Erin Farsté (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!
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!
Digital Program: Gh0stChaser04 at TCHF XIII 2024
Gh0stChaser04 Written by Rachel Teagle; Directed by Jenny Moeller Produced by A Murder of Crones Featuring: Rita Boersma, Megan Kim, Heather Meyer, Mickaylee Shaughnessy, and Ben Tallen Stage Manager and Gore Goblin: Shea Roberts Gyllen Additional Special Effects: Victoria Pyan Props Builder: Caden Wessner Special Thanks: Vinecia Coleman, Rachael Dosen TEAM BIOS Night_Raven: MEGAN KIM Megan […]
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
“It’s a tight little tale of serial killers mixed with a consideration of the existential nature of pregnancy and genetics. “ 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 […]
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.
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.
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 with art song composer and great dude Dan Nass. After the studio, we sat down in a coffee shop with my toddler crawling […]
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 […]
Robin Hood on WABE
Artistic Associate Ryan Oliveti and actress Casey Schuler stopped by WABE radio to talk about Serenbe Playhouse’s production of Robin Hood, and it will warm the cockles of your heart. Actor Casey Shuler, playing Maid Marian, says she appreciates getting to play an empowered take on her character. “She has this really beautiful monologue mid-show,” […]
Almost
Once upon a time there was a girl who applied for a Fancy Thing. It was a prestigious, exclusive Fancy Thing and a very, very long shot. Almost everyone she knew (who did the same Things) applied, too, and one by one all these talented, hard-working doers-of-Things found out they did Not get the Fancy […]