Stowe Story Labs Announces Roster for 2021 August Sidewalk Lab

pleased and proud to announce the roster of participants and mentors to our 3rd Annual Sidewalk Narrative Lab

We are excited to work with these talented writers, filmmakers, and industry mentors. Congratulations to all.

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Participants:

Ricky Amell — Spring, Texas — The Roberto Clemente Story // Drama Feature

Katie Bancroft — London, England — Mercy // Drama TV

Emma Barrow (NWSG Fellow) — Portland, OR — Thrill Hills // Crime Drama TV

James Bartolomeo — Dunedin, FL — Heart of Brass // Drama Feature

Alison Becker — Los Angeles, CA — The Tinkel File // Dark Comedy Feature

Eda Benjakul and Marisa Marchitelli (Sidewalk Fellows) — Santa Monica, CA & Chiang Mai, Thailand — Star of Siam // Drama TV

Natalie Bergman and Victoria Rau — Culver City, CA — Angels of War // Medical/ Military War Drama TV (1 Hour)

Theresa Carey — Viroqua, WI — Mestengo // Coming-of-Age Family Adventure Feature

Jacintha Charles — San Francisco, CA — Madhavi // Drama Feature

Kabir Chopra — Los Angeles, CA — Astrological // Romantic Comedy Feature

Josh Corrigan — Malibu, CA — Steve Wants to Die // Comedy Feature

Olivia Curry — Chicago, IL — The Thing Itself // Horror Drama Feature

Justin Davi — Oceanside, NY — Girlfriend // Drama Feature

Matthew Evans — Athens, GA — Hellas // Sci-Fi Drama TV

Carol Faw — Sherman Oaks, CA — Drafting // Drama TV (1 Hour)

Rachel Fischer — Cochiti Lake, NM — Death & Will // Sci-Fi, Mystery TV (1 Hour)

S. Skye Gilbert — Mercer Island, WA — The Tyranny of Saviors // Drama TV (1 Hour)

Sierra Hall — Ventura, CA — Sweet Valley Spy // Family TV (Half Hour)

Jordan Hannah — Houston, TX — A World with No Hereos // Dramedy Feature

Corey Holmes (NWSG Honorable Mention) — Seattle, WA — The Moss on the Stone // Drama TV

Olga Holtz — Berkeley, CA — Dark Matter // Thriller TV

Alexandra Joyce — Aurora, IL — FTWGA // Thriller Feature

Vivian Kerr (HollyShorts Honorable Mention) — Los Angeles, CA — Five Points // Period Drama TV (1 Hour)

Maria and Chris Krovatin — New York, NY — She Creature // Comedy TV (Half Hour)

Zuanne Kyle — Santa Monica, CA — Wards of Houston // Crime, Family Drama Feature

Michael Lipoma — Los Angeles, CA — F-You! I'm a Teacher // Comedy TV

Erin Locascio — Astoria, NY — The Third Rail // Fantasy, Psycho-Drama Feature

Audrey Lorea (HollyShorts Fellow) — New York, NY — Blood Dog // Drama TV

Leon Masters — Los Angeles, CA — Trans-Human // Sci-Fi TV (1 Hour)

Michele Meek and Laura Travaglino — Providence, RI — Cruising // Romantic Comedy Feature

Vinita Mehta and Richard Nguyen (SAGindie Fellows) — Washington, DC & Anaheim, CA — American Psyche // Drama TV

Inga Moren — New York, NY — Conviction // Thriller Feature

Caleb Morgan (Stowe Academic Intern) — New York, NY — Why Arthur? // Dramedy TV

Nicole Newman — Jersey City, NJ — Sew Ann Lowe // Historical Feature

LeLe Park — Chicago, IL — Visceral Fatherland // Drama Feature

Yvonne Paulin — Stamford, CT — 13 Minutes // Sci-Fi Feature

Melissa Peterson — Rochester, MN — The One-Year Honeymoon // Comedy Feature

Karyn Peyton — Los Angeles, CA — The Aim of Education // Drama TV

Katherine Chediak Putnam and Dean Law (Screen Queensland) — Queensland, Australia — Your Time Has Come // Horror Drama Feature

Justine Raczkiewicz — Los Angeles, CA — Nostos // Magical Realist Drama Feature

Peter D. Rivera — Los Angeles, CA — Before Sundown // Drama, Supernatural Horror TV (1 Hour)

Jesse Robinson — Los Angeles, CA — Where Teardrops Fall // Noir, Dark Comedy Drama Feature

Juliana Roth — New York, NY — Final Curtain Call // Drama TV

Ellen Shanley (Screen Queensland) — Queensland, Australia — Argos // Crime Drama TV

Marina Shron — New York, NY — The Image Makers // Thriller Feature

Beverly Smith-Dawson — Phoenix, AZ — Mute // Sci-Fi Feature

Sam Solomon — West Hollywood, CA — Matchmaker // Comedy Feature

Steffany Sommers — Mission Viejo, CA — Rooms of Experience // Drama Feature

Anthony Thompson — Los Angeles, CA — There Are No Black People In Space // Sci-Fi TV

Christine Vartoughian — New York, NY — Young Monsters // Drama, Thriller Feature

Aysha Wax — West Hollywood, CA — Grief Vigilantes // Comedy Feature

Monica West — Chicago, IL — Anchor Point // Horror Feature

Donna Bonilla Wheeler — Los Angeles, CA — Natalia Rising // Dramedy Feature

Jordan Wilkinson and Rachel Maxine Anderson (Screen Queensland) — Queensland, Australia — Talisman // LGBTQ+ Mystery TV

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Mentors/Speakers:

Robyn Greene Arrington — NYC — Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Producer

Pieter Jan Brugge — LA — Producer and Director, EP BOSCH

Shari Lynette Carpenter — NYC — Screenwriter and Director

Melody Cooper — LA — Screenwriter

Chris Deckard — LA — Manager

Darrien Michele Gipson — LA — Creative Producer and Executive Director of SAGindie

Jenny Halper — NYC — Screenwriter and Development Executive, Maven Screen Media

Ciara Wardlow — NYC — Development Coordinator, Maven Screen Media

Julie Keck — Chicago — Creative Producer + Co-Founder of OTV Studio

Bryce Norbitz — NYC — Stowe Story Labs Launch Program Director

Chris Millis — Georgia — Novelist and Screenwriter

Geeta Malik — LA — Screenwriter and Director

Leah Meyerhoff — LA — Filmmaker and Founder of Film Fatales

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan — NYC — Director

Clare Sladden — Australia — Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Showrunner

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Thank you to our partners, friends, and collaborators:

Stowe Story Labs is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.