A sanctuary for musical theatre writers to develop new musicals in the heart of the Hudson Valley .

TEAM

Erica Rotstein

Executive Director

Marvin Avila

Program & Media Coordinator

Linda Ferris

Bookkeeper

Kristin Fulton

Development Assistant

Dee Slavin

Intern

Kathy Evans

Founder

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Damon Suden, Chair

Suzanna Hermans, Treasurer

Ben Nissen, Secretary

Rebecca Aparicio

Adam Chanler-Berat

Joel Dommel

Erica Rotstein, Executive Director

Natasha Sinha

Briel Steinberg

BOARD EMERITUS

Lil Arbogast

Kathy Evans, Founder

Rick Farrar

Amy Faxon

Rodney Hicks

Molly McEneny

Alex Robertson

Christine Toy Johnson

Betsy Tomic

SOUNDING BOARD

The members of our Sounding Board are our artistic advisors. Professionally, they are leaders in the theatrical field and experts in new musical development. They support our programs by serving as application readers who help select our residency cohort, and as Peer Advisors - strategic and dramaturgical mentors - for the writers. We thank them for their talent and time.

Gigi Bolt, Theatre Consultant
Rick Boynton, Independent Producer/Dramaturg
Anika Chapin, Director of Artistic Development, Signature Theatre, DC
Stephanie Cowan, Producer & Licensing Executive
Kurt Deutsch, Producer
Jason Eagan, Producer, Ad Hoc
Iyvon Edebiri, Artistic Director, The Parsnip Ship
Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director, LCT3
Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director, Goodspeed Musicals
Timothy Huang, Composer, Lyricist, Librettist (RWR alum)
Khiyon Hursey, Composer, Lyricist, Librettist (RWR alum)
Mara Isaacs, Founder and Director of Octopus Theatricals
Christine Toy Johnson, Writer/ Actor/ Advocate for Inclusion
Kent Nicholson, International Literary Properties
Barbara Pasternack, Producing Artistic Director, Theatreworks USA
Natasha Sinha, Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
John Weidman, 3-time Tony Award nominated Bookwriter
Robert Zukerman, former Director of Theatre at New York State Council on the Arts