Darrah cloud co-founder

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

DARRAH CLOUD'S play TURNING, will premiere at Centenary Stage in March 2020. SABINA, a musical adaptation of Willy Holtzman’s play, premieres at Portland Stage in May 2020. UNDERSTUDY JESUS received a workshop production at Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts in Fall 2018. OUR SUBURB premiered at Theater J in Washington, DC in 2014.

DARRAH CLOUD'S play TURNING, will premiere at Centenary Stage in March 2020. SABINA, a musical adaptation of Willy Holtzman’s play, premieres at Portland Stage in May 2020. UNDERSTUDY JESUS received a workshop production at Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts in Fall 2018. OUR SUBURB premiered at Theater J in Washington, DC in 2014. JOAN THE GIRL OF ARC toured with Cincinnati Playhouse, 2014. Other plays produced across the U.S. include WHAT’S BUGGING GREG?, THE STICK WIFE, THE MUD ANGEL, DREAM HOUSE, BRAILLE GARDEN THE SIRENS, HEARTLAND, THE BOXCAR CHILDREN, HONOR SONG FOR CRAZY HORSE and the stage adaptation of Willa Cather’s O PIONEERS! Alum: New Dramatists, member: Honor Roll, Howl Playwrights. Graduate of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and Town Supervisor of Pine Plains.

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

David Simpatico’s career highlights include: the book/stage adaptation of Disney’s High School Musical; The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Jonathan Larson Award; music by Will Todd); Garden of Light, libretto for choral symphony, withcomposer Aaron Jay Kernis. His musical adaptation of Twelve Angry Men, music and lyrics by Michael Holland, re

David Simpatico’s career highlights include: the book/stage adaptation of Disney’s High School Musical; The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Jonathan Larson Award; music by Will Todd); Garden of Light, libretto for choral symphony, withcomposer Aaron Jay Kernis. His musical adaptation of Twelve Angry Men, music and lyrics by Michael Holland, received its world premiere production in June, 2022 at Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis, directed by Peter Rothstein. His grand opera, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing, with music by Justine F. Chen, received its world premiere at Chicago Opera Theater in March, 2023, also directed by Peter Rothstein. He is currently adapting Wally Lamb’s She’s Come Undone, with co-bookwriter Darrah Cloud, and composer/lyricist, Michael Holland. He is also working on That Hellbound Train, a new jazz opera with composer Lisa DeSpain, based on the short story by Robert Bloch. His play, Ex-Gay Bar, was named Honorable Mention in the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award, as well as receiving the inaugural Voices For Change Action Grant by ArtsWestchester. He wrote Cruel Shoes, the backstage murder mystery musical comedy, with Ross Patterson. Most recently, his oratorio adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with score by Will Todd, received its first production with Opera Holland Park at Sinfonia Smith Square in London, Dec, 2024, and will be back again in 2025.

Patty wineapple producer

DAVID SIMPATICO co-founder

Patty wineapple producer

PATTY WINEAPPLE was a Senior Vice President/Group Executive Producer at Grey Worldwide. She co-produced Broadway My Street!, a TV special devoted to the musical theater starring Jerry Orbach and Florence Henderson. Documentary work includes Animated Women, an Emmy winning four-part series and Independent Spirits, about the lives and work

PATTY WINEAPPLE was a Senior Vice President/Group Executive Producer at Grey Worldwide. She co-produced Broadway My Street!, a TV special devoted to the musical theater starring Jerry Orbach and Florence Henderson. Documentary work includes Animated Women, an Emmy winning four-part series and Independent Spirits, about the lives and work of animators, Faith and John Hubley. Before joining A HOWL of PLAYWRIGHTS, Patty was the producing director of Half Moon Theatre for six years.

PAUL ALLMAN

Alexandra Angeloch

Alexandra Angeloch

Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and also a Screenwriting Fellow and twice Playwriting Fellow at the Sundance Institute. Allman developed work that went on to productions by the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Theater 80 at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, the Florida Studio Theater, the Sundance Children’s

Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and also a Screenwriting Fellow and twice Playwriting Fellow at the Sundance Institute. Allman developed work that went on to productions by the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Theater 80 at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, the Florida Studio Theater, the Sundance Children’s Theater, and Paramount Interactive Studios. His other plays have also been staged by Theater for the New City and The Broome Street Theater. Allman was awarded a Pushcart Prize for his short fiction, and other works have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Film Comment, Witness Magazine, Public Illumination and Folio. His first novel was published by St. Martin’s Press, and he has published two YA novels. Allman has taught in NYC’s Authors in the Schools Program, and led writing workshops at the YMCA of St. Louis, his home town. He is thrilled to be joining the Howlers!

Alexandra Angeloch

Alexandra Angeloch

Alexandra Angeloch

Alexandra Angeloch actor/playwright. Plays: Produced: Bottom Buddies, Sticky/ Mimi Entertainment,A Day of Wonderful, Axial Theater, Making Whoopee, Plan Not 9, Spittin' Devil, Half Moon Theater, Raylene's Fig, ASK .Readings: Siren’s Whisper, Abingdon Theater, Women’s Projects and Productions; HERstory, Howl Playwrights. Published: A D

Alexandra Angeloch actor/playwright. Plays: Produced: Bottom Buddies, Sticky/ Mimi Entertainment,A Day of Wonderful, Axial Theater, Making Whoopee, Plan Not 9, Spittin' Devil, Half Moon Theater, Raylene's Fig, ASK .Readings: Siren’s Whisper, Abingdon Theater, Women’s Projects and Productions; HERstory, Howl Playwrights. Published: A Day of Wonderful, Goddard C. Acting: Film: Night of the Living Jews( Mama Jones), Theatre: Remembering Olanna( Alex) Ancram Opera House, GoodNight Pig( Doctor) Columbia Univ. Season’s Greetings( Rachel) VoiceTheater, Heartbreak House (Mrs. Utterword,)/RTS Emma/ Apocalypse Prod., Various, Sticky July, Halloween 2017, Feb 2018: Mimi Entertainment.

MARGIE CASTLEMAN

Alexandra Angeloch

MARGIE CASTLEMAN

Margie Castleman is a playwright and choreographer. She has professionally worked in London, New York, and regionally. Her career began as dancer, segued into acting, choreography, and now works as a playwright.

Her three plays, CLOSING THE CHANDLERY, BLEND, WE CAN EAT LOVE, were all semi-finalists In O'Neill Theatre Conference, and LARK

Margie Castleman is a playwright and choreographer. She has professionally worked in London, New York, and regionally. Her career began as dancer, segued into acting, choreography, and now works as a playwright.

Her three plays, CLOSING THE CHANDLERY, BLEND, WE CAN EAT LOVE, were all semi-finalists In O'Neill Theatre Conference, and LARK development. WE CAN EAT LOVE received a full Portland Stage Studio Production, March, (2019). Other credits, THE SWIM MEET, 78th Street Theatre Lab, BLEND SheWrites Festival, THE BETH DAY and BOXED OFFICE, finalist 10 Minute Plays, Humana Festival, NBC daytime TV.

She holds a BA in acting, from Bard College, and a MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College (Mac Wellman, chair). She is a Llfetime member of DRAMATISTS GUILD, and is currently developing work with HOWL Playwrights, (Darrah Cloud, David Simpatico, curators)

MARTINA dEignan

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MARTINA dEignan

Martina Deignan has been a proud member Howl Playwrights for the past five years. Her two full-length plays, PLUCKY DUCK and AMIR IN AMERICA have had readings at Howl. As an actor, Martina's TV credits include the daytime dramas AS THE WORLD TURNS and SANTA BARBARA, the series CODE RED with Lorne Greene, MISS LONELY HEARTS for PBS, MADAME

Martina Deignan has been a proud member Howl Playwrights for the past five years. Her two full-length plays, PLUCKY DUCK and AMIR IN AMERICA have had readings at Howl. As an actor, Martina's TV credits include the daytime dramas AS THE WORLD TURNS and SANTA BARBARA, the series CODE RED with Lorne Greene, MISS LONELY HEARTS for PBS, MADAME X with Tuesday Weld, many TV pilots, episodic shows, commercials and industrials. Films include GHOST, THE LONGRIDERS and BLACKOUT. Martina is a member of The Dramatists Guild.

RYAN KATZER

molly parker myers

MARTINA dEignan

Ryan Katzer has performed in several theatre productions in NYC, the Hudson Valley, and Connecticut as well as appearing in several short films and numerous plays. He has written, produced, and acted in various short films, one of

which compiled a total of 18 awards and received positive attention from a prominent Los Angeles producer.

Ryan Katzer has performed in several theatre productions in NYC, the Hudson Valley, and Connecticut as well as appearing in several short films and numerous plays. He has written, produced, and acted in various short films, one of

which compiled a total of 18 awards and received positive attention from a prominent Los Angeles producer. Currently living in Los Angeles during the pandemic he has completed the final draft of his first novel, that is until editors and publishers tell him it needs another draft…. Through the virtual climate the pandemic has caused, he is still able to attend regular meetings/performances with the other playwrights

molly parker myers

molly parker myers

molly parker myers

Molly Parker Myers is an actor, artist and writer basedin Kingston NY. Recent regional acting projects include The Thanksgiving Play (WAM Theatre), The Moors (Bridge Street Theatre) Papermaker (Shadowland Stages), Emilie,House of Blue Leaves (Wellesley Rep) Mamma Mia!, The Graduate, The Norman Conquests Trilogy and Lost in Yonkers (Winn

Molly Parker Myers is an actor, artist and writer basedin Kingston NY. Recent regional acting projects include The Thanksgiving Play (WAM Theatre), The Moors (Bridge Street Theatre) Papermaker (Shadowland Stages), Emilie,House of Blue Leaves (Wellesley Rep) Mamma Mia!, The Graduate, The Norman Conquests Trilogy and Lost in Yonkers (Winnipesaukee Playhouse). Molly’s original cabaret (COMEBACK!) was part of the 2014 NYC United Solo Festival, her play KITTY will be part of the 2025 O+ Festival, and she is a member of HOWL playwrights. As both an actor and playwright, Molly is interested in exploring themes of intimacy, bravery, connection and particularly, complicated and flawed humans of all ages. www.mollyparkermyers.com

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

Nan Gatewood Satter’s one-act comedies (Yalu River; Dinner at Donovan’s) have been seen at the William Inge Theatre Festival, the Valdez Theatre Festival, the Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival, the Bunnell Street Arts Centre in Homer, Alaska, and the Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts. In April of 2024, the Theatre of Western S

Nan Gatewood Satter’s one-act comedies (Yalu River; Dinner at Donovan’s) have been seen at the William Inge Theatre Festival, the Valdez Theatre Festival, the Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival, the Bunnell Street Arts Centre in Homer, Alaska, and the Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts. In April of 2024, the Theatre of Western Springs will feature Dinner at Donovan’s as one of three productions in its New Plays Workshop.Her full-length Rules of the Game was a semi-finalist at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre.

In a long-ago acting career, Nan appeared in a number of Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions, most notably the original production of Aaron Sorkin’s Making Movies. In a complementary but alternate universe, Nan works as an author and book editor whose collaborations have earned spots on the New York TimesBest Seller list. nangatewoodsatter.com.

DWIGHT WATSON

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

After thirty-six years of teaching in the Midwest, Dwight relocated to the Hudson Valley. The journey to New York was preceded by childhood in North Carolina, theater tours in the South, marriage in Alabama, life in Los Angeles (where his first son was born and who now teaches anthropology at Mount Holyoke College), and decades at Wabas

After thirty-six years of teaching in the Midwest, Dwight relocated to the Hudson Valley. The journey to New York was preceded by childhood in North Carolina, theater tours in the South, marriage in Alabama, life in Los Angeles (where his first son was born and who now teaches anthropology at Mount Holyoke College), and decades at Wabash College in Indiana (where his second son was born but now makes music and beer at Plan Bee Farm Brewery). Today, time is shared with his spouse, granddaughter, family, with essay and play writing, fly fishing, drumming, and collecting LPs. Author of the book, Original Monologues that Showcase your Talent (Allworth Press/Skyhorse), Dwight’s plays and monologues have been staged near and far and are featured in several anthologies including The Best Ten-Minute plays of 2020 (Smith & Kraus), and Duo!: The Best Scenes for the 21st Century (Applause Books). In addition to Howl Playwrights, Dwight is a member of the Dramatists Guild and New Play Exchange.

Anne Undeland

NAN GATEWOOD SATER

Anne Undeland

In addition to Howl, Anne is an active member of Berkshire Playwrights Lab’s writing group in Great Barrington MA. Her short plays have been presented in numerous festivals around the country with The Kiss winning best play at the Ten Minute Play Festival at the West Side Y in New York in 2018. Her full-length play, Lady Randy, was produc

In addition to Howl, Anne is an active member of Berkshire Playwrights Lab’s writing group in Great Barrington MA. Her short plays have been presented in numerous festivals around the country with The Kiss winning best play at the Ten Minute Play Festival at the West Side Y in New York in 2018. Her full-length play, Lady Randy, was produced by WAM Theatre and performed at Shakespeare & Co in Lenox, MA in 2019. Online: www. anneundeland.com

LOUISA VILARDI

LOUISA VILARDI

LOUISA VILARDI

Louisa Vilardi is a writer and theater director originally from Northern New Jersey where she taught high school English and Creative Writing for over a decade before moving to the Hudson Valley. Louisa was formerly a resident director and producer for New Players Company (Ridgewood, NJ). Her writing has been featured by The Huffington Po

Louisa Vilardi is a writer and theater director originally from Northern New Jersey where she taught high school English and Creative Writing for over a decade before moving to the Hudson Valley. Louisa was formerly a resident director and producer for New Players Company (Ridgewood, NJ). Her writing has been featured by The Huffington Post, Today Parenting Team and Scary Mommy. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America. Currently, she is developing Tough Love, her newest full-length play. www.LouisaVilardi.com

DEAN TEMPLE

LOUISA VILARDI

LOUISA VILARDI

Dean Temple works as a writer, actor, and director for stage, screen, audiobooks, and video games in the Hudson Valley and New York City. His solo show Voice of Authority – named a Hidden Gem by FringeReview – won Best of Fest and at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, and enjoyed successful runs at 59E59 Theaters in New York City, an

Dean Temple works as a writer, actor, and director for stage, screen, audiobooks, and video games in the Hudson Valley and New York City. His solo show Voice of Authority – named a Hidden Gem by FringeReview – won Best of Fest and at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, and enjoyed successful runs at 59E59 Theaters in New York City, and at Surgeon’s Hall for the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also wrote, directed, and animated the short Everyone Has the Right which won accolades from the New York Animation Awards, the Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and the Soho International Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Animated Film.

SETH McNEILL

LOUISA VILARDI

Danielle Frimer

Seth McNeill is a playwright and theatre artist from Mississippi and a couple other places. He was homeschooled until college. His family once raised emus, and it did NOT go well.

Seth has presented his pla

ys and performed at the Ancram Center for the Arts, Valdez Theatre Conference, Gingold Theatrical Group, Fresh Ground Pepper, American

Seth McNeill is a playwright and theatre artist from Mississippi and a couple other places. He was homeschooled until college. His family once raised emus, and it did NOT go well.

Seth has presented his pla

ys and performed at the Ancram Center for the Arts, Valdez Theatre Conference, Gingold Theatrical Group, Fresh Ground Pepper, American Shakespeare Center, Dixon Place, Fault Line Theatre, Amios NYC, Bridge Street Theater, and the Hambidge Center. He has been named a semi-finalist for the O’Neill, the Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries Prize, and Primary Stages ESPA Drills. His short play Sad Lonely People will be published in Smith & Kraus’ Best 10-Minute Plays of 2023.

Seth has also worked as a script reader and dramaturg with Theatre for a New Audience, and an educator at Barrington Stage and Hunter College, where he received a Masters in Theatre. He was a frequent participant in Shotz, a monthly short play festival produced by Amios NYC, and is a current member of Howl Playwrights.

Seth lives with his wife Lori in a very old house in the Hudson Valley and is re-learning all of that carpentry stuff his dad taught him.

Danielle Frimer

Grace Angela Henry

Danielle Frimer

Danielle Frimer's plays have been performed and developed at the Brick, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, CoHo Lab, the Rosendale Theatre, Round the Bend, the Morgan Wixson Theatre, and others. As a conversation designer, she worked on the Emmy-nominated interactive audio game "Esme and Roy," and the Cannes Grand Prix-winning "Westw

Danielle Frimer's plays have been performed and developed at the Brick, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, CoHo Lab, the Rosendale Theatre, Round the Bend, the Morgan Wixson Theatre, and others. As a conversation designer, she worked on the Emmy-nominated interactive audio game "Esme and Roy," and the Cannes Grand Prix-winning "Westworld: The Maze." Danielle is the winner of the Fresh Fruit Festival's 2023 Short Play Contest, a 2023 Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers Conference, and a member of HOWL playwrights. She lives in New Paltz, NY, with her wife and dog. BA: Yale; MFA: American Conservatory Theatre. daniellefrimer.com

Grace Angela Henry

Grace Angela Henry

Grace Angela Henry

Angela is professionally active in nonprofit recruitment and governance; philanthropic administration; community and educational promotion and engagement; and the performing arts. Under the stage name of Grace Angela Henry, Angela has appeared on film and stage with the HOWL, Stissing Center for Arts and Culture, CENTER for Performing Ar

Angela is professionally active in nonprofit recruitment and governance; philanthropic administration; community and educational promotion and engagement; and the performing arts. Under the stage name of Grace Angela Henry, Angela has appeared on film and stage with the HOWL, Stissing Center for Arts and Culture, CENTER for Performing Arts, and Half Moon Theatre in the Hudson Valley, and the Actors Studio, Medicine Show Theatre, and Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Angela is especially known in the Hudson Valley for historic graveyard tours, her portrayals of Sojourner Truth, and as a popular MC and auctioneer for nonprofit galas. She is also an accomplished voice actor on Audible.com, film, and international walking tours. Current board member of the New York Foundation for the Arts and former board chair of Art Mid-Hudson, Angela is grateful for their significant impact on quality of life in the Hudson Valley, and grateful to Bryan, her husband and number one fan.

diane davis

Grace Angela Henry

Grace Angela Henry

Diane Davis is a playwright and founder of Eden Theater Company. She is a member of Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director’s Unit, and was an HB Studios Residency Fellow, Her plays have been developed or produced at The New Ohio Theatre, The Flea, New York Theater Workshop, Primary Stages, the Barrow Group, AMIOS, Goddard College and HB Studi

Diane Davis is a playwright and founder of Eden Theater Company. She is a member of Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director’s Unit, and was an HB Studios Residency Fellow, Her plays have been developed or produced at The New Ohio Theatre, The Flea, New York Theater Workshop, Primary Stages, the Barrow Group, AMIOS, Goddard College and HB Studios. Diane studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sandy Meisner, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and earned a BA in Theater from Bennington College. She is currently working on an MFA in playwriting at Columbia University. As a member of the Dramatist Guild, the League of Professional Theater Women, and the Honor Roll advocacy group, she works towards gender parity for women writers and theater-makers.

Katherine Burger

Katherine Burger

Katherine Burger

Productions of Katherine Burger’s play MORPHIC RESONANCE include: The Donmar Warehouse Theater in London; Theatre de l’Atelier in Paris; The Westport Country Playhouse; The Kleines Theatre in Berlin; and over Radio BBC. Her one-act WAY DEEP, winner of the Samuel French short play festival and published by them, has been produced throughou

Productions of Katherine Burger’s play MORPHIC RESONANCE include: The Donmar Warehouse Theater in London; Theatre de l’Atelier in Paris; The Westport Country Playhouse; The Kleines Theatre in Berlin; and over Radio BBC. Her one-act WAY DEEP, winner of the Samuel French short play festival and published by them, has been produced throughout the United States. She’s had various productions of other short plays. Katherine has written two plays on commission for South Coast Repertory Theater, as well as two commissioned screenplays, one of which had a staged reading at The Nuyorican Poets’ Café Fifth Night screenplay reading series. She’s a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, where she was awarded the Harrington Award for best librettist for her musical THE CURSE OF BATVIA. A singer and actor, Katherine has performed in the United States and Europe. She’s also a visual artist: bobcatbookandcards.net. Her illustrated novella, The Bildungsroman of Mr. Bob, a Cat’s Tale, was published by Dr. Cicero Press in 2021.

Dennis Wedlick

Katherine Burger

Katherine Burger

Dennis Wedlick, a celebrated author and award-winning architect based in the Hudson Valley, is renowned for his exceptional storytelling skills. His unique talent lies in capturing the lives and perspectives of a diverse group of individuals, demonstrating how their exuberant or restrained personalities profoundly influence both the built

Dennis Wedlick, a celebrated author and award-winning architect based in the Hudson Valley, is renowned for his exceptional storytelling skills. His unique talent lies in capturing the lives and perspectives of a diverse group of individuals, demonstrating how their exuberant or restrained personalities profoundly influence both the built and natural environment. Between 1984 and 2014, Wedlick’s exceptional storytelling skills resulted in the publication of five best-selling, home design books and over eighty architecture and lifestyle articles for various regional and national publications. In 2015, he decided to expand his creative horizons and explore his narrative abilities by writing anthropological novels and plays. These works draw inspiration from the diverse personalities, original stories, and cultural backgrounds he encountered while designing personalized homes, artist retreats, and artist studios for creative individuals across the nation. For Wedlick, this new direction in storytelling serves as a creative tool for psychoanalytical and sociological exploration of human behavior, delving into the origins and complexities of people’s perpetual quest to find their place in the world.