The Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence (WPR AiR) program provides sustained support for artists and the development of ambitious new work. Within the creative retreat of East Hampton, Guild Hall serves as an incubator—offering time, space, resources, and ongoing partnership to nurture projects from early exploration to technical theater workshops to major stages in New York and beyond.
For more information, reach out to Theater Director and Curator of Performing Arts, Anthony Madonna at amadonna@guildhall.org.
2026 Artists and Collectives:
Anna Deavere Smith
January 26 – February 2
Robbie Fairchild
February 6 – 18
September 13 – 20
Holland Andrews + yuniya edi kwon
April 13 – May 2
April 30, 7 PM: In-Process: How does it feel to look at nothing
Jaime Lozano + Florencia Cuenca + Adrian Alexander Alea
May 26 – June 8
j. bouey Dance Projects
October 18 – 25
CLICK HERE to learn more about our past Artist-in-Residence programs.
PROGRAM SPONSORS
Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-Residence Principal Sponsor:
Kathy Rayner in memory of her husband, Billy Rayner
Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway and Vital Projects Fund.
Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Toni and Seth Bernstein, Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, and Barbara Toll.
All Musical Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
