The Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence (WPR AiR) program offers artist collectives the time and space to research, experiment, and develop new ideas and projects. Artists are provided with creative mentorships, administrative support, a commissioning fee, living space, and a purpose-built studio.
The 2025 WPR AiR program welcomes two artists-in-residence back to Guild Hall for premieres of work developed while in-residence: Whitney White: The Case of The Stranger on June 21 and Music From The Sole: House is Open, Going Dark on August 22.
For more information, reach out to Theater Director and Curator of Performing Arts, Anthony Madonna at amadonna@guildhall.org.
2025 Artists and Collectives:
Music From The Sole
January 3 – 11; August 19 – 23
Roderick George + knoName Artist
February 7 – February 21
Whitney White & Maxim Pozdorovkin
June 8 – June 22
Site Specific Dances, Matthew Ricketts, Adam Tendler & Phong Tran
October 26 – November 9
Click Here to learn more about our past Artist-in-Residence programs.
PROGRAM SPONSORS
Principal Sponsor: Kathy Rayner in memory of her husband, Billy Rayner
Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from Bobbie Braun -The Neuwirth Foundation, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway.
Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, Andrea and Jeffrey Lomasky, Peter Marino, Meringoff Family, Eva Sandler, and Barbara Toll.
All Musical Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
