

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