Rachel Chavkin
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BIO
Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theatre) and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac.
Her first film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity.
In 2019-2020, she will direct Malloy’s Moby Dick at A.R.T. She is a proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC. Chavkin earned her BFA at NYU where she now serves on the directing faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and earned her MFA at Columbia University.
STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Writing
Awards and Nominations
Rachel Chavkin, My Joy is Heavy
winner
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
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Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
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Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
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Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, The Royale
Rachel Chavkin, The Royale
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
winner
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Rachel Chavkin has written 1 shows including Hadestown (Developed by).
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Drama League Awards) for My Joy is Heavy, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Hadestown, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hadestown, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hadestown, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Royale, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Royale, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Special Citation (Obie Awards) for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
Rachel Chavkin has won several prestigious awards, including Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Hadestown, Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Hadestown, and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Hadestown. Additionally, she received Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, as well as a Special Citation from the Obie Awards for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
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