1. Rachel James
11445 Rebecca Creek Rd. Spring branch, TX 78070
Phone: (210)373-5158  E-Mail: raychill510@gmail.com
RJ
Theatrical Experience
Canned Laughter written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
April 2006
About the show: TV Land is in danger as it faces cancellation. The characters from everyone’s favorite
classic television shows must figure out a plan to save their channel.
Role: Lisa Douglas, Green Acres
The Reluctant Princess written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
April 2007
About the show: Anatole doesn’t want to be the princess, let alone queen. After she runs away from the
palace, Anatole is confronted by people, and creatures, from across the kingdom she learns that life as a
peasant isn’t all she’s cracked it up to be.
Role: The Dairy Maid
A Dickens Christmas written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
December 2007
About the Show: As Charles Dickens’ life comes to an end he is visited by the characters in is books and
the people of his past to help lead him from this life to the next.
Role(s): Mrs. Nickleby/ Mrs. Cratchit
Dressing Room 13 written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
April 2008
About the show: The number 13 is unlucky, even in the theater. As ten young actors are auditioning for
the role of their career, they better be prepared for what awaits them in dressing room 13.
Role: Nanette
Camp Woodrock written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
July 2008
About the show: The 1970s was an interesting time, and hippies were interesting people. When a new
camp opens up, can the staff and the hippies next door learn to co-exist?
Role: Earth Mama
Toto Talks written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
May 2009
About the show: There are many versions of Dorothy’s adventures in Oz, but now we know that true story
from Dorothy’s trusty companion Toto!
Role: Glinda the Good Witch
Booby Trap written by Ed Monk, Directed by Genesis Eakes
San Antonio Christian Schools
November 2010
About the show: Pete Galen is a soldier who has an anti-personnel mine positioned between his back and
the tree he is sitting against. He can't move or it will detonate. So, with nothing better to do, he reflects
on the choices he made in life that led him to the brink of death on the battlefield.
Role: Molly

2. Santa’s Got the Blues written/directed by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
December 2010
About the show: Christmas is cancelled because Santa’s got the blues. It’s up to Mrs. Claus and the elves
to cheer him up in time for Christmas!
Role: Mrs. Claus (A cast)
Crew: Stage Manager (B Cast)
Annie written by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, directed by Genesis Eakes
San Antonio Christian Schools
April 2011
About the show: A spunky orphan girl finds a home with a New York millionaire during the Depression,
but must dodge the clutches of her evil orphanage mistress, in Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and
Thomas Meehan's musical based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip.
Role: Extra/Annette/ Tap Dancer
We Will be Remembered written/directed by The Senior Actors of Theater in the Woods
Supervised by Ann T. Young
Theater in the Woods
May 2011
About the show: This show is a collaboration of various original skits and monologues about high school,
from high school students.
Role: Various
Crew: Co-Writer/ Director
Arsenic and Old Lace written by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Rhonda Roscoe
San Antonio Christian Schools
November 2011
About the show: Everyone needs a hobby. In the Brewster household, the elderly aunts do charity work,
one nephew thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, while another is a homicidal maniac. And the third nephew?
He’s just trying to keep up and avoid drinking the elderberry wine!
Role: Lieutenant Rooney
Don’t Take My Penny! written by Anne Coulter Martens, directed by Rhonda Roscoe
San Antonio Christian Schools
April 2012
About the show: Sixteen-year-old Penny is walking around with a book on her head and a dreamy look in
her eyes and practicing elocution with her mouth full of pebbles, preparing herself to play the star role in
the movie version of a popular novel. What Penny doesn't know is that Sally, the new maid, is a former
child movie star, now grown up, whom a clever publicity agent has planted there to be miraculously
"discovered" by the author. But the plans for the "discovery' of Sally go awry, for Sally has fallen in love
with Mark, the older brother, whose one ambition is to run a chicken farm!
Role: Sally
King Lear written by William Shakespeare, directed by Allen Ross
Classic Theatre of San Antonio
May 2012
About the show: Lear, the aging king of Britain, decides to step down from the throne and divide his
kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, however, he puts his daughters through a test, asking
each to tell him how much she loves him.
Crew: Intern/ Assistant Stage Manager
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3. Little Women adapted by Marisha Chamberlain, directed by Rhonda Roscoe
San Antonio Christian Schools
November 2012
About the show: Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth
and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls’ father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The
family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind
and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high-spirited grandson Laurie.
Role: Josephine “Jo” March
Pride & Prejudice adapted by Joseph Hanreddy & J.R. Sullivan, directed by Rhonda Roscoe April 2013
San Antonio Christian Schools
About the show: Marriage is an inevitable fact of life for the five Bennet sisters -- Jane, Elizabeth, Mary,
Kitty, and Lydia. Their only hope to advance in life is to find a rich and single man -- and one has just
arrived in the form of the very handsome and very well-off Charles Bingley. And when Bingley's taciturn
friend Fitzwilliam Darcy shows an interest in the opinionated and spirited Elizabeth, the situation
becomes more complicated than either of them expect.
Role: Elizabeth Bennet
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