About the artist
Barrett Wilbert Weed is an American musical theatre actress and singer best known for originating the role of Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of «Heathers», the 1989 cult film. Her performance earned her recognition within the musical theatre community and nominations for prestigious honors including the Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk awards, cementing her as a distinctive voice in contemporary stage musicals.
Her work on «Heathers: The Musical» produced fan-favorite numbers such as «Seventeen», «Dead Girl Walking», and «Fight For Me», songs that blend sharp, theatrical storytelling with pop-rock instrumentation and have found a life well beyond the stage among musical theatre and cast-recording audiences online. Weed has also been recognized for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in «Cabaret», for which she won the Helen Hayes Award.
Beyond «Heathers», she was cast as Janis Sarkisian in Tina Fey's stage adaptation «Mean Girls: The Musical», further building her reputation as a performer suited to sharp-edged, character-driven material. A graduate of Elon University, Weed represents a strand of contemporary American musical theatre where cast recordings circulate widely as standalone listening, giving songs written for the stage an independent audience beyond theatergoers.