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Summer Salt
Summer Salt is our annual writer's retreat.
Each summer since 2011 Jeffrey Sweet & Kristine Niven have met with a gang of writer-improvisors like Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta, Cheri & Bill Steinkellner, Deborah Laufer, Ron West, Catherine Butterfield, Mike Descoteaux, Jonathan Stark, Michael Gellman and Pam Victor.
For a week, we improvise scenes and character explorations based on each other’s suggestions to jump-start the creation of new plays, screenplays, sketches and TV scripts. Plays by Laufer and Butterfield which were worked on at these retreats have played off-Broadway, and several short plays have been part of AND’s Eclectic Evening of Shorts: Boxers & Briefs. Plays developed by Castellaneta/Lacusta and the Steinkellners have played on the West Coast and at festivals around the country.
Summer Salt is by invitation only. If you are interested in being considered to participate, please contact us at artnewdir@aol.com
Summer Salt Alumni
2022
Triza Cox, Tom Riis Farrell, Cheryl Lilko Games, Jeremy Kereken, Ali MacLean, Kristine Niven, Daryl Phillipy, Jeffrey Sweet
2021
Triza Cox, Jack DeAngelis, Tom Riis Farrell, Deb Maclean, Kristine Niven, Janet Stanford, Jeffrey Sweet
2019
Nick Brown, J. Julian Christopher, David Impiccatore, Erin Lavallee, Ali MacLean, Dan March, Kristine Niven, Rani O'Brien, Jeffrey Sweet, Kit Vinsick
2018
Avery Bargar, Catherine Butterfield, Joey Frangieh, Janice Goldberg, Jeff MacKinnon, Carolyn Mignini, Kristine Niven, Suzanne Rand, Eleanor Reissa, Natalie Storrs, Jeffrey Sweet, Ron West
2017
Janice Goldberg, David Impicciator, Katie Mack, Matt Mezzacappa, Kristine Niven, Jeffrey Sweet, Christina Vinsick, Pamela Gaye Walker, Jared Wilder
2016
Nick Brown, Jan Buttram, Jeff MacKinnon, Kristine Niven, Robert Rosenbaum, Jonathan Stark, Natalie Storrs, Jeffrey Sweet, Christina Vinsick, Nana Visitor
2015
Nick Brown, Hilary Chaplain, Margaret Geraghty, Jeff MacKinnon, Kristine Niven, Jonathan Stark, Jeffrey Sweet, Pam Victor, Robert Woo
2014
Dan Castellenetta, Deana Criess, Mike Descoteaux, Michael Gellman, Deb Lacusta, David Mogolov, Kristine Niven, Nicole Pandolfo, Deborah Smith, Jonathan Stark, Jeffrey Sweet, Rick Thomas, Jared Wilder
2013
Catherine Butterfield, Mike Descoteaux, Kristine Niven, Nicole Pandolfo, Jonathan Stark, Jeffrey Sweet, Ron West, Jeff Zinn
2012 – Mystic
Dan Castellenetta, Anthony Ellison, Leah Emmerich, Janice Goldberg, Deb Lacusta, Deb Lauffer, Carol Lempert, Taylor Negron, Krstine Niven, David Sinker, Cheri Steinkellner, Jeffrey Sweet, Scotty Watson
2011
Catherine Butterfield, Dan Castellenetta, Deb Lacusta, Krstine Niven, Jonathan Stark, Bill Steinkellner, Cherie Steinkellner, Jeffrey Sweet, Ron West.