The Andy’s Team

STAFF

  • Executive Director
    Director, Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase

    SMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné, non-binary, and NYC-based playwright, theatermaker, and educator originally from Mount Vernon, OH. They are proud to be a Executive Director of Andy’s Summer Playhouse. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, New York Stage and Film, Latinx Playwrights Circle, The Orchard Project, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and Manhattanville University. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists, 2024-25 Ars Nova Vision Residency, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University, and 2023 Parity Development Award. They were a Top 30 semifinalist for the 2024 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Currently,  SMJ is in consideration for the following: 2025 National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (semifinalist), 47th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (semifinalist), 2025 Pegasus PlayLab at UCF (finalist), 2025 Distillery New Works Festival at the Seattle Public Theater (Short List), and 2025/26 Residency at the cell theatre (semifinalist). They are a member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com

  • Artistic Director
    Writer, The Greenhouse

    Sarah Groustra (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based, Massachusetts-born playwright and theatermaker. Sarah's work has been produced off-Broadway at the SheNYC Festival (Winner, Best Script 2023), the Paradise Factory, Soho Playhouse, the Concord Theatricals OOB Festival, and at regional theaters across the country. She was awarded the 2024 Austin Film Festival Stage Play Award, was a finalist for the 2023 Jane Chambers Award, and was named a 2022 Ascending Playwright by Yonder Window Theater Company. Sarah has developed new work with the Valdez Theatre Conference, Under Construction Playwright's Group (the Road Theater), Breaking & Entering Theater Collective, Uptown 1 Train, Purple Light Palette Cohort, the Parsnip Ship, Harlot Productions, Forager Theater Company, and Historically Close Friends. Sarah is an alumna of Kenyon College (2022), the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (2022), and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. She is also the editor-in-chief and founder of 1319 Press, an independent theater publishing company. sarahgroustra.com

Thank you to our 2026 artists!

Riley Dunham, Paige Esterly, Emery Frost, Mackenna Goodrich, Elsa Guerra, Nick Hahn, Jess Honovich, Hadley Hornor, Hope Johansen, Peter Leibold, Andie Lerner, Gwen McCarthy, Marina Pires, & Anya Richkind

The Andy’s Board of Directors

Andy’s has an active and vibrant Board of Directors that facilitates the strategic planning for the Playhouse, defines and maintains our mission, advises our staff, fundraises, and performs many other essential functions.

Amanda Dumont, President
Bob McCarthy, Vice President
Mozammel “Muzi” Husainy, Treasurer
Sarah Kunyosying, Secretary

Alison Barney, Susan Holmes Glazier, & Leah Huntington, Board Members