Rachel Black Spaulding

Critically acclaimed actress, and award-winning director, dramaturg, teacher, and coach, Rachel has worked with such luminaries as Hal Linden, Roger Daltrey, Ben Vereen, Roddy McDowall, Woody Allen, Mike Ockrent, Michael Grandage, and Susan Stroman, to name a few. The New York Times and other papers have called her work compelling, comedic, commanding, lovely, smart, and accomplished. You know Rachel, she is that woman who has faced more than her share of life's pain and challenges, yet still maintains a wry sense of humor while nursing her own unique brew of power, elegance, and quirkiness. Think Sigourney Weaver meets Harriet Harris. Rachel often plays: - The overbearing, sometimes acerbic matriarch who put the mother in smother. - The imperious lady boss who's got it all under control, until she doesn't. - The sacrificial wife who should have kicked the marriage habit years ago. - And more generously, the presumptive den mother to any overly needy group. In real life, she's the mother of two young adults with enormous gifts and numerous challenges, and thus a fierce advocate for people living with disabilities and mental health issues, and their families.