Staff & Sounding Board

The "Sounding Board" are our artistic advisors. They are leaders in the field and experts in the development of new musicals. They help select the participants for the retreat. One Sounding Board member works with each team as a "Peer Advisor," to provide dramaturgical insights. We thank them for their talent and time.

Erica Rotstein

Executive Director

Kathy Evans

Founding Executive Director

Marvin Avila

Program Assistant

Linda Ferris

Bookkeeper

Kristin Fulton

Development Assistant

Dee Slavin

Intern

Gigi Bolt, Theatre Consultant
Rick Boynton, Independent Producer/Dramaturg
Anika Chapin, Director of Artistic Development, Signature Theatre, DC
Darrah Cloud, Bookwriter and Playwright
Kurt Deutsch, Producer
Jason Eagan, Artistic Director, Ars Nova
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, Rhinebeck alum

Khiyon Hursey, Composer, Lyricist, Librettist, Rhinebeck alum
Mara Isaacs, Founder and Director of Octopus Theatricals
Christine Toy Johnson, Writer/ Actor/ Advocate for Inclusion
Kent Nicholson, International Literary Properties
Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director, Theatreworks USA
Natasha Sinha, Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
John Weidman, Three time Tony-Award nominee, Bookwriter for PACIFIC OVERTURES, ASSASSINS, ROAD SHOW, and CONTACT
Robert Zukerman, former Director of Theatre at New York State Council on the Arts