Rachel Handshaw

Rachel Handshaw’s credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Williamstown Theatre Festival), School for Devils, Beauty and the Beast, The Hairy Ape (Hangar Theatre Lab Co.), A Kite Cut Loose in the Middle of the Sky (Nicu’s Spoon) No Niggers, No Dogs, No Jews (Nicu’s Spoon), 365 Plays/365 Days (Genesius Theatre Group), Schooled and Unschooled (Panoply Theatre Lab), Social Darwinism (Bottle Factory Theatre) Pericles (RADA), Syllogism (Theatre Studio Inc.), Bash (The Producers Club), The Maids (New Workshop Theatre), The Grace of Mary Traverse, Yerma (SLC), and The Crucible (IAA Theatre) She has trained at Sarah Lawrence College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, British American Drama Academy, and The Actors Center

About

Exit Shakespeare is a new 90 minute play, which developed out of a collaboration of female artists. It premiered Off-Off Broadway as part of the 2009 SITE Festival in Brooklyn. Since its premiere, Exit Shakespeare has continued to grow and develop through a series of workshops into a full play. Utilizing the texts of Shakespeare’s most celebrated women as well as original dialogue, Exit Shakespeare depicts Will in the last moments of his life. He is compelled to re-examine his troubled relationships with his wife and daughters, and it is only through the aid of his female characters that Will can achieve peace and make his final exit. The play is performed with four actors.