Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theatre) and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac.
Her first film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity.
In 2019-2020, she will direct Malloy’s Moby Dick at A.R.T. She is a proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC. Chavkin earned her BFA at NYU where she now serves on the directing faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and earned her MFA at Columbia University.
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Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, The Royale
Rachel Chavkin, The Royale
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
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Rachel Chavkin has written 1 shows including Hadestown (Developed by).
Rachel Chavkin has been nominated for several awards for her outstanding directing work in various Broadway productions. Some of her nominations include Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Hadestown," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hadestown," and Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812." She has also been recognized with nominations for Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Royale," Outstanding Director at The Lortels for both "The Royale" and "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812," and a Special Citation at the Obie Awards for "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812."
Rachel Chavkin has won several awards for her work, including Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Hadestown," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Hadestown," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hadestown," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812," and a Special Citation at the Obie Awards for "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812."
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