RACHEL MACKNIGHT 5’4”/Blonde/Blue 817.647.5919 [email protected] NYC THEATRE Characters on the Subway Emma, Bum The Third Annual One Act Comedy Festival Dir Daniel Sefik A Sketch of New York Amanda, Rachel Producers Club: Dir Joe DiNozzi & Darien DeMaria TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY THEATRE Boeing Boeing Gretchen* Dir Melissa Utley Smoking Lesson Mary Kate Dir Lauren Phillips Titanic Lidia Dir Eric Meo Seagulls Di Dir Rocky Hopson Laundry and Bourbon Elizabeth Dir Eileen Miles *Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival – Irene Ryan Nominee
REGIONAL The Women of Lockerbie Hattie Dir Dwayne & Ronda Craig Twelfth Night Fabian/Feste U/S Dir Roald & Stacie Martinsen Swing! Singer Dir Michael McKelvey
WORKSHOPS/READINGS Twelfth Night Sir Andrew Aguecheek Dir Nicolas Esteban Castanon As You Like It Showcase Rosalind Dir Tom Davey 8 Dr. Nancy Cott Dir Jeremy O. Torres
TV/FILM Just A Love Scene Amber (Supporting) Dir Christopher Dyer Opening Act: Brad Paisley Rachel (Supporting) Dir Greg Christensen Disco Curtis – “Ashley” Best Friend (Supporting) Saint Productions Everybody Wants Some Featured Disco Dancer Dir Richard Linklater Barney & Friends Megan Dir Jim Rowley
TRAINING & EDUCATION Texas State University, BFA Acting (Lauren Lane, Head of Acting)
Acting: Lauren Lane, Neil Patrick Stewart, Dr. Charles Ney, Nadine Mozon, Michael Costello Voice: Melissa Grogan, Kaitlin Hopkins, Michael Maresca, Alex Zeto Dance: Ballet, Jazz, and Tap – Cassie Abate, Darren Gibson, Keenah Armitage
Royal Shakespeare Company & Globe Shakespeare Intensive RSC: Lucian Msamati, Jamie Ballard, Paul Edmondson, Michael Elliot, Anjna Chouhan, Gill Day, Elizabeth Dollimore, Lisa Peter, Stanley Wells The Globe: Tom Davey, Simon Coxall, Giles Block, Sarah Case, Colin Hurley
The Actor’s Green Room Jen Rudolph, Rachel Goldman, Allison Kirschner, Erica Jensen, Alan Scott Neal, Mia Cusumano Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts Lisa Donadio Upright Citizens Brigade
Matt Dennie, Corey Brown, Brandon Bassham
MASTER CLASSES Film/TV: Bob Krakower, Sally Allen, Michael Kostroff Shakespeare: Daniel Davis, Rodney Cottier, Tina Packer, Paul Barnes, Ralph Alan Cohen Audition Workshops: Erik Liberman, Christopher Durang, John Augustine, Mark Price
SPECIAL SKILLS Physical Comedy, Can Learn Any Accent in Three Days, Stage Combat (Hand to Hand & Quarterstaff), Clown/Mask Work, Actor’s Gang Technique, Licensed Driver, Boxing, Hiking, Cycling, Rollerblading, Stand up