Rachel Klein is a NYC based director, whose work The New York Times has praised: "What makes this show pop is the bracing vision of its director, Rachel Klein." Off-Broadway Direction: The Gospel According to Heather (Theatre 555); Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theatre/featuring the music of the Grateful Dead); Around the World in 80 Days (The Davenport Theatre); The Anthem (The Lynn Redgrave Theatre). Selected NYC Theatre: Tink! (New York Musical Festival); More Than All the World (adapted from Marlowe's Edward II); Circus of Circus (The House of Yes); The Tragedy of Maria Macabre (La MaMa, the Kitchen, the Wild Project). Selected Regional and Workshops: Spells of the Sea (The Kennedy Center); Esther, starring Sharna Burgess (The George Theatre); The Gospel According to Heather (Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center); Dead Certain (composer: Air Supply's Graham Russell); Girlfriend from Hell (The Green Room 42); Savage (NYMF); Helen (Dixon Place/Ripley Grier); Hairspray (Jenny Wiley Theatre); The Suffragist (Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center); Snow (Playwrights Horizons); 54 The Musical; Dracula (Jenny Wiley Theatre). Ms. Klein directed the celebrity roast of Michael Musto, featuring Rosie O'Donnell, Bruce Vilanch, Bianca Del Rio and Jinkx Monsoon. Rachel is the director and showrunner of the hit audio series, The World to Come, a regular choreographer for Night of 1000 Stevies, a founding member of Iconoclast Theatre Collective, and a proud member of the SDC.
New York:
The Gospel According to Heather Off Broadway at Theatre 555, June 2023 (Director and Choreographer)
Red Roses, Green Gold, Minetta Lane Theatre, October 2017 (Director and Choreographer)
The Anthem, The Lynn Redgrave Theatre, May 2014 (Director and Choreographer)
Around the World in 80 Days, The New Theatre on 45th/The Yow Theatre/The Dvenport Theatre, May 2013 (Director)
Regional:
Spells of the Sea at the Kennedy Center, October 2024 (Director and Choreographer)
Esther, The George Theatre, September 2024 (Director)
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