Rachel Luann Strayer
@rlstrayerwrites.bsky.social
Playwright ✍🏻 Theatre Artist. 🎭 Avid Tea-Drinker. ☕️ Occasional Knife-Thrower. 🗡️ Author of DROWNING OPHELIA 🛁 now available through Blue Moon Plays.
Bittersweet. LAERTES DIES TOO is my first play to make it to the semifinalist stage with the O’Neill, and I’m so honored that it got this far. ❤️ #writerslife #playwright #playwrightsofinstagram #playwrightlife
April 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Bittersweet. LAERTES DIES TOO is my first play to make it to the semifinalist stage with the O’Neill, and I’m so honored that it got this far. ❤️ #writerslife #playwright #playwrightsofinstagram #playwrightlife
I’m reading Sunrise on the Reaping, rewatching The Handmaid’s Tale, & living in the US, so I guess you could say I’m in my dystopian era. #dystopia #dystopian #amreading #dystopianlit #hungergames #amwatching #thehandmaidstale
March 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m reading Sunrise on the Reaping, rewatching The Handmaid’s Tale, & living in the US, so I guess you could say I’m in my dystopian era. #dystopia #dystopian #amreading #dystopianlit #hungergames #amwatching #thehandmaidstale
If you live near McLean, VA (about 30 minutes from DC!) or if you just want to take a fun road trip, my dark comedic play DROWNING OPHELIA is being performed at Shakespeare Opera Theatre April 4-7, 9, 11-12. I will be participating in after show talkbacks April 4-6.
March 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you live near McLean, VA (about 30 minutes from DC!) or if you just want to take a fun road trip, my dark comedic play DROWNING OPHELIA is being performed at Shakespeare Opera Theatre April 4-7, 9, 11-12. I will be participating in after show talkbacks April 4-6.
Seeing my work performed by the next generation of theatre artists brings me so much joy!
@rlstrayerwrites.bsky.social followed me back so in honor of such an event, I give me performing my part in the play she wrote
The Poe Asylum, Novemeber 2023
The Poe Asylum, Novemeber 2023
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Seeing my work performed by the next generation of theatre artists brings me so much joy!
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A little less than 30 hours & this Kickstarter campaign will be finished! I want to thank everyone who contributed over the last month. Your support has given me all the feels, truly.
I couldn’t have done this without YOU. $194 more & I can donate 100 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
I couldn’t have done this without YOU. $194 more & I can donate 100 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
March 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A little less than 30 hours & this Kickstarter campaign will be finished! I want to thank everyone who contributed over the last month. Your support has given me all the feels, truly.
I couldn’t have done this without YOU. $194 more & I can donate 100 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
I couldn’t have done this without YOU. $194 more & I can donate 100 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
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My Kirkus review for Slip came in today. I couldn’t be more pleased. I am so glad others see the value in this story. Yes, it’s entertainment. But it’s also so much more than that. It’s a handbook for what healthy relationships should look like. It’s a guidebook for the anxious. ❤️
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My Kirkus review for Slip came in today. I couldn’t be more pleased. I am so glad others see the value in this story. Yes, it’s entertainment. But it’s also so much more than that. It’s a handbook for what healthy relationships should look like. It’s a guidebook for the anxious. ❤️
“Oh, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength but tyrannous to use it as a giant.” - Isabelle, Measure for Measure. Shakespeare once again proving to still be relevant. #shakespeare #theatre #theatrelife #lancastershskespearetheatre
February 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“Oh, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength but tyrannous to use it as a giant.” - Isabelle, Measure for Measure. Shakespeare once again proving to still be relevant. #shakespeare #theatre #theatrelife #lancastershskespearetheatre
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Almooooooost. $829 more & I can donate 150 copies of Slip to libraries and schools. Give this post a boost, a share, a like - whatever it takes to get seen.
The project is fully funded so you are guaranteed to receive whatever reward tier you choose!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
The project is fully funded so you are guaranteed to receive whatever reward tier you choose!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Almooooooost. $829 more & I can donate 150 copies of Slip to libraries and schools. Give this post a boost, a share, a like - whatever it takes to get seen.
The project is fully funded so you are guaranteed to receive whatever reward tier you choose!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
The project is fully funded so you are guaranteed to receive whatever reward tier you choose!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
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A daily reminder that if I reach $4k, I can donate 150 books to schools and libraries to get books where they belong - in the hands of the teens who need them.
YOU helped me reach my goal of $2500 to get Slip published. Now I want to raise $1500 more to send 150 copies of Slip to libraries & schools Can we do it?
(As of 2/17/25, the current total sits at $3,031 as I received an offline donation yesterday!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
(As of 2/17/25, the current total sits at $3,031 as I received an offline donation yesterday!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lry...
February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A daily reminder that if I reach $4k, I can donate 150 books to schools and libraries to get books where they belong - in the hands of the teens who need them.
DROWNING OPHELIA was first performed in San Francisco in 2013. It has since been produced across the US & in Canada. In 2024, NDNA Productions brought DROWNING OPHELIA to the Bulgarian stage, remounting their unique vision for this show over & over again. I am eternally grateful. #playwrightlife
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
DROWNING OPHELIA was first performed in San Francisco in 2013. It has since been produced across the US & in Canada. In 2024, NDNA Productions brought DROWNING OPHELIA to the Bulgarian stage, remounting their unique vision for this show over & over again. I am eternally grateful. #playwrightlife
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It is way too early to post this ridiculousness, but @fireflybookstore.bsky.social asked me to share some thoughts on why I wrote SLIP. So here we are. My children have assured me this is a 7/10 on the cringe scale. This is why I never did #BookTok. 🤣
January 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It is way too early to post this ridiculousness, but @fireflybookstore.bsky.social asked me to share some thoughts on why I wrote SLIP. So here we are. My children have assured me this is a 7/10 on the cringe scale. This is why I never did #BookTok. 🤣
L. Ryan Storms wrote a beautiful YA novel about living with anxiety, born out of her own experience (and a touch of magical realism). Let’s all take care of ourselves & each other.
I’m not watching the news today. I’m likely not going to watch the news for the next 4 years. I’ll stay informed, yes, but after the last decade, I’m tapped out. I’m turning inward, caring for me, my family, & my community. I’ll keep writing & focusing on issues of mental health. (1/6)
January 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
L. Ryan Storms wrote a beautiful YA novel about living with anxiety, born out of her own experience (and a touch of magical realism). Let’s all take care of ourselves & each other.
Pennsylvania playwright checking in for the first time. Looking for my writing community! #writers #writingcommunity #writerslife
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January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pennsylvania playwright checking in for the first time. Looking for my writing community! #writers #writingcommunity #writerslife