Rita Street is an award-winning animation executive producer, creator and writer, the president of Radar Cartoons, LLC. and an Executive Producer/Development Executive for Red Animation Studios and its feature film in production titled, “Kai.” Rita is also currently working as story editor/writer for the Oak 9 Entertainment preschool series “Stomp! Stomp! Rhinos.” She is the co-creator of the Disney EMEA comedy, “Space Chickens in Space” and an executive producer on the Flying Bark Productions’ feature film and TV franchise, “100% Wolf,” which recently released its sequel film, “200% Wolf.” Other executive producer credits include: “Hero: 108” which ran for two seasons on Cartoon Network; and “Ruby Gloom.” Rita has written many episodes for Rovio “Angry Birds” shorts series. She is also the founder of the international non-profit, Women in Animation and writer of the popular free e-book on development: “A Cartoon Girl’s Secret Guide to Developing Kids’ Comedies That Sell!”
2024 has been quite a fruitful year in the preschool animation landscape as several top-quality new shows have premiered on various streamers and cable and linear outlets. We’ll spotlight some of the show-runners behind these to understand how they created, developed and produced the shows, and to highlight some of the key steps you need to take to bring an inclusive, creative, inspiring and entertaining animated show to today’s preschool audiences and their parents.