Rachel Rockwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rachel Rockwell

American choreographer and director

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1969

Place of Birth: Columbia, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 28-May-2018

Profession: actor, choreographer, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rachel Rockwell (July 14, 1969 – May 28, 2018) was an American theater director, choreographer and performer.
She graduated from the School for Creative and Performing Arts (Cincinnati) and had a BFA in Theater Performance from the University of Evansville (IN).
She moved to Chicago in 1991 and began performing and choreographing.
She appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and the national tours of Mamma Mia! and Harold Prince's Show Boat.
In 2010, she was named "Best Director" by Chicago Magazine.In July 2014, Goodman Theatre produced the first major revival of Brigadoon in two decades—directed and choreographed by Rockwell, who, with Brian Hill, updated the book, with permission from the Lerner and Loewe estates.
Her productions of Ride the Cyclone and Billy Eliot were named two of the Top Ten productions in Chicago for 2015.
Her U.S.
premiere Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production of Ride the Cyclone was then produced Off-Broadway at MCC Theater, and named Best of 2016 by the New York Times.
She directed the World Premiere of Diary of a Wimpy Kid at Minneapolis Children's Theatre in April 2016.Rachel Rockwell died on May 28, 2018 of ovarian cancer.