Since March 13th, 2020, with the shutdown of theatres worldwide due to COVID-19, I have been taking the time to reflect on the theatre industry/field as a whole, what we want the future to look like moving forward, and what steps I can take now towards a kinder, more inclusive Theatre. During this time, I have been offering free/PWYC/pay-it-forward 30-minute virtual monologue coaching sessions to actors. It has been a joy to meet actors from all over the U.S. and get the chance to be creative together during this time.
I have decided to continue this model of initial coaching sessions for the foreseeable future. If you or someone you know may be interested, drop me a line here.
For more intensive acting coaching beyond 30 minutes, etc, contact me for further details. 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 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. December 2019: Rachael went on a lovely writer's retreat to work on Dave and Neil's Excellent Shrew Adventure (feat. Aaron Sorkin). Rachael also became Mental Health First Aid Certified with Thrive NYC/Mental Health USA. November 2019: Rachael directed The Desk Set for The Mimes and Mummers at Fordham University. And the lovely folks at San Diego-based New Match Collective did a developmental staged reading of Rachael's play, Dave and Neil's Excellent Shrew Adventure (feat. Aaron Sorkin). October 2019: Rachael had the chance to direct her play Better Angels for New Ambassadors Theatre Company's October FEARfest. Read the review here. August 2019: Rachael teamed up with longtime collaborator Tanya Chattman to present a workshop reading of #MomVlogLyfe at The Tank's LadyFest. July 2019: Rachael's play Better Angels was selected for Strange Magic: A Festival of Five Short Mystical Plays at The Tank. June 2019: Rachael directed the premiere of Chris Buchanan's Ad Nauseum for New Ambassador Theatre's Blurring Boundaries Festival at the Kraine Theater. Earlier in June, Rachael attended a weekend workshop with Intimacy Directors International's Marie Percy. May 2019: Better Angels was remounted by Unlimited Stages for one night only as part of this year's Lower East Side Festival. April 2019: Rachael's short play, Better Angels, received its premiere at Unlimited Stages' Unlimited Scripts Showcase this month at ChaSaMa's 23rd Street space. March 2019: Rachael recently attended an incredible workshop with Theatrical Intimacy Education. Rachael directed Elemental Women Productions' inaugural production at Playwrights Downtown, a pairing of one-acts by Mikayla Olivia Orson: Polar and 15 Minutes of Infamy. February 2019: Rachael directed a staged reading of a new play for If, On a Winter's Night..., Everyday Inferno Theatre Company's annual evening of one-act plays by women. January 2019: Rachael directed Learned Executioners by Elford Alley for The Navigators' Fourth Annual LIft-Off New Play Series. In November 2018, Rachael finished participating in the US premiere of The Thing: An Automatic Workshop in Everyday Disruption, a collaboration between artists Ant Hampton and Christophe Meierhans, presented by Times Square Arts. Maybe you'll catch her around town doing her Thing...