Rachel Writes

Rachel Ewing

Writer. 

Genre & Horror.

From CO - Now in LA.

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When I was a little girl I had a severed monster head as a best friend. I'd spend my days reading him stories. Now that I'm an adult, I write my own stories... often involving monster heads.

Writing Samples

The Host Podcast

The Host is a fictional late-night call-in show for the fringes of reality. Think Welcome to Night Vale meets Frasier.

"Parasite” Season 1, Episode 2 - written by Rachel Ewing, performed by Katie Markovich. (0:01)

“Ghosted” Season 1, Episode 7 - written by Rachel Ewing, performed by Matt Rowan. (0:01)

“The Banshee” Season 2, Episode 6 – written by Rachel Ewing, performed by April Brassard. (0:01)

Little Gerbil Man

A 10-minute play.

Finalist for the Piper Play Festival in New York. 2013.

A mother struggles after divorcing her husband to connect with her son... This becomes especially challenging when her son becomes convinced that his dead gerbil must be-headed, lest it become a zombie and eat his brains.


Excerpt from Elsewhere

A Surrealist Play. 2010.

Based on Alice and Wonderland, but focused on dealing with grief and loss.

This scene is a dark comedy where Emma deals with secrets (in the form of annoying girls) and then with the embodiment of dead love.


Other Work:

  • Burners, an audio-drama, featured in SPQR Art Space Studio's Sci-Fi Show -- Inspired by classic movie posters and lurid paperback novel covers, this multidisciplinary art show pays tribute to science fiction through original paintings and works of fiction narrated by performing artists.
  • Released, NYU MFA produced half-hour comedy pilot, starring Arturo Castro (Narcos, Broad City, Alternatino)

Education:

  • New York University Tisch
    • MFA in Screenwriting
    • 2014
  • Whitworth University
    • Bachelors in Theatre w/ minor in Theology & Russian Lit
    • 2010

Other Training:

  • Writer's Bootcamp. Taught by Eric Lapidus, Writer/ Producer in Los Angeles, CA. 2022.
  • Writer's Workshop. Taught by Joe Cacaci, Writer/ Producer in Los Angeles, CA. 2019.
  • WordTheatre: Using Your Voice. Taught by Cedering Fox, WordTheatre Creative Artist Director, Studio City, CA. 2014.

  • Write to Act. Taught by Peter DeAnello, Head of Big Fish Talent Agency in Denver, CO. 2011.

  • The Power of Writing. Taught by Tracy Ackler, Head of Pearl Studios in  New York, NY. 2009.
Contact me: rkewrites@gmail.com