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
