Lalit Sritara, a Bangkok-born writer and composer whose musical theatre work blends humor, spirituality, and deeply personal storytelling. A graduate of the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and the first Thai writer to complete the program, Sritara creates works that transform everyday life into emotionally resonant theatrical experiences. Their projects have been presented on stages in New York City, Texas, and Bangkok, and featured by outlets including Musical Theatre Radio and Earmilk. Sritara has received support from the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship, Asian American Arts Alliance, and Summer Song Theater Festival, and was named a finalist for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Artistic Research Fellowship.

Website: https://museonline.org/profile/lalit-sritara/

Affiliation: NYU

Laura Melnicoff is a classically-trained cellist based in Albany, New York. This is her first stay at Catwalk. She will be here together with her collaborator, flutist Melanie Chirignan. We have a flute and cello duo, Duo Envol, and will be working together on compositions we are developing, including a work that we will record at a Looking Glass Arts Neighborhood Recording Residency. They will also use this time to work toward becoming their own official nonprofit, read up on scholarship about the New Jewish School of Music, and practice for cello performances at the Berkshire High Peaks Festival..

Affiliation: Mannes

Emily Hollander is a poet and author of the chapbook Successive Approximations (Bottlecap Press). Her work appears in Mudfish, GARLAND, Kestrel, and anthologies from Nightboat Books and Wesleyan University Press. They hold an MFA from Columbia University.

Website: https://bottlecap.press/products/succeh

Affiliation: Columbia