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RESUME

about me

In all of her creative work, Rachel strives to highlight gray morality and female-centered voices throughout history. She hopes to find humor in horror and lessons in frivolity.

Education

Oberlin College & Conservatory for Theater and Biology (BA) 2013 - John Frederick Oberlin Scholarship
Vancouver Film School for Acting in Film and TV 2014 - Artist Scholarship
Creating Theatre from Live Events, Tectonic Theater Project, 2017
New Play Development, Tectonic Theater Project, 2023

Plays (Full Length)

Clean Slate

Workshop Intensive with The Larking House Theater, 2024
Development with Tectonic Theater Project through Moment Work Writing, 2024


Little Egg, Big World
Licensable through Uproar Theatrics

AWARD: Jane Chambers Honorable Mention for excellence in feminist playwriting, 2022
Workshop, Broadway Bound Theater Festival, 2022
Reading, National Women's Theater Festival, 2022

Blood on My Mother's Apron

Production (cancelled due to theater closing), The Magnetic Theater, 2024
Production, Theatre Row, 2021
Development, Broadway Bound Theater Festival 2020

Plays (Short, One-Act, Radio)

Surviving Oyster Ark

Commission, Cultivate Theatre Project, 2024

Moses Never Had to Make a Brisket
Production, A Staged Affair: An Evening of Jewish Short Plays, 2024
Production, Bechdel Test Fest, FSU, 2023
Publication, Clockhouse Literary Journal Volume 10, 2023

 

Oh, For a Muse of Anything
Staged Reading, PlayGroundNY, 2023

When Given Dominion

Production/Commission, Feminist Fairytales Season 2, 2023 

 

The Scarcity of Illness
Production, The Skeleton Rep(resents), The Tank, 2022


La Morte Finale

Production, Stage Left Theater, Spokane, 2021

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Screenplays and Teleplays

The Bender Girls
Miniseries developed with Oberlin Screenwriter Intensive Mentors, including Allison Schroeder, 2023
AWARDS: 

Winner, SoCal Screenplay Competition, 2023
Finalist, Page Turner Awards, 2023
Finalist, Filmatic Pilot Awards, 2023
Short List, Barnstorm Fest 2023

Additional Experience

Member of the 2023-2024 writer cohort with PlayGround NY 
Resident ghost writer with Captivate Writers Collective from 2021-2023 - content writing samples available upon request

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