhull – takes a particular stance in attempt to secure for women the right to vote.

#9 is a dizzying new music theater piece about the technological tools we use – and how they use us. Here, Waterwell dives into a strange, bewildering world of digital immersion where the virtual is more real than reality.

#9 premiered at the 59E59 Theater in the summer of 2009 and was called “UPROARIOUS! Featuring a quartet of fearless performances, Off-Broadway’s a better place with Waterwell online” by the Village Voice.

Early in the production, Kevin Townley and Matt Dellapina perform the piece “Swimming Pool,” as Kevin’s character recounts the tale of the-one-that-got-away.  (This demo recording features Lauren)

Lauren Cregor’s demo track for the hit “Swimming Pool” featured in Waterwell’s #9.

Kevin Townley peforms, “Swimming Pool” in Waterwell’s new musical #9:

#9 is a dizzying new music theater piece about the technological tools we use – and how they use us. Here, Waterwell dives into a strange, bewildering world of digital immersion where the virtual is more real than reality.

#9 premiered at the 59E59 Theater in the summer of 2009 and was called “UPROARIOUS! Featuring a quartet of fearless performances, Off-Broadway’s a better place with Waterwell online” by the Village Voice.

In the production, this piece “Busy Tone” was performed by David Ryan Smith, with lyrics by Rodney Gardiner, as inspired by his own fear and frustration when not able to contact his family on Turks and Caicos during Hurricane Hannah.  In composing this piece, a sampled busy signal was mapped to a midi keyboard via Logic so that the signal itself could be played as live accompaniment during the performance.  (This demo recording features Lauren)

#9 is a dizzying new music theater piece about the technological tools we use – and how they use us. Here, Waterwell dives into a strange, bewildering world of digital immersion where the virtual is more real than reality.

#9 premiered at the 59E59 Theater in the summer of 2009 and was called “UPROARIOUS! Featuring a quartet of fearless performances, Off-Broadway’s a better place with Waterwell online” by the Village Voice.

In the production, Kevin Townley performs the piece “Haptics,” as his character becomes irretrievably lost to his online persona.  (This demo recording features Lauren)

“Full of soulful expression … she manages to say
all the things you wish you could.”

– A. Hamilton WFUV-FM

Hold Up
Don’t Tell Me I’m Wrong
Let’s Not Be Friends
The Lover
If I Cried
Standing Naked
Walking Tall
Beautiful Tragedy
Marina

Lauren Cregor: Piano, Vocals
Arthur Kell: Bass
Allison Miller: Drums
Alex Weinstein: Guitar
Andrew Zimmerman: Tenor, Clarinet
Produced by Alex Weinstein
of Ten Good Records

All songs written by Lauren Cregor

Lauren composed this chase sequence as a project during her final year at NYU, pursuing her master’s in Composition / Film & TV Scoring. [Original music for the film was composed by John Powell for Warner Bros.]

The Last Year in the Life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta — or The / King / Operetta for short — highlights and celebrates some of the immensely powerful moments of King’s last year.  Drawing from speeches, interviews, private notes and the various movements of the day, the show follows King and his contemporaries through turbulent and quiet moments, weaving in songs of rock, blues, folk and funk as inspired by the ground-breaking music of 1967/68.

The production had a full run at the Barrow Street Theater in the summer of 2007, and was called “Extraordinary.  Brilliant.  Raucous.  One of the best musicals of the year” by New York Magazine. (7/07)

Here, Rodney Gardner performs Drum Major from Waterwell’s The / King / Operetta at a live performance at Trinity College, CT.  The lyrics of the piece come directly from King’s profound “Drum Major” speech, given February 4th, 1968.