Valerie Rachelle

Work

*Upcoming Project

Utah Shakespeare Festival – Cedar City, UT

Taming of the Shrew Director/Choreographer
Emma, the Musical Director/Choreographer
All’s Well That Ends Well Assistant Director (dir. J.R Sullivan)

Oregon Shakespeare Festival – Ashland, OR

Merry Wives of Windsor Choreographer (dir. Dawn Monique Williams)
Winter’s Tale Choreographer (dir. Desdemona Chiang)
Sense and Sensibility Choreographer (dir. Hana Sharif)

New York University, Steinhardt – New York, NY

Sweeney Todd Director/Choreographer (conduct. Dr. Justin John Moniz)

Stages – Houston, TX

Current Associate Artistic Director

Come From Away* Director/Choreographer
Trailer Park Christmas* Director

South Coast Rep – Costa Mesa, CA

Retreat from Moscow Assistant Director (dir. Martin Benson)

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater (Repertory) – Logan, UT

Carmen Director/Choreographer
Joseph and the… Director/Choreographer (cond. James Bankhead)
Madama Butterfly Director/Choreographer (cond. Nicolas Giusti)
Amazing Grace Director/Choreographer (cond. Karen Keltner)
Music Man Director/Choreographer (starr. Curt Olds)
Ragtime Director/Choreographer (cond. Nicolas Giusti)
Showboat Director/Choreographer
How to Succeed… Director/Choreographer
Les Miserables Director/Choreographer (cond. Nicolas Giusti)
Joseph and the Amazing… Director/Choreographer (cond. Barbara Day Turner)
My Fair Lady Director/Choreographer
Guys and Dolls Director/Choreographer
Into the Woods (2008) Director/Choreographer (cond. Nathan Fithfield)
Into the Woods (2018) Director/Choreographer (cond. William Remmers)

PCPA Theaterfest – Santa Maria, CA

Casting Director/Resident Director/Choreographer/Conservatory Faculty

White Christmas Director/Choreographer
A Little Night Music Director/Choreographer
Life x 3 Director
Spitfire Grill Director/Choreographer
Spring Awakening Director/Choreographer
Suessical Director/Choreographer
Hot Mikado Director/Choreographer
Company Director/Choreographer
Dames at Sea Choreographer (dir. Michael LaFleur)
Crazy for You Choreographer (dir. Eric Hoit)
Bat Boy Choreographer (dir. Erik Stein)

Oregon Cabaret Theatre – Ashland, OR

Current Executive Producer/Artistic Director

Chicago* Director
Gents Guide to…Murder Director/Choreographer
Disaster! Director/Choreographer
Nutcracker/Mouse King Director
Pine Mountain Lodge Director
White Christmas Director (At OSF’s Thomas Theater)
The Play That Goes Wrong Director
Spitfire Grill Director
Mamma Mia! Director/Choreographer
Noises Off Director
She Loves Me Director/Choreographer
Once Director/Choreographer
Picasso at the Lapin Agile(2008) Director
Cabaret Director/Choreographer (co-d/c. Michael Jenkinson)
Ring of Fire Director
A Christmas Carol Director/Choreographer
Dames at Sea Director/Choreographer
Musical of Musicals Director/Choreographer
Bat Boy Choreographer (dir. Rick Robinson)
Winter Wonderettes Director/Choreographer
It’s a Wonderful Life Director
Pine Mountain Lodge Director/Choreographer
Rocky Horror Show Director

Syracuse Opera – Syracuse, NY

Eugene Onegin Director/Choreographer (cond. Maria Sensi Sellner)
My Fair Lady Director/Choreographer (cond. Maria Sensi Sellner)
Die Fledermaus Director (cond. Douglas Kinney Frost)

Eugene Opera – Eugene, OR

Magic Flute Director/Choreographer (cond. Andrew Bisantz)
Little Match Girl Director/Choreographer (cond. Andrew Bisantz)

Sierra Repertory Theatre – Sonora, CA

The Play That Goes Wrong Director
Shrek Director/Choreographer
Mamma Mia Director/Choreographer
Legally Blonde Choreographer/Intimacy Director

Resonance Works – Pittsburgh, PA

On the Town Director/Choreographer (cond. Maria Sensi Sellner)

Glendale Centre Theatre – Glendale, CA

South Pacific Director
Music Man Director/Choreographer

Performance Riverside – Riverside, CA

Into the Woods Director/Choreographer
My Fair Lady Director/Choreographer
The Mikado Choreographer (dir. Matt Neves)
Secret Garden Choreographer (dir. Matt Neves)
Hello Dolly Director/Choreographer (dir. Gary Krinke)
Oklahoma Choreographer (dir. Matt Neves)
Chicago Choreographer (dir. Matt Neves

Summer Repertory Theatre – Santa Rosa, CA

Agnes of God Director
Bye Bye Birdie Director/Choreographer
Rocky Horror Show Director/Choreographer
A Chorus Line Choreographer (dir. Eric Hoit)
Little Shop of Horrors Choreographer (dir. Jules Aaron)
Honk! Choreographer (dir. Eric Hoit)
Peter Pan Choreographer (dir. Gary Gordon)
HowVictor/Victoria Choreographer (dir. George McGuire)
Wizard of Oz Choreographer (dir. Gary Gordon)
Will Rogers Follies Choreographer (dir. Leira Satlof)
Grease Choreographer (dir. Greg Fritz)
Music Man Choreographer (dir. Gary Gordon)

Axiom Theatre – Redding, CA

Mouth of the South (World Premiere) Director/Writer (starr. Shannon Nelson, (dramaturge, Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso)

Morgan Wixson Theater – Santa Monica, CA

Sweeney Todd Director/Choreographer
Urinetown Director/Choreographer
Spelling Bee Director/Choreographer

Fresno Grand Opera – Fresno, CA

Showboat Director/Choreographer (cond. Andy Anderson)
Urinetown Director/Choreographer
Spelling Bee Director/Choreographer

Nevada Conservatory Theater @ University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Pride and Prejudice Director/Choreographer
Violet Director/Choreographer

Southern Oregon University – Ashland, OR

A Man of No Importance Director/Choreographer
If/Then Director/Choreographer
Cabaret (Studio Project) Director/Choreographer
JC Superstar (Studio Project) Co-Director/Co-Choreographer

Utah State University – Logan, UT

A Flea in her Ear Director
9 to 5 Director/Choreographer

Camino College – Torrance, CA

Cabaret Director
Grease Director

Intimacy Direction

that drive thru Monterey Stages (Houston)
Bernhardt Hamlet Collaborative Theater Project
Legally Blonde Sierra Repertory Theatre
Waitress Oregon Cabaret Theatre

Current New Works

We Three Queens – New Musical with Composer Jesse Sanchez
Mouth of the South – New Play about Martha Mitchell – LA run this May 2026, Edinburgh, and Chicago run upcoming Brendan Hunt (Writer and Coach Beard on Ted Lasso Dramaturge/Executive Producer)
Grunge – New 1990’s musical currently in producer workshop for Off Broadway Run

Education

Master of Fine Arts/Directing UC Irvine

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Acting CalArts

• Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Ballroom, Swing, Period Dance Over 30 years experience
• Movement Professor – Laban, LaCoq, Growtowski, Viewpoints, Grotesque Mask (Libby Appel)
• Combat Experience – Hand to Hand, Rapier and Dagger, Quarterstaff
• Intimacy Director
• Actor, Singer, Dancer (Resume upon request)
• (Teaching CV upon request)