Elaine Davida Sklar

Elaine Davida Sklar (playwright, lyricist, producer, director, and educator) was the Artistic Director of the Greenwich Repertory Theatre and directed for the Connecticut Playmakers. Ms. Sklar served as Drama Chairman for the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and co-founded the Children’s Theater Workshops. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Communications from the University of Michigan, and a Master’s in Education from Manhattanville College.

Elaine created the musical (book, music, and lyrics) for Bully No More!, first published by Tams-Witmark and now by Concord Theatricals. Ms. Sklar co-wrote the rap musicals Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and A Midsummer’s Night Dream. She wrote the book for the new musical Delilah Sky with award-winning Nashville composers The Twangtown Paramours. Elaine wrote two bilingual children’s English-Spanish books, How I Helped My Grandma Rose and Gimmee! Gimmee! Gimmee!, and is the author of new murder mystery novel edited by May Cole of The Good Story Company. Elaine co-wrote and illustrated a 12-book series, Pick A Perfect Party.

She also directed 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 for GRT.