Stowe Story Labs Announces Roster for 2025 September Stowe Writers’ Retreat
Stowe Story Labs is pleased to announce the participants and mentors for our 2025 September Stowe Writers’ Retreat, which will run September 12 - 16 at The Timberholm Inn in Stowe, VT.
We look forward to working with this wonderful group of artists and mentors. Congratulations to all.
PARTICIPANTS:
Mary Pat Bentel (Bellem Entertainment Fellow) — Glendale, CA, USA — The Cockroach // Drama, Comedy TV 1 hr
Jen Butler — Canton, GA, USA — The Big Sneeze // Dark Comedy Feature
Hannah Cheesman — Toronto, ON, CA — Succor // BFF-Thriller Rom-Com Feature
Jo Chim — Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, China — Tiger Eyes // Drama Feature
Daniela Di Salvo — Mississauga, ON, CA — Humdrum // Horror, Family Drama Feature
Sabrina Ehlert — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Connie & Lola // Comedy Feature
Teri Elam — Augusta, GA, USA — The BattleGround // Drama TV 1 hr
Rory Gleeson — London, England — Blood in the Dirt // Snow Western TV 1 hr
Zachery Green — Chicago, IL, USA — Ten Percent // Drama, Comedy Feature
Suzanne Griffin — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Language of the Sleeping House // Drama, Romantic, Historical Feature
Niko Gutierrez-Kovner (team with Sally Oh) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Mayfield // Drama Feature
Ariel Julia Hairston (team with Rennard West) — Atlanta, GA, USA — Bread & Butter // Romantic Comedy Feature
Tara Hall — Pasadena, CA, USA — Die, Die, Die! // Comedy, Horror Feature
Christian Hearn (Stowe Story Labs Genre Launch Fellow) — Invergordon, Invernesshire, Scotland — The Hiding // Horror, Thriller Feature
Marten Hoekstra — Fargo, ND, USA — Alabaster // Drama TV 1 hr
Reenita Hora — San Francisco, CA, USA — Operation Santa Claus — Warp Speed // Family, Comedy, Animated Feature
Scott Nabat (Studio Skyfire Fellow) — Sherman Oaks, CA, USA — Succor // Thriller, Dramatic Comedy Feature
Sally Oh (team with Niko Gutierrez-Kovner) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Mayfield // Drama Feature
Jacob Marx Rice (Austin Film Fellowship Honorable Mention and Stowe Story Labs Accelerator Fellow Honorable Mention) — Queens, NY, USA — The Valley of Hinnom // Drama, Thriller Feature
Daria Stilin — Zagreb, Croatia — Canvas City // Drama, Historical TV Mini-Series
Pablo Torroella — Cambridge, MA, USA — Spring in Siberia // Drama Feature
Kel Vance (Stowe Story Labs Accelerator Fellow) — Leppington, New South Wales, Australia — Sam the Hammer // Dark Comedy Feature
Rennard West (team with Ariel Hairston) — Atlanta, GA, USA — Bread & Butter // Romantic Comedy Feature
MENTORS:
Corey Trent Ackerman — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Manager/Producer at Evoke Entertainment
Claire Best — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Founder & CEO of Claire Best & Associates, International Talent Agency
Liz Cardenas — Dallas, TX, USA — Writer/Director/Producer
Scott Collette — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Screenwriter
Kristin Fairweather — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Writer, Director, & Producer
Darrien Michele Gipson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Producer, Executive Director of SAGindie
Karol Griffiths — London, England — Development Consultant, Script Editor, and Producer
Jeanie Igoe — Dublin, Ireland — Producer
Joe Jeffreys — London, England — Acquisitions Manager, HanWay Films
Cara Loftus — Dublin, Ireland — Screenwriter
Geeta Malik — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Writer & Director
Ellen Parks — New York, NY, USA — Creative Consultant
Maya Perez — Austin, TX, USA — Writer/Producer
