Rachel Chavkin is a director, sometime writer (and sometimes funny) artistic director of Brooklyn-based experimental collective, the TEAM (www.theteamplays.org) whose work has been seen all over New York, the U.S., and internationally (including festivals across Europe, Australia and the Hong Kong Arts Festival), and whose consensus-driven writing process was the subject of a feature length documentary by Emmy winner Paulette Douglas. She’s so damned excited about Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka making its Broadway debut (following previous productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse). She won the Tony Award for her work on Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown (Broadway, NYTW, National Theatre, London). She is a three-time Obie winner,  and received Tony and Lortel nominations, and a Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: the TEAM’s Mission Drift (National Theatre), Arthur Miller’s American Clock (Old Vic), the TEAM’s RoosevElvis (Royal Court, the Vineyard/COIL Festival). Select New York and regional: John Caswell Jr.’s Scene Partners with Dianne Wiest (Vineyard Theatre), Larissa Fasthorse’s The Thanksgiving Play (2ST, 1st play by a known Native American woman on Broadway), Lilianna Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself — co-directed w/ Padilla and Steph Paul (NYTW), Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour), Edna Ferber and George Kaufman’s The Royal Family (Guthrie Theater) and multiple collaborations with composer Taylor Mac, indie folk-punk duo The Bengsons, British political performance artist Chris Thorpe,  and composer Heather Christian. Her first short film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity. Proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Board Member; and Member SDC. Upcoming: Gatsby at A.R.T. with Florence Welch, Thomas Bartlett, Martyna Majok.