About CreateTheater

CreateTheater is a NYC theater company that has been helping writers develop and produce their work since the company was launched in 2016 by Cate Cammarata, an Off-Broadway producer, director and dramaturg. It continues to offer coaching, workshops and developmental programs, and to  continually explore other opportunities to fund the development of new plays and musicals.

In 2020 CreateTheater created a resident company, The Experts Theater Company (ETC), to work intensely with a smaller group of writers to develop their scripts and guide them through to production. It is the “Artistic Home” where we can work more individually with writers and help them move their work toward production.

The New Works Festival is a non-profit collaborative series produced by CreateTheater, in association with Prism Stage Company, for CreateTheater ETC members whose shows are ready for their first developmental production in NYC.

In 2023 CreateTheater partnered with SUNY Cortland Musical Theatre to develop the Professional Musical Theatre Development Program to develop new musicals upstate and then present them in NYC. That same year Prism Stage Company launched the CreateTheater-Prism Stage Company New Play Residency that develops one new play each year and then presents it in the annual CreateTheater New Works Festival. Both partnerships are fully-funded and present unique opportunities for new musical and new play development.

CreateTheater Officers and Staff

Cate Cammarata, Executive Producer

Judith Estrine, Associate Producer

Callie Stribling, Production Manager

Michelle Hutter, Website & Membership Manager

Christopher Leonard, Video Editor

Daniel Brugger, Literary Assistant

Advisory Board

Patrick Blake

Cate Cammarata

Melissa Bell

Ken Cerniglia

Judith & Steve Estrine

Kevin Halpin

Joel Krantz

Ed Levy

Larry Little

Steve Marsh

Tom Miele

Sam Negin

Neal Rubinstein

Leo Schmidt