Rachel Collins

Rachel Collins is a SAG eligible/ AEA actor and improviser. Check out her current projects below!

News:

Hamlet, Princess of Denmark

Rachel will be in Bryant Park Picnics production of Hamlet, Princess of Denmark as Marcellus, Lucianus, and Osric! Click HERE for more details!

12th Night with Bryant Park Picnics

Rachel will be appearing again in 12th Night reprising her role as Fabian in the Bryant Park Picnics Shakespeare series! Click HERE for more details.

Gabriel with The Drilling Company

Rachel appeared in Gabriel by C. Denby Swanson as Brenda with The Drilling Company. Check out the reviews here.

Oxygen Network: Homicide for the Holidays

Rachel was in Oxygen Network’s Homicide for the Holidays Season 2 this winter as Jennifer Vandresser. Stay tuned between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2017!

Big Apple Bytes: Rising Sun Performance Company Lab

Catch Rachel in Bara Swain‘s Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in the Rising Sun Performance Company Laboratorium “Big Apple Bytes.” Directed by Joan Kane. For more info, click here!

Southeastern Representation

Rachel is pleased to announce she has signed with Cindy Schirmer and Stellar Talent Agency for Southeastern representation! Looking forward to working together!

Sublet in the New Perspectives Women’s Work Lab

12th Night at Bryant Park

Rachel will be back in Bryant Park with The Drilling Co. this summer playing Fabian in 12th Night. Click here for details! 

The Downtowners Improv

Rachel is pleased to announce she has joined a new improv team, The Downtowners! The Downtowners perform short and long form improv shows at the Lynn Redgrave Theatre. Stay tuned for details on our next show!

Take My Jagged Heart by Steven Fechter

Rachel is thrilled to announce she will be taking part in Sundays@Six Series Reading of Steven Fechter‘s “Take My Jagged Heart.” Click here for details! 

Measure for Measure- Connecticut!

The Drilling Co.’s performance of Measure for Measure will be traveling to The Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Ridgefield, CT. Click here for details! 

Measure for Measure- Bryant Park

Rachel will be playing the Provost in The Drilling Co.’s upcoming performance of Measure for Measure in Bryant Park. Click here for details! 

photo credit Lee Wexler

As You Like It- Bryant Park

photo credit Lee Wexler

Rachel will be reprising her role of Phoebe (as mentioned by the New York Times) with The Drilling Company’s production of As You Like It in Bryant Park. Click here for more details! 

Best Actress Nomination: “Some Dreams” by Cecilia Copeland

Rachel was nominated for Best Actress for her role as Caitlin in “Some Dreams” by Cecilia Copeland in Planet Connections Theater Festivity in “A Madness of One Act Plays”. 

Approved for Advanced Study at the UCB:

Rachel completed her training at the Upright Citizens Brigade Training  Center and has been approved for their Advanced Study Program. Details to come on where she will be performing next!

Named Member of Ego Actus Advisory Council:

Rachel is pleased to announce that she has been named a member of Ego Actus Advisory Council! For more information, click HERE.

 The New York Times Gives Rachel Great Review for As You Like It!

“It’s easy to find the magic here…Rachel Collins in supporting [role adds] further spirit to a cast of 15 that is uniformly enthusiastic.”  Catch the full review HERE.

Best Actress in A Staged Reading: Rachel Collins

Rachel is thrilled to announce she was named the best actress in a Staged Reading in Planet Connections Theater Festivity 2015. 

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