Rachel Strayer

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Rachel L. Strayer

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Biography

Keystone College - Communication

Playwright & Writer
Writing & Editing
Rachel Luann
Strayer
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
I'm a creative, hard-working individual with unique ideas about utilizing theatre arts in educational and community settings. I am a budding playwright and an aspiring novelist. I hope to carve out a career path for myself that better taps into my abilities as a writer, actress, director, and educator.


Experience

  • Penn Foster

    Grader

    Rachel worked at Penn Foster as a Grader

  • Ghostlight Productions

    Actress / Director

    Acting Credits:

    Horatio, HAMLET, 2018
    Prospero, THE TEMPEST, 2017
    Woman, THE POE ASYLUM, 2016
    M'lynn, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, 2015
    Adriana, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, 2015
    Lady Macbeth, MACBETH, 2014
    Mrs. Ford, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, 2013
    Beatrice, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, 2011
    Murderess, A MIDNIGHT DREARY, 2011
    Helena, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 2010
    Feste, TWELFTH NIGHT, 2009

    Directing Credits:

    JULIUS CAESAR, 2016
    ALMOST, MAINE, 2015
    SCENES FROM METAMORPHOSES, 2014
    ROMEO & JULIET, 2012
    A MIDNIGHT DREARY: THE RAVEN, 2011
    THE MOUSETRAP, 2010

  • Keystone College

    Director of Theatre

    Taught Playwriting, Acting I, Acting II, Directing for the Stage, Introduction to Theatre, Studies in Dramatic Literature, Survey of Technical Theatre, Speech, Professional Speech, and Utopian/Dystopian Literature.

    Directing Credits:

    OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, 2019
    THE POE ASYLUM, 2018
    MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, 2018
    THE 39 STEPS, 2017
    THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 2017
    ALMOST, MAINE 2016

  • Keystone College

    Assistant Professor

    Taught Speech Communication, Professional Speech, American Literature, World Literature, and Public Relations.

  • Self Employed

    Playwright

    Writing Credits:

    DROWNING OPHELIA
    ~ Production, University of Idaho, 2019
    ~ Production, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 2016
    ~ Production, Gaslight Theatre Company, Scranton, 2016
    ~ Production, Repurposed Theatre, San Francisco, 2013

    THE POE ASYLUM
    ~ Production, Keystone College, La Plume, 2018
    ~ Production, Scranton Fringe Festival, 2016

    THE LAST DAUGHTER
    ~ Reading, The Scranton Shakespeare Festival, 2018
    ~ Reading, Ensemble Atria, NYC, 2018

    Short Plays produced for Gaslight Theatre Company's PLAYROOM Series:

    SISTERS, 2018
    SAFE AS HOUSES, 2017
    ENOUGH, 2016
    IN THE DARK, 2015
    THE NEXT STEP, 2014
    A CLEAN BATHROOM, 2013
    EMPATHY, 2012

  • Wilkes Alumni Magazine

    Freelance Writer

    Rachel worked at Wilkes Alumni Magazine as a Freelance Writer

Education

  • Wilkes University

    Master of Arts (MA)

    Creative Writing / Playwriting

  • Wilkes University

    Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

    Creative Writing / Playwriting

  • Summit University

    Bachelor's degree

    Communications and Theatre

Positions

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.

  • Hawthorne Martial Arts

    Purple Belt in Combat Karate

  • Art of Combat

    Combatant

    I am currently a student of stage combat through Art of Combat, learning basic skills in knife, small sword, broad sword, quarter staff, and unarmed combat from trained stage and screen combatants and professional fight directors including Doc John Lennox, Jared Kirby, Bryce Bermingham, and Kyle Rowling. While currently a beginner, this summer I will move into the "on-track" phase of the program, with the desire to improve my skills not only as a combatant, but as a potential fight captain and eventually an assistant fight director.