Our Team
Alicia Carroll, Producer
Alicia Carroll is a screenwriter and playwright based in NY and LA. Previous writing credits include BUMPER IN BERLIN (Peacock), THE WATCHFUL EYE (Freeform), ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST (NBC), and Crooked Media's comedic live show and podcast, LOVETT OR LEAVE IT. As an advocate for consent-aware entertainment, Alicia spoke at TEDxBeaconStreet in Boston. She has also participated in fellowships and labs across mediums in film, television, and theater including Film Independent: Project Involve, Women In Film: Insight, IAMA Theatre's Emerging Playwrights Lab and Ensemble Studio Theater LA’s Ignite Lab. Her play HORSE PLAY was recently named an O’Neill Theater Center NPC Semifinalist. When she's not writing, Alicia produces independent theater and runs See What Sticks! Previous producing credits include RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay-Abaire, DARK PLAY or STORIES FOR BOYS by Carlos Murillo, BLACK N BLUE BOYS/ BROKEN MEN by Dael Orlandersmith (13th Street Repertory Company); 30-30-30: A Short Play Festival, DETOUR by Diana Dinerman and THE PROGRESSIVES by Anne Hollister (via See What Sticks). Alicia is an Emerson College graduate and teaches writing independently and at The Writing Pad in Los Angeles. aliciadcarroll.com | @aliciadcarroll
Erica Wachs, Producer
Erica Wachs is an LA-based playwright and television writer, who is currently the writers’ assistant on the upcoming Netflix series BLACK RABBIT. She also has served as the script coordinator on the Netflix series The Night Agent, and the writers’ assistant on American Horror Story (FX), MAID (Netflix) and Pieces of Her (Netflix). As an undergraduate at Yale, she was an English major and playwriting concentrator, where she was the recipient of the Jonathan Edwards Creative Writing Award, and her short play Waking was added to the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. More recently, Erica’s play Anatevka was a Eugene O’Neill Semifinalist and Austin Film Festival Second Rounder (2019), and her short play Merge was selected and produced as part of the Rainy Day Artistic Collective’s first annual Queer Voices Festival (2021). www.eriwachs.com
Madeline Hendricks Lewen & Ilana Peña,
Co-Founders
Madeline and Ilana met in 2008 at the Cherubs Theatre Arts program in Evanston, Illinois. Their paths crossed again when they both moved to Los Angeles to pursue careers in writing. As they hustled in the industry, they realized they both craved their own artistic community - somewhere people could feel safe to take risks, be vulnerable, and celebrate each other's work. And so See What Sticks was born! Ilana and Madeline are both playwrights and TV writers. Madeline's credits include Jane The Virgin and Good Trouble. After writing on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ilana created the series Diary of a Future President, which can be found on Disney+.