“I practice what I learned in the WP Lab every single day. I would not be the artistic producer I am now without WP Theater. If the rising tide lifts all boats, the community at WP lab is the ocean I feel lucky to be a part of. Let them lead the American Theater, and see how that tide will rise!”

– Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theater Company

Established in 2006, the Producers Lab works to extend the influence of female-identified and and trans theater artists. Armed with practical tools and powerful connections, Producers Lab members are empowered to advance specific theatrical projects and special events at WP and beyond. The Producers Lab is founded on a firm belief in the power of creative producing, and strives to make its members equally at home analyzing plays and financial statements.

Penzi Hill

Penzi Hill (she/her) is a New York based theatre artist/producer/dramaturg. Penzi started her career at Williamstown Theater Festival where she was a part of the inaugural class of Black Theatre United’s Early BIPOC Theatre-Makers. Subsequently, Penzi was the Associate Producer of WP Pipeline Festival (2022), an intern for the Movement Theatre Company in Harlem, the Producing Intern at Tom Kirdahy Productions, and the Assistant for the Theatrical Literary Department at IAG. Currently, Penzi is the Artistic Assistant at MCC Theater. NYU Tisch (2023).

Roshni Lavelle

Roshni Lavelle (she/her) is an arts administrator, curator, and creative producer currently working as a Line Producer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where she primarily focuses on the annual free and choose-what-you-pay summer festival, Summer for the City. She proudly supported the reopening of David Geffen Hall, and has led collaborations with organizations such as GlobalFEST, the Bushwick Starr, and Deaf Broadway. She is passionate about cultivating and presenting works that reveal new ideas, generate empathy and joy, and encourage audiences to reflect on their roles within the worlds they inhabit. In her current role, she strives to create community-driven spaces where people can gather, believing that we find our purpose through conversation with others. A proud Chicago native, she holds a BFA in Drama and English from New York University and an MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College.

Skye Pagon

Skye Pagon (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based producer, director, performer, and arts administrator. She received her BFA in Drama from New York University, where she first fell in love with classical theater and telling epically theatrical stories in curious and intimate spaces. She is a resident producer for the actor-lead company, Atomi Theatre Collective, and has produced shows and events at Lincoln Center, the Tada! Youth Theater, and Hedgepig Ensemble. As a director, she has worked at NYU and with Hedgepig Ensemble. She served as a founding Curator for Expand the Canon, an annual shortlist of classical plays aimed at expanding gender diversity in the classical theater canon and championing underproduced works from a multiplicity of global theatrical traditions. She currently works on the Programming team at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Lianna Rada-Hung

Lianna Rada-Hung is an arts administrator and producer born and raised in New York City. She received her B.A. in Dramatic Literature at NYU’s College of Arts and Science and is currently the Artistic Programs Manager at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Lianna serves as the Program Coordinator for the American Repertory Theater, a co-producer on the Broadway-bound Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth, and the co-founder and producer of the Episodic Theatre Project. Before her time at WTF, she was a Production Intern at Back Roads Entertainment, Sesame Workshop, and Late Night with Seth Meyers. She has stage managed several theatrical productions, including the original musical Ships: A Musical Trilogy at The Tank and Soho Playhouse, several musicals as part of NYU’s Lamplighters, and the 2022 season of WTF’s Fridays@3 reading series.

Maia Safani

Maia Safani (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based creative producer, education programs strategist, and arts administrator. Her work centers community, accessibility, and collaborative placemaking. She is a former member of Signature Theatre’s artistic team, where she created Signature’s inaugural education program and line produced various artistic productions and initiatives supporting Signature playwrights, including Quiara Alegría Hudes, Dominique Morisseau, and Sarah Ruhl. Prior to Signature, she worked on global programs at The Lark Play Development Center, where she helped produce convenings and staged readings of works by writers from Russia, Mexico, China, Romania, and the Middle East. Beyond theater, she has also produced live music events and supported film and visual arts initiatives. She is currently the Associate Director of Arts Administration at NYU Gallatin. Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.