November 2021: Rachael directed Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins at Saddle River Day School. She was thrilled to be back in person for the first full production since 2019! October 2021: Rachael directed a staged reading of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich's powerful play, Thoughts and Prayers, as a part of UP Theater Company's Renewal Readings series. August 2021: Rachael participated in the first ever Collaborations of Merritt, conceptualizing Lauren Gunderson's play, Silent Sky. Check out the concept pitch here. July 2021: Rachael was the Assistant Intimacy Coordinator to Amy Northup on Season 2, Episode 3 of Interested In. Rachael was also interviewed on the Elemental Women in the Arts podcast. Listen here. June 2021: Rachael served as an Intimacy Consultant for Stargazer, a feature film from Mountain Muse Productions. May 2021: Rachael's play, the fear of missing out, was chosen for the Parsnip Ship's Parsnip Play Club Spring 2021 Line-up. February 2021: Rachael's play, Better Angels, was part of Spark Creative Works Women's Writing Festival. Throughout 2021: Rachael has pursued studies in theatrical intimacy, consent, and EDI work with various organizations, including Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and Theatrical Intimacy Education. November 2020: Rachael wrote 2-lane, a ten minute play, as part of the Coordinates Project, organized by NU Theatre/Justin Guidroz via Twitter. Rachael also FINALLY put some of her plays up on NPX. Check 'em out! August 2020: Rachael graduated from the Executive Program in Arts and Culture Strategy. Rachael also directed a virtual reading of The Hamster for Naked Angels' Young Writers Festival. Throughout 2020: Rachael has been arranging informal virtual table reads of plays in development with actors and playwrights in New York and DC. February 2020: Rachael was part of the inaugural Level 1 Class with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators. January 2020: Rachael began the Executive Program in Arts and Culture Strategy through National Arts Strategies and University of Pennsylvania. Rachael also directed a staged reading of Kirby Fields' The Best Punk Band in Conway, Missouri: An Oral History of Presley Cox and the Fallout Five for UP Theater's Dead of Winter series.