Rachel F. Hirsch (she/her) is originally from Alabama, moved to Northampton by way of New York City, and is proud to now be a Pioneer Valley-based theater, music, and voice over artist. WAM Theatre: Rachel is proud to make her WAM debut as Erica in Bright Half Life. Selected Theater Credits Elsewhere: Soldier Poet (Chester and Silverthorne Theatre); Piedmont Plays Cycle (Play Incubation Collective); My Heart In a Suitcase (ArtsPower Touring Theater); Nutcracker! The Musical (Holson Productions); Love, Labor, Loss (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene); Footloose (Red Mountain Theatre Company) Additional Artistic Credits: Co-Founder and Co-Producer: Play Incubation Collective; Opera: Democracy, an American Comedy (Washington National Opera); Voice Over: Audiobook narrator for works by NYT Best Selling Authors, Other selected VO Credits- AT&T, PJ Library, Have I Got a Story for You Podcast; Teaching artist with Golden Bird and formerly with Spellbound Theater Company. Community Engagement/Activist work: Rachel is proud to be working toward creating a more equitable landscape for new play development and for all theater artists through her work with PIC. Membership/Affiliations: AEA, Sag-Aftra, Professional Audiobook Narrators Association  Selected training: BA in Music, George Washington University; Cap21 Final word: Thanks to Will, Aya, and Max for being the best support team in the world, and thank you to my new WAMily for inviting me to be a part of this beautiful play. Connect: rachelfhirsch.com, Facebook, IG, and Twitter @rachelfhirsch; playincubation.org, Facebook and IG @playincubationcollective