EXCLUSIVE:TheWriters Guild of America Easthas a new class of Showrunner Academy graduates.
The full list of graduates and their bios are below.
Dramatic Directing Award, The Sundance Vanguard Award and The National Board of Reviews Spotlight Award.
2024 WGAE Showrunner Academy
Radha has had success in the world of theater and television as well.
Radhas original piece We Good.
incorporated a 16-foot long braided wig as a signifier of Black Women as often-missing contributors to American culture.
The piece gained critical acclaim and marked Radhas foray into the fine arts world.
She has also written feature screenplays for Bad Robot, Amblin, Anonymous Content, Netflix, and Universal.
Originally from Massachusetts, she studied history at Yale College and Dramatic Writing at NYU/Tisch.
Antoinette ChinonyeNwandu is a New York-based writer for stage and screen.
for Netflix #WhenYourChickensComeHomeToRoost.
She is developing a pilot with Fifth Season (exec producer, Layne Eskridge).
Antoinettes stage productions include:Vanna White Has Got to Die!
(Fire This Time Festival, NYC.
2013);Black Boy & The War(The Movement Theater Company, NYC.
Dominic Colonis an award-winning writer, actor and director from the Bronx, New York.
(NATIONAL QUEER THEATER).
Dominics playThe War I Knowwas the recipient of the inaugural WRITE-IT-OUT Prize.
As one of the top three finalists Dominic received a blind pilot deal at HULU.
He is a writer on the upcoming Netflix series, PINK MARINE, produced by television icon Norman Lear.
Grainger is represented at Grandview.
ROBOT, SEE and HEELS.
She won a Writers Guild Award for MR. She is represented by CAA and Grandview.
Gina Gionfriddois a two-time Pulitzer finalist for her plays Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn.
She has developed two features for HBO and pilots for CBS and Wiip.
He frequently appears as a guest onThe Howard Stern Wrap UpShow and has contributed toVulture, BuzzFeedandThe AV Club.
His first book of original essays, published by Simon & Schuster, will be released in 2026.
Leah Gotcsikis an Emmy-nominated writer and current EP on THE TINY CHEF SHOW for Nickelodeon.
With a background in improv and sketch comedy (ask her about her balmy cruise ship days!
), Leah loves to tell character-forward stories with humor, high stakes and heart.
Joseph Hamptonis a writer/producer for television and film.
He has been a writer/story editor on over 400 episodes of data pipe television and written several feature films.
Christina Kallasis one of the few women writer-directors with three feature films under her belt actively working today.
Currently touring international festivals, it has also been featured on airlines like Emirates and Qatar Airways.
Prior credits include BBC Films hooligan drama, I.D.
and European TV series hits, EDEL&STARCK and DANNI LOWINSKI.
Nambi E. Kelleyserved as a writer/co-producer on Peacocks BEL AIR.
Also an accomplished playwright, Nambi is developing multiple projects for Broadway.
Nambi was chosen by Toni Morrison to adapt her novelJazz.
Greg Lisi & Gerry de Leonmet at the American Film Institute Conservatory where they both graduated in 2010.
Greg has created and sold TV projects to HBO, Hulu, CBS and Sony TV.
Gerry has worked in various developmental aspects for Scott Rudin, Hilary Swank, Terrence Malick and Walter Salles.
They recently sold a limited series to Peacock.
Ted Malaweris a playwright and screenwriter from New York.
For iHeart Podcasts, Ted created the series DOES THIS MURDER MAKE ME LOOK GAY?
!, a PEOPLEs Pick and T List/New York Times recommendation.
stage and The Second City Mainstage.
Nathan Minis a writer, actor, and comedian based in New York City.
He was selected as a finalist for the 10th annual Andy Kaufman Award.
Currently, he is developing a half-hour comedy based on his life with A24 and Celadon Pictures.
Adam Whitney Nicholsis a writer who lives in rural Vermont.
Adam is repped by Cullen Conly at Anonymous Content.
He is a recent graduate of The Juilliard Schools Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program.
Celeste Parrwas most recently a Writer and Executive Producer for Season Two of CBCs anthology series PLAN B.
She has three original drama series in active development at three different broadcasters/streamers both in Canada and internationally.
Dan Perlmanis a comedian, writer and director from New York City.
He co-created, wrote, and starred in Showtimes critically-acclaimed comedy series, FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS.
Dan made his directorial debut in the FLATBUSH episode, boomerang, which Vulture praised for its masterful direction.
Dan also wrote and directed the award-winning short films, CRAMMING and PRACTICE SPACE.
Dan first co-created the prize-winning digital series of FLATBUSH, which served as the foundation for the Showtime show.
Made on zero-budget, the first installment became Oscar-qualified after winning Grand Jury Awards in its film festival run.
Dan is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NYC.
His writing has also appeared inThe New Yorker.
There, she wrote and starred in three Mainstage reviews, including the critically acclaimedSouth Side of Heaven.
Commercial credits include: Discover Card, Wal-Mart, Sonic Drive-in, Lexus, and more.
Katie currently lives in Los Angeles where she is an executive producer on HARLEY QUINN.
Jacquelyn Reingoldis a playwright, TV writer, teacher, and advocate.
Her newest play Fear Less was read in EST/Sloan Foundations First Light Festival, May 2024.
Shes published by DPS, French, Smith & Kraus, and a collection of one-acts calledThings Between Us.
Zach Smilovitzis an Emmy-nominated, WGA Award-winning writer, producer, and performer.
He was the Co-Creator and Head Writer of STEPHEN COLBERT PRESENTS TOONING OUT THE NEWS on Comedy Central.
Previously, he was a Supervising Producer on OUR ARTOON PRESIDENT on Showtime.
Lauren Ashley Smithis an Emmy-nominated TV & film writer, producer and radio host.
Currently, she is in an overall deal with CBS Studios to develop scripted TV comedies.
Prior to that, Lauren was the head writer of THE RUNDOWN WITH ROBIN THEDE on BET.
She completed her clinical training at Cook County/Stroger Hospital.
In 2022, she won an Edgar for an episode she wrote for Narcos: Mexico.
Her tv writing credits include GOTHAM, THE DEUCE, and SCARPETTA.
Mfoniso Udofiais a first-generation Nigerian-American storyteller and educator.
She has also developed films for HBO, Legendary, and Amazon.
Education: BA Wellesley College, MFA American Conservatory Theater.
Recipient of the 2017 Helen Merrill Award, 2017-18 McKnight National Residency/Commission, and member of New Dramatists.
