“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.

Alverneq Lindsay

Alverneq Lindsay (she/her) is a creative producer and performer from Brooklyn, NY. She is currently working as a Line Producer at The Public Theater (Richard III, A Raisin in the Sun). She has previously worked at Little Island and the New Victory Theater, curating artistic programs and providing developmental support for artists across various disciplines. She believes the arts have the ability to generate empathy and joy and strives to help increase arts access through her work as a producer and arts advocate. Alverneq uses her independent producing projects to curate spaces that build community through shared experiences and encourage emotional vulnerability.

Emma Orme

Emma Orme (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based producer and performer with a focus on new theatrical work. She is currently the Producing Director of Hypokrit Productions, where she has produced & developed work with Sharbari Ahmed, Aya Aziz, Neal Gupta, Sathya Sridharan, and more. She has performed in and developed work at NYTW, The Public, Williamstown, LaMama, The Flea, Atlantic Theater, EST, Drama League, and more.  Producing credits include: Circle Jerk Off-Broadway at The Connelly; Pleasure Machine, a podcast starring Starr Busby and made with Colt Coeur; Running, a short film starring Danny Pudi; Time Out Critics’ Pick Brief Chronicle: Books 6-8 by Agnes Borinsky; NYT Critics’ Pick Red Emma & The Mad Monk; NYT Critics’ Pick AGNES; and workshops of new plays by Ruby Rae Spiegel, Sunita Prasad, Gina Femia, Celeste Jennings, Justine Gelfman, Deborah Yarchun, and others.  She has served as a video producer for The New York Times, the BOLD Associate Producer at Northern Stage, and the Artistic Producer of VoxLab.  BA: Dartmouth College

Barbara Samuels

Barbara Samuels (she/her) is a queer producer, organizer and lighting designer residing on unceded Wappinger and Munsee Lenape land. Barbara values a diversity of approaches and ideas in creating intimate and explosive environments for new plays, opera and dance, aiming to unearth the human condition and consciousness of our surroundings while destabilizing harmful power structures. Barbara is currently developing projects with Kedian Keohan and Becca Blackwell. She served as the General Manager of OBIE Award-winning 13P from 2008-2012, and as Producing Director of Morgan Gould and Friends from 2014-2018. Barbara holds a B.A. from Fordham University and an M.F.A in Lighting Design from NYU. Proud member of USA Local 829. New Georges Affiliated Artist. www.barbarasamuels.com.



Praycious Wilson-Gay

Praycious Wilson-Gay (she/her) is an arts administrator and creative producer. She received her B.F.A in Stage Management from Syracuse University and her M.F.A in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College. She is currently the Associate Director for The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. She works from an anti-racist and decolonized praxis in all her projects and encourages artists to do the same. Amongst many other projects in her position, she launched a digital Hip-Hop vs. Shakespeare writing course for the incarcerated community amidst the pandemic. Praycious has years of experience in community organizing, event planning, stage management, theater management and producing. Recently, Praycious was an adjunct lecturer for the Performance Arts Management Master’s Program at Brooklyn College. She is also a Board Member of SpiritHouse South based in Durham, NC. Praycious specializes in working with communities to amplify the stories that matter to them.