Rachel Bonds
Rachel Bonds’ plays have been developed or produced by Ars Nova, WP Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, Roundabout Underground, Atlantic Theater Company, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Studio Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and New York Stage & Film, among others.
Her plays include: JONAH (POSTPONED due to Covid); GOODNIGHT NOBODY (...
Rachel Bonds’ plays have been developed or produced by Ars Nova, WP Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, Roundabout Underground, Atlantic Theater Company, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Studio Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and New York Stage & Film, among others.
Her plays include: JONAH (POSTPONED due to Covid); GOODNIGHT NOBODY (McCarter); THE LONELY FEW (collaboration with composer Zoe Sarnak for The Geffen); SUNDOWN, YELLOW MOON, a play with songs by The Bengsons (Ars Nova & WP Theatre, NY Times Critic's Pick, Raven Theatre); CURVE OF DEPARTURE (South Coast Rep, Studio Theatre, Northlight); AT THE OLD PLACE (La Jolla Playhouse); FIVE MILE LAKE (South Coast Rep, McCarter, Shattered Globe, Weissberger Award); SWIMMERS (Marin Theatre Co, Sky Cooper Prize); THE WOLFE TWINS (Studio Theatre); ALMA (Atlantic Theatre Company commission); MICHAEL & EDIE (NY Times Critic's Pick); WINTER GAMES (Humana Festival, Heideman Award, Public Radio's "Playing on Air"); ANNIVERSARY (EST’s Marathon of One-Act Plays, Sam French OOB Festival Winner and Public Radio’s “Playing on Air.”); and BIRD ("Playing on Air" co-commission with David Auburn).
Bonds was the 2016 Tow Foundation Playwright in Residence at Ars Nova. She is an Alumna of EST’s Youngblood, Ars Nova’s Play Group and SPACE on Ryder Farm’s Working Farm Writers’ Group. She has also been both a Fr. William Ralston Fellow and a Tennessee Williams Scholar at The Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She has served as a frequent Volunteer/Playwright for the 52nd Street Project.
She is currently collaborating with composer Zoe Sarnak on THE LONELY FEW, a commission for The Geffen, developing her scripted podcast THE HEART OF IT ALL for Audible, and pitching her TV series MOMENT OF TRUTH.
Bonds is a graduate of Brown University.