Stowe Story Labs is pleased to announce the participants and mentors for our 2026 June Stowe Narrative Lab, which will run June 5 - 8 at The Current in Stowe, VT.
We look forward to working with this wonderful group of artists and mentors. Congratulations to all.
PARTICIPANTS
Catherine Andre — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Playing House // Psychological Thriller Feature
Annette Apitz — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Iris and Emily // Drama Feature
Ben Baur — New York, NY, USA — The Weight of Snow // Drama, Queer, Christmas Feature
Nicole Bernardi-Reis — Chicago, IL, USA — Remember Me // Dark Comedy, Horror TV 1 hr
Silma Berrada — New York, NY, USA — Don’t Touch The Good Stuff // Horror Feature
Ariel Bond (Stowe Story Labs Genre Launch Fellow) — Vancouver, BC, Canada — Deepfake // Thriller Feature
Alessandro Chillé — Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA — Haven // Thriller Feature
Jonathan J. Clark — Charlotte, NC, USA — Leaving The Ghost Kingdom // Drama Feature
Busra Coduroglu — Brooklyn, NY, USA — I Dream of Whirling // Psychological Thriller Feature
Megan Dahl — Atlanta, GA, USA — All of Hell and Half of Texas // Drama Feature
Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal (Stowe Story Labs Accelerator Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — BACKLOG // Drama Feature
Sriram Emani — Boston, MA, USA — Jam Boy // SciFi Feature
Kristen Falso-Capaldi — Glocester, RI, USA — Closet // Drama, Fantasy Feature
Nora Flaherty — Barna, Galway, Ireland — The Disruptor // Dark Comedy Feature
Rachel Flynn (The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Fellow) — Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom — Banshee // Horror Feature
Heather Foster (The NYX Horror Collective Fellow) — Houston, TX, USA — Three Days // Thriller, Horror Feature
Lorna Green — Pasadena, CA, USA — Out of the Woods // Horror, Thriller Feature
Tess Higgins — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Our Little Star // Thriller, Comedy Feature
Kevin Johnson (WGA East Fellow) — Alexandria, VA, USA — The Legend of John Canoe // Drama, Historical Feature
Gitanjali Kapila — Chicago, IL, USA — Sandra Claus // Comedy Feature
Alex Kaplan (The University of Vermont Fellow) — Durham, NC, USA — Ship of Fools // Comedy, Animated TV ½ hr
Mikelle Kruger and Patrick McKenna — Chicago, IL, USA — Heaven Spot // Drama Feature
Maegan Langer — Alpine, UT, USA — Tenants // Horror, Comedy Feature
Matison LeBlanc — New Orleans, LA, USA — Ada and the Doc // Drama, Legal Thriller Feature
Ryan Leclerc — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Left In The Dark // Drama, Thriller Feature
Stephanie Levy — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Lobbyist // Dark Comedy Feature
Gabriela Lopez — Jersey City, NJ, USA — Sunshine // Horror, Surreal Feature
Amy Ludwig — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Authentic // Comedy, Family Feature
Kevin McDevitt — Ojai, CA, USA — Hard Luck Times // Comedy, Action, Satire Feature
Olivia McLaughlin — London, England, United Kingdom — Last Girl Standing // Drama, Comedy TV Mini-Series
Radha Mehta (Film Fatales Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — ANITYA // Drama, Romance Feature
Patrick Michael (Austin Film Festival Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Black Silk // Drama Feature
Deva Palmier — Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom — 3 Degrees // Psychological Thriller TV 1 hr
Will Pinke — New York, NY, USA — Artificial Love // SciFi, Romantic Comedy Feature
Anthea Piscarik and Nicole Taylor-Roberts — Newark, DE, USA / Owing Mills, MD, USA — Ella // Drama, Biopic Feature
Erica Pitzi — New York, NY, USA — The Space Between // Dramedy Feature
Keir Politz — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Mister Wonderful // Action, Thriller Feature
Gilda Porcari — Hallandale Beach, FL, USA — Change of Pace // Comedy TV ½ hr
Kate Raffan — Coventry, England, United Kingdom — Hate You Even More (Now You’re Dead) // Dark Comedy, Supernatural TV ½ hr
Amanda Reid — Lunenberg, MA, USA — Oonagh’s House // Drama, Coming-of-Age Feature
Zoe Reiniger (The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Violets // Dramedy TV ½ hr
Susan Rocha Bays — Pasadena, CA, USA — Death and Other Obligations // Drama, Comedy Feature
Eve Rouverol — Santa Rosa, CA, USA — Writer’s Block // Drama Feature
Teodorico Sajor — Studio City, CA, USA — Hatamari // Thriller, Conspiracy TV 1 hr
Sandra Shim — Princeton Junction, NJ, USA — This Incessant Funeral // Comedy Feature
Kirsten Spalding — Park City, UT, USA — Eve // SciFi, Western Feature
Renn Tan (Studio Skyfire Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Light at the End of the World // SciFi TV 1 hr
Orlando Javier Torres and Yinuo Wang — Brooklyn, NY, USA — But Also Birds // Romantic Comedy Feature
Raul Walder — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Timeless Era // Drama TV 1 hr
Dan Joseph Weber — Great Neck, NY, USA — VINTAGE // Drama Feature
Noelle P. Wilson — New York, NY, USA — By the Book // Comedy TV ½ hr
Jody Wiltshire — Brighton, England, United Kingdom — Had It Coming // Thriller, Dark Comedy TV 1 hr
Cameo Wood — San Francisco, CA, USA — Janus Gate // SciFi Feature
MENTORS
Blake Avery — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Studio Executive, Netflix Original Film
Shari Lynette Carpenter — New York, NY, USA — Writer/Director
Melody Cooper — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Writer/Director
Stacey Davis — Birmingham, AL, USA — Screenwriter/Producer/Entertainment Lawyer
Sola Fasehun — Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA — Executive Director - DIFF and Literary Manager - TDC
Darrien Michele Gipson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Producer, Executive Director of SAGindie
Aaron Janus — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Director, Original Film, Netflix
Chris Millis — Savannah, GA and New York, NY, USA — Screenwriter
Diana Richardson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Filmmaker and Professor at Loyola Marymount University
SPEAKERS
Peter Baxter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — President and Co-Founder of Slamdance Film Festival, Filmmaker
Kevin Claydon — Toronto, Canada — Filmmaker
Phil Moniz — Toronto, Canada — Filmmaker
Chris Parizo — South Burlington, VT, USA — Professional Screenwriter
Ellen Parks — New York, NY, USA — Creative Consultant
LEAD FACILITATOR
David Rocchio — Stowe, VT, USA — Founder & Director of Stowe Story Labs
