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Rachel Pospíšil

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The Revolutionists

A feminist comedy about women during the French Revolution.

Role: Director

Madison Street Theatre, Oak Park, Nov. 2023 (coming soon)

13 The Musical Jr

Selective musical training for pre-professional middle school performers.

Co-Director/Choreographer

Ovation Academy of the Performing Arts

Chicago, Fall 2023

BAILE

A hip hop piece about a toxic lover wrecking everything in her path.

Role: Choreographer/Dancer

Festival: BLOOM! New Works Showcase

Collaborators: Exit SPACE Dance School in Seattle WA

eXit Space Dance Studio, Seattle, 2023

N***a, Digress

A choreopoem about the Black experience in America.

Role: Director/Choreographer

Collaborators: Ty Greenwood, Grant Reynolds, Khaliah Johnson, Carolyn O’Brien, Jahquan Wynder-Wilkins

Pittsburgh City Theatre, Pittsburgh, 2019

Think

Sunday Saari’s music video for “Think” about sexual assault.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Sunday Manisto-Saari, Cameron King, Samantha Ozeas, Raffaele DiLullo, Zachary Novack, Truly Cates, Davine Byon, Sidney Rubinowicz, Katherine Sharpless, Iana Dobreva, Nate Cohen

Pittsburgh, 2019

Complicated

A piece about two lovers who can’t live with or without each other.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Grant Reynolds, Simone Jones, Alex Talbot, Natalie Burton, Juan Carlos-Contreras

Pittsburgh, January 2020

Teaching

Teaching Locations: Ovation! Academy for the Arts (Oak Park, 2014-2018), BRAVO! Academy for the Performing Arts (Oak Park, 2015), Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, 2016-2020)

Classes: Dance (Musical Theatre, Show Choir, Hip Hop, Contemporary), Acting, Voice

Heathers The Musical

Director of a ~$200k musical production at Gatehouse Theatre in SF, CA.

Collaborators: Caity Redfern, Briana Middleton, Daniel Rosales, Armand Akbari, Jack Miller, Bridget Perrotta, Abigail Esfira Campbell, Jordan Gold, Jon Toussaint, Antonio Ferron, Patrick Rutowski, Ishmael Gonzalez, Noah Ramirez, Stephano Flavoni, Dariana Mullen, Dan Bittner, Taylor Alexandra Hoffman, Neal Davidson, Daniela Rodrigo, Valeria Maria Johnson

A/B Machines

A new play adapted from the work of Andy Warhol.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Wesleigh Gates, Ryan Dumas, Amalia Baker, Katy Fetrow, Lindsay Tejan, Ying Huo, Giada Sun, William Lowe, Megan Jones, Juan Carlos Contreras, Sarah Battaglia, Evan Schild, Henri Fitzmaurice, Patrick V. Davis, Hagan Oliveras

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2018

Rainbow Connection

A music video for the group An Octave Above.

Role: Director

Collaborators: An Octave Above, Liam Loughran

Chicago, 2018

Journey

A movement piece about two childhood friends who reconnect later in life.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Safia Harris, Christian Strange, John Mitchell, Jessica Cronin

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2018

Fairweather Friend

A dance piece about a recently-split couple too stubborn to admit that they still have feelings for the other.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Wesley Matthews, Biola Obatolu, Emma Patterson, Ayana Cymone, Hagan Oliveras, Kenny Cohen, Evan Schild, Claire Mildred

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2020

Hymns of Relief

A movement piece about the challenge of overcoming personal and invisible mental barriers.

Role: Choreographer

Collaborators: Cate Hayman, Kenny Cohen, Claire Mildred, Evan Schild

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2019

My Own Route

A non-traditional flute recital about what women meant in greek mythology.

Role: Director/Choreographer

Collaborators: Zoe Sorrell

Carnegie Stage, Carnegie 2019

Substitute

Choreography sample of an argument.

Role: Choreographer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Collaborators: Briana Middleton, Dylan T Jackson

Pittsburgh, 2017

a first date.

A choreography sample about a first date.

Role: Choreographer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Collaborators: Ava Yaghmaie, Arthur Langlie

Pittsburgh, 2019

The Revolutionists

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13 The Musical Jr

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BAILE

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N***a, Digress

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Think

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Complicated

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Teaching

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Heathers The Musical

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A/B Machines

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Rainbow Connection

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Journey

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Choreography

Fairweather Friend

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Hymns of Relief

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My Own Route

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Substitute

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Substitute

a first date.

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A first date V5 phone

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