Elaine Davida Sklar | Author
Elaine Davida Sklar is the Founder of The Greenwich Repertory Theater, and directed for The Connecticut Playmakers: Stop The World, I Want To Get Off! Sweet Charity, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Mousetrap, Gypsy, Bells Are Ringing, The Seven Year Itch, 50 Years Of Music! John Wayne’s Movie Has Been Canceled, Two For The Seesaw, The Prisoner Of Second Avenue, and The Wizard of Oz.
Ms. Sklar served as Drama Chairman for The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and co-founded The Children’s Theater Workshops.
Elaine created the musical Bully No More! published by Tams-Witmark and Concord Theatricals to be produced in NYC and nationally in 2023. Endorsed by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Governor Phil Scott (R-VT), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), U.S. Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT), Jerry Greenfield (co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s), Daniel French, VT, Secretary of Education, Partnership with Children, and Stand Up To Bullying.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/qoW_MhdGc6E
Concord Theatricals BULLY NO MORE! website:concordtheatricals.com/p/65744/bully-no-more
Ms. Sklar co-wrote two musical rap adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and A Midsummer’s Night Dream Elaine received the 2022 Artistic Development Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to work with a Broadway dramaturg on Delilah Sky, a new blues musical. Ms. Sklar co-wrote an illustrated series Pick A Perfect Party 12 birthday party books: for children: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
Elaine Davida is the author of a new novel, Love, Death and Murder, How I Helped My Grandma Rose – a bilingual children’s book accepted by MAC Center for the Arts, and a second bilingual book, Gimme! Gimmee! Gimmee!
Elaine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Communications from The University of Michigan, and a Master’s in Education from Manhattanville College. Ms. Sklar received the State of Vermont Award from Governor Philip B. Scott for dedicated service to Vermonters, with her commitment to improving lives of bullied children.
Elaine Davida Sklar is represented by Open Sky Artists and Amazon ProHub.