RACHEL LEIGHSON
Actor/Singer/ Playwright. AEA/DGA. NYC/LA
CURRENT:
Commissioned playwright with Feminist Fairytales Podcast, Season 2! Release date TBD
January 2023:
Pilot workshop of "The Bender Girls" screenplay under the mentorship of Oscar-nominee, Allison Schroeder
October 2022:
James Humphreys/Johnny in "Except Mr. Dickinson" by Don Nigro.
September 2022:
Short play "La Morte Finale" produced at Stage Left Theatre
July 2022:
"Little Egg, Big World" received honorary mention for the Jane Chambers Award for Excellence in Feminist Playwriting
June 2022:
"Little Egg, Big World" held a workshop presentation at Theatre Row on June 24th, 2022. An autofiction piece about growing up as a sperm donor child and then becoming an adult egg donor. Co-Produced with BBTF
February 2022:
Alex in "The Chaos Theory of Now" by Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek, Produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women (Equity Reading)
January 2022:
Kate in "Bad Night" by Nicole Pandolfo and Amy E. Witting, Produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women (Equity Reading)
December 2021:
Alex in "Compulsion" by Courtney Seyl, Teatro LATEA