Rachel Donahue is an actor, electronic musician, and digital creator based in New York City. Along with receiving her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University in 2016, she also graduated from the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy, where she learned the foundations of Physical Theatre and Comedy. 

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Theater Training from Accademia Dell’Arte and Boston University includes the Linklater Method for Voice and Speech, practices of Grotowski and Stanislavski, Commedia Dell’Arte, clown and mask work, Laban Movement Analysis, the Alexander technique, Musical Theatre, Theatre Production, Writing, and more. 

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Her favorite Theatrical credits include “Christina” in Red Light Winter, “The Duchess” in The Duchess of Malfi, and originating the role of “Sue McGovern” in the ArtsImpulse nominated production of The Whitmores. Favorite film credits include All in Time, Major Arcana, and playing the lead role of “Elysia" in the award winning horror short Elysia , where she took home the Best Actress Award at the NJ Horror Con Film Festival. 

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Rachel’s training extends across the pond and into England, where she received a certificate in Sound Engineering and Electronic Music Production at the Point Blank Music School in London. She has implemented this education into her 80’s inspired, synthesized music under her moniker, Ray Loading. 

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When Rachel is not acting, auditioning, and producing her own music, she can be found making quirky comedy videos on her TikTok page, where she has amassed an awesome community of over 100,000 followers. She also live streams video games on Twitch, where she has achieved an official Affiliate status, and a fun, supportive community to boot. 

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Rachel continues to persevere in the arts, both in person and online, and looks forward to making many more creations in this coming year!