Rachel Hall is an actor, director, and multi-hyphenate theater artist working across stage and film.

She earned her degree in Theater from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has pursued additional training with École Philippe Gaulier, Shakespeare & Company, and other ensemble-based programs in clown, Suzuki, viewpoints, neutral mask, and voice and text work, developing a practice grounded in physical storytelling and collaboration.

Rachel Hall is a governing member of Real Live Theatre, a Western Mass based theater company where she has performed, directed, and developed new ensemble-driven works since 2016.

She is drawn to authentic, exciting, and intentional storytelling that challenges oppressive systems and pushes the limits of what theater can be.

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Projects

The Meeting Tree

by Elle Borders - directed by Summer Williams

Company One - July & August 2025. Character: Tessie

Elliot Norton Awards - Boston Theater Critics Association: Critic’s Pick

“The performances are strong across the board”. — The Boston Globe

“As Tessie, Hall is a high-spirited delight, her accent like just the right dose of honey, her physicality infusing her with colt-like playfulness.” — Theater Mirror

“Rachel Hall is a captivating Tessie, here as a whistling, high-spirited nine-year-old and later as a 21-year-old dressed for her wedding, still whistling and playful with her beloved Dixie.” -- The Baysate Banner

photos by Annielly Camargo

Under the characteristically astute direction of Williams, a dab hand at solving dramatic puzzles, “The Meeting Tree” delves into questions of race, possession, dispossession, and the obligation to right history’s wrongs. — The Boston Globe