Raw Impressions is always looking for new people to get involved with our organization. From internships in film and music theatre production, to participating in or even producing our events.

Our participants range from emerging artists to award-winning professionals. We also encourage artists who have great experience in one field to experiment in another.

Participating in Raw Impressions has benefits both in the process as well as the product and long after the event is over.

Through our events, we've introduced collaborators to one other who have gone on to create dozens of new works both films and musicals. Over a dozen full length musicals have been presented at NYMF and The New York Fringe Festival by people who met at Raw Impressions.

Artists like Mora Stephen, Joel Viertel and Alek Lev took the inspiration, skill and connections they got at RIPFest and created the award -winning feature film Conventioneers that recently opened at NY's Film Forum after winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Film made for less than $500,000.

Announcements for upcoming submissions will be posted here.

Download A Brief Who’s Who of Raw Impressions

Neena

Beber

Screenwriter for How to Deal released by New Line Cinema.

Jimmy

Bennett

Star and co-creator of Off-Broadway's improvised musical The Nuclear Family

Anjali

Bhimani

B'wy actor: Bombay Dreams, Metamorphoses.

Jeffrey

Blumenkrantz

Tony-nominated composer.

Joe

Cassidy

Jean Valjean in Les Miserables on Broadway.

Allison

Easter

Rehearsal Director and Member of The Meredith Monk Ensemble.

Jody

Elff

Laurie Anderson's Sound Designer and guitar player for Lou Reed.

Miguel

Frasconi

Internationally-acclaimed composer and glass music pioneer & performer.

Rita

Gardner

The original Louisa (female star) in The Fantasticks in 1951.

Andrew

Gerle

Three-time Richard Rodgers Award-winner.

Jenny

Giering

Jonathan Larson Award-Winner.

Jason

Goldberg

Dave Attell's Insomniac Editor

Paul Scott

Goodman

Bright Lights Big City (NYTW) Writer/Composer

John

Grady

A Blue Man of The Blue Man Group.

Chris

Grant

Director of ÒPie ChiÓ - official selection at 17 festivals including Mill Valley.

Deborah

Hurwitz

Conductor of Miss Saigon and Mama Mia!

Penka

Kouneva

Sundance Film Lab composer and Orchestrator of The Matrix Reloaded.

Rob

Kutner

Emmy Award-Winning Writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

DJ

Javerbaum

Emmy Award-Winning Head Writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Ellen

Maddow

OBIE award-winner and founder of The Talking Band.

Ruth

Margraff

Rockefeller Award winning playwright produced at BAM.

Susan

Marshall

MacArthur Genius Award-winning Choreographer/Director.

Brendan

Milburn

Composer for Striking 12 produced at The Prince, Old Globe & Theatreworks

Mark

Millhone

Academy Award for Best Student Short film.

Julia

Murney

Star of Lennon (B'wy) and The Wild Party (Lippa) Drama Desk Nomination.

Amy X.

Nueburg

Bi-Coastal Multimedia New Music Diva.

Tonya

Pinkins

Tony Award-winner forJelly's Last Jam. Title star of Caroline or Change.

Lonny

Price

Broadway Director of A Class Act and Master Harold and The Boys.

R.N.

Sandberg

Head of the Princeton University Theatre Department.

Rachel

Sheinkin

Tony Award-winning writer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Scott

Schwartz

Broadway Director of Golda's Balcony and Bat Boy & Tick Tick Boom (Off-B'way)

Kate

Shindl

Miss America 1998. B'way: Cabaret. Featured in The Stepford Wives.

Dana

Snyder

Mastershake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Channel's Adult Swim

Ted

Sperling

Tony Award-winner and Music Director for 8 Bwy shows including Full Monty

Jeffrey

Stock

Broadway composer of  Triumph of Love starring F. Murray Abraham.

Kris

Stewart

Founder and Executive Director of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Shashwati

Talukdar

Director whose film work was featured in the 2001 Whitney Biennial

Jason

Tobin

Star of Better Luck Tomorrow the Asian-American indie breakout film.

Joel

Viertel

Conventioneers director.  The feature premiered at The 2005 Tribecca Film Festival.

Maryrose

Wood

3-time Richard Rodgers Award-winner.

Val

Vigoda

Violinist for Joe Jackson, Cindi Lauper and her own band Groovelily.

Michael

Whalen

Emmy Award-winning composer of ÒGood Morning AmericaÓ theme song.

Clay

Zambo

Composed songs for NPR's Car Talk music album