RACHAEL MIGLER is a New York City-based playwright, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and journalist. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
MUSICALS
BROOKE ASTOR'S LAST AFFAIR (Book & lyrics, Chicago Musical Theater Festival, with Eric Grunin; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Page-to-Stage Festival; Emerging Artists Theatre Company New Work Series, starring Olivier-award nominee Nancy Anderson; TRU showcase)
DESCENDING (Book & lyrics, Lincoln Center Library/Bruno Walter/Across a Crowded Room, with B.J. Gandolfo)
OCCUPY: THE MUSICAL (Co-book: Primary Stages/ESPA)
LYSISTRATA NOW: SEX, WAR and WASHINGTON (Commissioned book & lyrics: Alias Stage/Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre) Reviews
LITTLE PINKIE (Book & lyrics: Samuel Beckett Theater/Playwrights Horizons Theater School children's wing, Hangar Theater) Review
MAGIC HAT (Book & lyrics: Hangar Theater)
PLAYS
JUPITER BLUE (Ensemble Studio Theater Octoberfest, Samuel Beckett Theater, Hangar Theater)
MY FELLOW AMERICANS (Seattle New City Directors' Festival, Hangar Theater)
A DOLCE VITA (Double Image Short-Play Festival, Drama League Directors' Showcase, Hangar Theater)
One-acts: THE LORD OF UNMARRIFICATION (Primary Stages Detention Series), THE TORTURER'S VISIT, CAPTAIN JIM, MAGIC FINGERS
FILM & TELEVISION
OFF TRACK (Stowe Story Narrative Labs; ScreenCraft Screenplay Fellowship QuarterFinalist)
PREPS (in development)
CHILLED MILK (Lugnut List Top Ten Screenplays)
Literary Scout: Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Script Analyst: Miramax, Wendy Finerman productions
JOURNALISM
Adjunct Associate Professor of Journalism, NYU
Feature bylines in Rolling Stone, GQ, Lexus, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Associate Editor at Philadelphia magazine; Contributing Editor at Lexus magazine.
AWARDS
National Magazine Award, finalist
Austin Film Festival, Semifinalist (screenplay)
Austin Film Festival, Finalist (pitch comp)
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay, Quarterfinalist
Stowe Story Labs Fellowship
SCIENCE
Executive Director, The Fibrolamellar Registry
Co-author: Scientific articles in Science Advances, Cancers, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Hepatology Communications
MUSICALS
BROOKE ASTOR'S LAST AFFAIR (Book & lyrics, Chicago Musical Theater Festival, with Eric Grunin; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Page-to-Stage Festival; Emerging Artists Theatre Company New Work Series, starring Olivier-award nominee Nancy Anderson; TRU showcase)
DESCENDING (Book & lyrics, Lincoln Center Library/Bruno Walter/Across a Crowded Room, with B.J. Gandolfo)
OCCUPY: THE MUSICAL (Co-book: Primary Stages/ESPA)
LYSISTRATA NOW: SEX, WAR and WASHINGTON (Commissioned book & lyrics: Alias Stage/Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre) Reviews
LITTLE PINKIE (Book & lyrics: Samuel Beckett Theater/Playwrights Horizons Theater School children's wing, Hangar Theater) Review
MAGIC HAT (Book & lyrics: Hangar Theater)
PLAYS
JUPITER BLUE (Ensemble Studio Theater Octoberfest, Samuel Beckett Theater, Hangar Theater)
MY FELLOW AMERICANS (Seattle New City Directors' Festival, Hangar Theater)
A DOLCE VITA (Double Image Short-Play Festival, Drama League Directors' Showcase, Hangar Theater)
One-acts: THE LORD OF UNMARRIFICATION (Primary Stages Detention Series), THE TORTURER'S VISIT, CAPTAIN JIM, MAGIC FINGERS
FILM & TELEVISION
OFF TRACK (Stowe Story Narrative Labs; ScreenCraft Screenplay Fellowship QuarterFinalist)
PREPS (in development)
CHILLED MILK (Lugnut List Top Ten Screenplays)
Literary Scout: Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Script Analyst: Miramax, Wendy Finerman productions
JOURNALISM
Adjunct Associate Professor of Journalism, NYU
Feature bylines in Rolling Stone, GQ, Lexus, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Associate Editor at Philadelphia magazine; Contributing Editor at Lexus magazine.
AWARDS
National Magazine Award, finalist
Austin Film Festival, Semifinalist (screenplay)
Austin Film Festival, Finalist (pitch comp)
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay, Quarterfinalist
Stowe Story Labs Fellowship
SCIENCE
Executive Director, The Fibrolamellar Registry
Co-author: Scientific articles in Science Advances, Cancers, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Hepatology Communications