Erin Farstรฉ (Viola Wigington) and Ben Dutcher (J. H. Hanson) stopped by WCCO today to talk about bringing the Winter Carnival to the stage at the History Theatre Rollicking! A Winter Carnival Musical runs November 20-December 21, 2025 at the History Theatre in St. Paul, MN.
“Rollicking!” on Fox9’s Good Day
Keith and Rachel talk Rollicking! on Fox9’s Good Day
Rollicking Rehearsal Sneak Peek
Check out this excellent rehearsal video from the History Theatre and get a little taste of all the hot stuff we’re cooking up!
Rollicking! Coming soon to History Theatre
I’ve been spending the last two years in the wintry realm of King Boreas creating a new musical with the exceptional Keith Hovis, and it’s almost time to welcome audiences into our little snow globe at the History Theatre! Rollicking! A Winter Carnival Musical Book and Co-Lyrics by Rachel Teagle Music and Co-Lyrics by Keith […]
Photo Gallery – Gh0stChaser04 at TCHF 2024
“Gh0stChaser04” written by Rachel Teagle, directed by Jenny Moeller. Presented by A Murder of Crones at the Twin Cities Horror Festival XIII in October 2024. Photos by Dan Norman Do curses exist? Is the paranormal real? In 1904, two rivals try to uncover a series of mysterious deaths. In 2004, three strangers meet up to […]
Mastodons in Michigan!
Students at Michigan State University brought Jess the Mastodon to life this April! The show was part of their Storefront Theatre Initiative, in which “Creative teams are challenged to work with limited resources and shorter rehearsal periods, with an emphasis on the elements they can control: Writing, Acting, and Directing.” As such, there was no […]
Publication Alert: “Mastodons”
Jess the Mastodon has representation! “The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons” has now been published by Dramatic Publishing, and is available for professional and amateur licensing. I’d love to see how you all make your mastodons, send me some links!
Photo Gallery – Girls in Bins TCHF 2023
Photos from “Girls in Bins” at the Twin Cities Horror Festival in October 2023
Spotlight: Pacific Ridge School goes to Oz and Wonderland
I am so delighted by these pictures from Pacific Ridge School‘s recent productions of my adaptation of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Check out the images on the school’s Instagram feed below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pacific Ridge School (@pacificridgeschool) View this post on Instagram […]
Review Round-up: Girls in Bins
“Itโs a tight little tale of serial killers mixed with a consideration of the existential nature of pregnancy and genetics.ย “ The Stages of MN Rachel Teagle’s writing of this show is witty and sharp and we immediately warm to Ruth as well as to her delightful and acerbic friend Yvette (played by Suzanne Victoria Cross […]
BTS – Opening Soundscape for “Girls in Bins”
Credits for the opening soundscape for “Girls in Bins” at the Twin Cities Horror Festival 2023
Digital Program: Girls in Bins TCHF 2023
Girls in Bins Written by Rachel Teagle Directed by Jenny Moeller Performed by Siri Hellerman, Suzanne Victoria Cross, Ben Tallen With the Voices of Rita Boersma, Heather Meyer, Elena Glass Stage Manager/Gore Goblin – Shea Roberts Gyllen Sound Design by Jenny Moeller & Rachel Teagle TEAM BIOS SPECIAL THANKS: Liz Council, Steffan Moeller, Em Pechous, […]
Credits – GiB Show Image
Belly silhouette is a friend of our stage manager. The blood brushes used were 20 Bloody Smears and Drops and 20 Spray Wet Drips PS Brushes Vol 16 via Brusheezy. Background Forest image is “Deep Dark Woods” by Petr Kratochvil. Font used is “Hurry Up” by Typodermic Fonts. Image was designed by me using GIMP, […]
Girls in Bins at TC Horror Festival
Tickets are now available for the 12th Twin Cities Horror Festival, including my show “Girls in Bins” A high risk pregnancy and a cross country move have left Ruth even more anxious than usual. Trapped in her house with nothing to do but listen to true crime podcasts, Ruth is startled to discover a case […]
Coming Soon: Something Horrible
Rachel Teagle has a show in the 2023 Twin Cities Horror Festival
Utah Mastodons is “Good Theatre”
In a review by the Utah Theatre Bloggers Association, Jennifer Kokai’s production of “The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons” at Weber State University was “beautifully designed and thought provoking” as well as “a lot to unpack.” You can read the full review here, along with some promotional shots of the cast with a local skeleton. Delores […]
The Snow Queen Freezes Cowley College
Here’s a Flickr slideshow of production photos from the Cowley College production of my adaptation of “The Snow Queen” in December, 2019, directed by Nick Albrecht. I especially dig the rocky trolls and Hagatha’s stylin’ footwear. According to the Courier Traveler, over 1500 students in the Arkansas City, KS area saw the show!
Director Jenny Kokai on Mastodons
This was my first pandemic era live performance and I wanted to do something boldly theatrical ensemble based with a huge challenge– a 9 foot puppet operated by 4 puppeteers. For me, the heart of this play was about a person who has been told she is too big, too impractical, too much and needed […]
Daniel Nass and I Creep You Out
Would you like some chills up your spine? Check out this eerie recording of “…And the Sound is Thunder” music by the delightful Daniel Nass and text by me, performed by LSU’s Constantinides New Music Ensemble. When we wrote this piece back in 2018, it was orchestrated for flute, harp, and voice, and I’m really […]
Jess Stomps Through Weber State
Would you look at that adorable graphic? Weber State in Ogden, Utah was the first university production of …Mastodons in November, 2021. Directed by Jennifer A. Kokai (who’s also a fabulous playwright), the production featured a very snuggly mastodon, stuff falling from the ceiling (which I love), and some excellent student actors. They also have […]
Theatre Lab Review Round-Up
Reviews are coming in and Jess the Mastodon is making quite an impact in South Florida! “A Mastodon Not Easily Forgotten” While the imaginative, sometimes humorous piece features visual eye candy and attention-grabbing sound effects, the play also deals with mature themes. They include purpose, belonging, tolerance of differences, and the importance of dreams. With […]
Theatre Lab Mastodons Trailer
Running September 4-19, 2021 at Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University. Tickets available here. ๐๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐-19 ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ-๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด (๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ) ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ […]
First Read Through
It’s 11:06 and in 24 minutes, the team at Theatre Lab will start the first reading of Mastodons.
ZooMastodons!
How do you bring a mastodon into your theater? How do you bring a mastodon into your theater when we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and you can’t physically be in the same space with one another? Well, if you’re director Matt Stabile of Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, […]
The Ever and After in Action
Take a look at these pictures of Theatre Pro Rata’s 2019 production of The Ever and After! Photos by Charlie Gorrill. Directed by Sofia Lindgren Galloway, featuring Bethany McHugh, Ankita Ashrit, Richard “Doc” Woods, Grant Hooyer, and Travis Bedard.
The Ever and After starts Rehearsals
Theatre Pro Rata’s world premiere production of “The Ever and After” is underway and we’ve been having a lot of fun in the rehearsal room.
Mourning and Geese at Minnesota Fringe
This is Amber Johnson of Danger Vision Productions holding a pair of decorative geese. Why, you ask? Because I willed it to be so.
The Ever and After at Theatre Pro Rata
Big news! “The Ever and After“ will be produced this December to kick off Theatre Pro Rata’s 2019-2020 season. It’s extra exciting to share their season with Lauren Gunderson and fellow Playwright Cabal member Heather Meyer.ย A few more details: The Ever and After By Rachel Teagle // Directed by Sofia Lindgren Galloway Performing at […]
“The Ever and After” Reading with Theatre Pro Rata
I’m thrilled to announce thatย The Ever and After will be a part of Theatre Pro Rata‘s 2018 Playreading Series.ย ย Join us onย Wednesday, October 17thย in the Screening Room atย Cooper Pubย in St. Louis Park, doors open at 6:30, reading starts atย 7:00.ย Featuring the talents ofย Charla Marie Bailey,ย Derek Meyer,ย Rachel Flynn,ย Mike Tober,ย Jim Ramlet, andย Kit Gordonย . The Ever and Afterย is a […]
…And the Sound is Thunder in Zeitgeist Halloween Festival
…And the Sound is Thunder, music byย the incomparableย Daniel Nass, text by me, will be a part of Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble‘s Halloween Festival. It’s a very creepy piece about sleep paralysis, and I can’t wait for it to spook new music audiences this October! About the Festival: Zeitgeistโs Halloween Festival takes over Studio Z […]
There’s Someone Here…
In the Nautilus Composer-Librettist Studio, I got to collaborate with some stellar composers and make work I was really proud of, including a very pretentious opera duet about the tragedy of a broken iPhone withย art song composer and great dudeย Dan Nass. After the studio, we sat down in a coffee shop with my toddler crawling […]
…And the Sound is Thunder Debuts with Seen/Heard Trio
…And the Sound is Thunder, music by Daniel Nass, text by me, will be getting its world premiere performance as part of the ย Seen/Heard Trioย ‘s Twin Cities residency with the Spitting Image Collective. Performances are: Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Fallout Arts Initiative, MPLS Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Studio Z,ย St […]
Imaginary Cats and Triscuit Boxes
I had a new play reading scheduled for February 28th with the Playwright Cabal, and as of February 1st, I had about 25% of a play. Whoops. I had started writing this piece years ago for a contest that called for plays with polyamorous characters. And, as is my process, I didn’t write the piece […]