Stowe Story Labs Announces Roster for 2026 June Stowe Narrative Lab
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
