About

REBECCA STAY

Rebecca Stay is a seasoned television executive, who has supervised numerous hit shows from concept to broadcast. With more than twenty years of extensive development experience under her belt, Rebecca has had the privilege of working with some of the most exciting and inspiring creative teams in the industry. She’s headed up several TV Production companies, including:

FourBoys Ent. (Patricia Heaton and David Hunt)
Ventanarosa (Salma Hayek & Jose Tamez)
Is or Isn’t Ent. (Lisa Kudrow & Dan Bucatinsky)
Shephard/Robin (Greer Shephard & Michael M. Robin)

Over the years, she’s helped award winning writers and producers navigate from pitch to pilot to series working with various cable and network outlets.

Most recently, she was one of the Executive Producers on the CBS half hour show, Carol’s Second Act, starring Patricia Heaton.

Rebecca’s true passion is discovering fresh, emerging voices who are finding their way, as well as nurturing established writers.

She has served time as an Advisor for a Sundance Collab class on TV Writing. Currently she is an advisor for the Dramatic Writing Lab for the Westport Writers’ Workshop. In 2023, she mentored writers through the Athena Film Festival and in 2023-2024 mentored two writers: One a Recipient of the inaugural Loreen Arbus Foundation Fellowship and the other a Recipient of the Sloan Writers Lab Fellowship.

Rebecca’s screenplay, Becoming Norma–l, made it to the quarter finals in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Her Web Series, RIDESHARE WITH REBECCA was a finalist for the Women In Film Mini Upfronts for best web sizzle reel.

A Southern California native, Rebecca grew up in the idyllic ocean side community of Hermosa Beach, CA. Aside from her love of hiking, outdoor play, and spending time with her family, she’s loved TV from a very early age.