Rachael Holder

Rachael writes characters in all of their offbeat, unapologetic, and charming ways. In Stage 13 Original I LOVE BEKKA & LUCY, written and directed by Rachael, she shares with us her very personal story in the most lyrical and relatable manner. She has been in writers’ rooms at TBS and ABC with her sensibilities and worked on projects in development at MTV and Nickelodeon. Before receiving her MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rachael wrote an original screenplay for the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a Nobel Prize nominated organization. Her play, Dead Fish, had a successful run at HERE Arts in Soho. Rachael’s unique talents have been recognized by many as she has been a finalist in NBCUniversal’s Emerging Writers Fellowship, Hedgebrook’s Screenwriters Lab and Sundance’s Episodic Storytelling Lab. While living in LA, Rachael created, wrote and produced a comedy web series, I Love Lucy and Bekka, starring Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, which showcased at the LAFF in 2015.