Rachel Hischak

Rachel is focused on building a professional career as an actor/ director and cabaret artist with the bulk of her experience being in musical theater, as a versatile singer in opera, jazz, and old and new Broadway Styles.  She is not at this time a true Triple Threat due to falling quite behind in dance, but is currently starting tap lessons and has a background in ballet and modern dance since college.  She would prefer to gain more experience in straight plays and loves dark absurdist comedy and drama, especially.  Rachel is originally from Upstate NYC and also lived for a few treasured years in NYC, which she still misses very much.  She earned her BA in Theater at SUNY Brockport but began her college career with Dennison University as a Theater and Film double Major.  After college she is proud to have studied in NY with Circle in the Square for Musical Theater, and Barrow Group School for scene study.  Rachel’s favorite play she has ever acted in after her husband’s Center of Gravity was Lewis John Carlino’s Epiphany in which a career driven non-domestic wife watches her castrated stay at home husband slowly turn into a rooster/hen in the course of 45 minutes.  Playwright’s:  check this piece out! 

CHOICE CREDITS:

GEVA THEATER CENTER: 

U/S Emily and townsperson-  Our Town

CHATHAM DRAMA GUILD

Josephine, Yum-Yum,  Elsa- Gilbert and Sullivan in Chatham

BREAD AND WATER THEATER CO:            

Woman- The Madness of Lady Bright

MUCC of Rochester- Produced and starring Spencer Christiano (He was brilliant):

The Woman- Epiphany

RIT GRAD FILM by Nehir Tuna

Mary- Mary’s Bathroom Camp

ORLEANS ACADEMY PLAYHOUSE

Inga- Young Frankenstein

Helen- Laughter on the 23rd Floor

BLACK SHEEP THEATER CO

Mhyrrine- Lysistrata

COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS- WORKSHOPPED ROLE

Margot - The Center of Gravity- Cape Cod Premiere for Gregory Hischak

Chorus- Sweeny Todd 

BURLINGTON PARK PLAYHOUSE

April - Company

WAKEFIELD REPERTORY

Ensemble - Sweeney Todd

PRAXIS STAGE- Jamaica Plan Porchfest- A happening of selected scenes

Edna - Waiting for Lefty

 SUNY Brockport

Ensemble/ Featured Dancer - HAIR The Tribal Rock Musical (Mimeteh)

Agnes- Dancing At Lugnasa