Rachel Wender

SAG Eligiable
Email: rwender@ymail.com  
Hair: Brown    Eyes: Hazel    Weight: 120    Height: 5'2

FILM (Select) 

THE THINGS WE DO WHEN                             Official Selection Cape Verdean & New Filmmakers NY
WE’RE ALONE(Feature)              Day Player               Dir. Chanel James                                Atlanta, GA  
ANCHOR (Webseries)                      Lead                   Promisedland Productions                   Atlanta, GA
GOOD THIEF                                   Lead                   Dir. TJ Collins                                     New York, NY
HIGH SCHOOL NOIR (Pilot)        Day Player              Sitting Cat & Intimation Prod.            New York, NY
VERONICA                                       Lead                   Dir. Imani Lukunku                            New York, NY
A MISTAKE                                       Lead                   New York Film Academy Short         New York, NY
STIR FRY                                          Lead                   Pace University Short Film                New York, NY

THEATRE (SELECT)
MAURITIUS (MAT)                           Jackie                     The Legion Theatre, Cartersville, GA

ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP        One Woman Show        One Hit Wender Ensemble, Self Written/Dir
                                                                                            Scheaberly Theater, Pace University, New York, NY
LOVE IS LOVE                           Ensemble Member      Project Colabrynith Ensemble (Dir. Adrienne Kapstein)
                                                                                             Sibiu International Theater Festival, Sibiu, Romania
LOVE IS LOVE                           Ensemble Member       Project Colabrynith Ensbmle (Dir. Adrienne Kapstein)
                                                                                              Theater Row, 410 W 42st, New York, NY
THE GAYEST CHRISTMAS                  Tina                     AlphaNY Theater Company
PAGEANT EVER                                                                     Times Square Arts Center, New York, NY
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY                  Moses                  NHSI Theater CHERUBS Program (Dir. Richard Prioleau)
                                                                                                Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
RUMORS                                            Cookie                 The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
OTHER MEDIA
90’S CHICKS                                      Host                             Podcast Written by Rachel Wender and Lexi Javornik  

TRAINING (Select)

B.A, Theater Studies- International Ensemble                           Pace University Class of 2017
“Ensemble” with Suli Holum and Josh Rice, “Acting” with Sebastian Tudores, Adrienne Kapstein, and Cosmin Chivu, “Movement” with Jon Froehlich, “Theater For Social Change” with Marcy Arlin, , “Theatre History” with Carlyle Owens, “World Theatre” and “Script Analysis” with Thomas Keith, and “Improv” with Rebecca Stuard.

Casting Director Intensive                                               Get Scene Studios, with Cheryl Louden-Kubin, 
                                                                                          Notes from Cheryl include: "You took the direction very well and                                                                                             did so much with it" and "Excellent work!"

Improv 101                                                                          Upright Citizens Brigade, Taught by Natasha Rothwell

Voice Over and Commercial Acting                             The Simon Studio, Master class taught by Roger H. Simon.

NHSI “CHERUBS” Summer Program                        Summer Theater Arts at Northwestern, Five week Program
“Acting” with Scott Westerman, “Movement” with George Keating, “Audition Technique” with Rob Lindley, “Uta Hagen Technique” with Christa Apple, and “Performance Theory” with Rick Plauger.

Acting Tech 1 and 2                                                           Acteen, Taught by Gino Dilorio and Lisa Tracey.
Acting for Camera, scene work, two eight week courses.

Special Skills: Improv, Standup Comedy, Expressive Face, Good Comedic Timing, American Sign Language, Skateboarding, Whistling, Frisbee, Soccer, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Swimming, Skiing.

Crew Work: Production Assistant/Superstition Season 1 (Conyers, GA) , Intern/Judy Boals Talent Agency (New York, NY)