Josh Lewis is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Sleepy Hollow Arts Collective.

Prior to moving up the Hudson, he lived in New York City for three decades, where he worked as a director, writer, actor, and composer. His work has been seen around the world, from Edinburgh to Indonesia; in print, on TV, and every stage imaginable, from basements to Broadway.

He co-founded and served as co-artistic director of the Atlantic Theater Acting School’s Atlantic Farm Team, and created and served as artistic director of the Young Playwrights program for Operation Exodus, an organization dedicated to mentoring Latino youth in Washington Heights.

As an educator, he has developed programming and taught for countless institutions including: the Atlantic Acting School/NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, New York Film Academy, Yale School of Drama, and the New York City Public School System.

Since moving to the area, he has directed, performed, and created educational programming and taught for: the Hudson Valley Writers Center, Shames JCC, Sleepy Hollow Cultural Festival, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, and SHAC, among others.

Josh lives in Sleepy Hollow with his wife, their two daughters, and dog.

Andrew Monachelli is a local business owner and realtor and an avid supporter of the arts. Andrew was born and raised in Manhattan and has been a resident of Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown since 2008. He has previously served as treasurer for a variety of non-profit groups including the local Chamber of Commerce and The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, and is happy to carry that role as Treasurer of SHAC. Previous professional roles have included teaching and educational administration for 20+ years and Andrew has a degree in Business Management and Mathematics from Ithaca College.

Amy Witmer is the secretary of the Board of Directors of the Sleepy Hollow Arts Collective (SHAC). Amy co-founded SHAC's Sleepy Hollow Community Band in 2024. She is a trumpet player, as well as board member and music librarian with the Hudson Valley Wind Ensemble. Amy is on the Advisory Board of MusicWorks, which provides virtually free music lessons to Sleepy Hollow High School students in need. She was President and founding board member of the nonprofit early childhood program, Let’s Play! A Place for Families from 2015-2020. She is active with the local schools through the Performing Arts Boosters and the PTA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Elizabethtown College. Amy lives in Sleepy Hollow with her husband, Michael, and their children, Emmett, Nora and Felix. 

Giverny Petitmermet is an actor/director/producer/educator originally from San Diego, California. She received her BFA in Acting with a minor in Art History from Boston University and studied theatre at both the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and the British American Dramatics Academy (BADA). She worked as an actor in New York City for over a decade, moving to Westchester in 2018.

Giverny is the Artistic Director/Lead Producer of The New Collectives and Lead Teaching Artist for their education wing, The Young Collectives, where she has lead many Shakespeare camps. She is also a founding member of BREAD Arts Collective.

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Giverny taught art and drama at Transfiguration School in Tarrytown from February 2021 until the school's closing in June 2024. She is currently a teaching artist with Theater O in Ossining and Children's Shakespeare Theatre in Nyack.

Rebecca Thomas is a Flamenco dancer, choreographer, arts educator, and the artistic director of A Palo Seco Flamenco Company. After receiving a B.A. from the University of Rochester, she moved to Spain, delving into the art of Flamenco for over a decade before returning to the U.S.  Once settled in New York, she toured with numerous companies, and subsequently founded her own company- A Palo Seco Flamenco Company- in 2010.  She has performed throughout the U.S. at venues such as NY SummerStage, Le Poisson Rouge, the Chicago Flamenco Festival, Eastman School of Music, the Pocantico Center, Flushing Town Hall, the New Victory Theater, and the Hollywood Bowl. For her choreographic work, Rebecca  has received support from Arts Westchester, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Jerome Foundation, Connecticut Office of the Arts, the CUNY Dance Initiative, and she is a three-time recipient of the NYFA Fellowship in Choreography.  She is a firm believer in Arts-Education and conducts workshops, residencies, and Lecture Demonstrations to students of all ages and backgrounds throughout the country.

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Mother of two, Rebecca is a resident of Tarrytown and loves being involved in any and all community happenings.  She is thrilled to be on the board of SHAC, excited to help spread the arts throughout Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, and beyond.