Dramaturg and Playwright
Rachel Lerner-Ley is a New York based dramaturg and playwright.
As a dramaturg, Rachel has worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Civilians, Girl Be Heard, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other theatre credits include Barrington Stage Company and the New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Program. She has also been a script reader for various theatres around the country including the Williamstown Theatre Festival Weissberger Award, Manhattan Theatre Club, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Native Voices at the Autry, among others. She is a resident artist with Girl Be Heard, a not-for-profit theatre and education program based in NYC that empowers young women to become socially conscious leaders while exploring their own personal circumstances.
As a playwright, Rachel has seen her plays excerpted in The Boston Globe and produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Smith College, The Five Under Twenty Festival, and at venues across her home state of Massachusetts. Her plays have been named finalists in The National Ten-Minute Contest and The Young Playwrights Festival National Playwriting Contest. Rachel has also received first place in the Denis Johnston Playwriting Award and The Boston Children's Theatre Milestone Moments Playwriting Competition. She has taught playwriting to teens at Walden Theatre School in Louisville, KY.
Rachel is interested in new play development, ensemble-based work, and theatre outreach--working with individuals who don't necessarily define themselves as "theatre artists." As a new play dramaturg, Rachel enjoys collaborating with writers of all ages and from all walks of life in supporting their creative vision.
Rachel holds a B.A. in theatre from Smith College and is a member of the LMDA.
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As a dramaturg, Rachel has worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Civilians, Girl Be Heard, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other theatre credits include Barrington Stage Company and the New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Program. She has also been a script reader for various theatres around the country including the Williamstown Theatre Festival Weissberger Award, Manhattan Theatre Club, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Native Voices at the Autry, among others. She is a resident artist with Girl Be Heard, a not-for-profit theatre and education program based in NYC that empowers young women to become socially conscious leaders while exploring their own personal circumstances.
As a playwright, Rachel has seen her plays excerpted in The Boston Globe and produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Smith College, The Five Under Twenty Festival, and at venues across her home state of Massachusetts. Her plays have been named finalists in The National Ten-Minute Contest and The Young Playwrights Festival National Playwriting Contest. Rachel has also received first place in the Denis Johnston Playwriting Award and The Boston Children's Theatre Milestone Moments Playwriting Competition. She has taught playwriting to teens at Walden Theatre School in Louisville, KY.
Rachel is interested in new play development, ensemble-based work, and theatre outreach--working with individuals who don't necessarily define themselves as "theatre artists." As a new play dramaturg, Rachel enjoys collaborating with writers of all ages and from all walks of life in supporting their creative vision.
Rachel holds a B.A. in theatre from Smith College and is a member of the LMDA.
Click here to learn more about Rachel's dramaturgy or playwriting experience.
