New York Stage and Film’s Summer Season at Marist University features productions, readings and residencies for new plays, musicals, dance, film, and television in development. Audiences experience stories in their earliest stages before they go to Broadway, major resident and international theatres, movies theatres or TV.
Since 1985, New York Stage and Film (SAF) has developed over 1,000 stories for theatre, dance, film and television that have won every major award including the Pulitzer-Prize, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Obie. Including HAMILTON, HADESTOWN, DOUBT, AMERICAN IDIOT, THE INVISIBLE HAND, TRU, SIDE MAN, amongst hundreds others. Organization History & Notable Projects.
With artist-driven flexibility at its core, resources and opportunities are shaped to meet projects’ needs at every step of their development. Learn about our programming here.
FILM AND TELEVISION
The Filmmakers' Workshop serves a specially curated group of film and TV writers each year. We focus on fresh, ambitious work and prepare writers for success in a competitive industry. Participants gather during the SAF Summer Season in the Hudson Valley, where they receive a table read of their script with professional actors, attend the readings of fellow writers, and receive one-on-one feedback from industry professionals.
STORIES THAT MOVE: DEVELOPING DANCE NARRATIVES
Stories That Move is a developmental program for dance narratives. From full-productions, to readings, workshops and residencies. Stories that Move develops work where the choreographer is the primary artist.
Stories That Move is made possible with significant support from the Jerome Robbins Foundation, as well as the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation, and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
RESIDENCIES
New York Stage and Film supports residencies for artists and theater companies by offering financial support, time, space and resources that meet each project's unique requirements.
During the Summer Season, individual artists, creative teams, and theater companies are in-residence to work on projects in writing rooms or to be inspired by the environment of the Hudson River Valley. Residencies are tailored to each project.
2024 SUMMER SEASON RECAP
WHERE THEY ARE NOW
PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY NYSAF WITH MAJOR NYC AND REGIONAL
PRODUCTIONS AS A PART OF RECENT SUMMER SEASONS:
Photo by Buck Lewis & Emilio Madrid
"Our experience was nothing short of unforgettable and incomparable. It was a transformative journey filled with creativity, unwavering support, and a profound sense of community. We are eternally grateful to NYSAF for believing in our show and for being there to give incredible feedback, and listen to us, and talk with us”
- Samara Cohen (Princess Lockerooo)
Co-Creator & Choreographer
PARADISE BALLROOM
2023 Summer Season
LEAD FUNDING PROVIDED BY:
The New York Stage and Film Summer Season is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, through funding from Dutchess Tourism, Inc. and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson, and by leadership support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Board of Directors of New York Stage and Film.
Leadership support for Stories That Move: Developing Dance Musicals, inspired by Jerome Robbins, is provided by the Jerome Robbins Foundation with additional support provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Additional support provided by Tiger Baron Foundation, The Ellen M Violett and Mary PR Thomas Foundation, The Lucille Lortel Foundation, Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, The Dyson Foundation, and Richenthal Foundation.