RACHEL ROBINSON
Designer | Educator | Production Artist 

Rachel Robinson is a stage designer, artist, technician, production manager, and educator from Dayton, Ohio.  She is currently the Faculty of Practice for Theatre Design in the Theatre, Dance and Performance Technology Program at the University of Dayton. 

Her theatrical design career started at the first Technical Theatre CTE program in Ohio at Centerville High School, where she was the first student to graduate from the program, and won the 2009 Critic's Choice Award at the International Thespian Festival for her design of A Doll's House. She went on to earn her B.F.A, with a concentration in scenic design, at Carnegie Mellon University.

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During her career in Dayton, she has worked with several local companies, including the Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton Live Creative Academy, TheatreLab Dayton, Magnolia Theatre Company, Town Hall Theatre and Heidelberg University, filling a variety of roles including scenic designer, scenic artist, lighting designer, props/puppet designer, stage manager and technical director. During this time, she also worked with students at local schools, including Chaminade-Julienne High School, Centerville High School and Alter High School to teach stagecraft skills and create scenery for their productions. She spent five years at Stivers School for the Arts, as the Career Tech Education teacher for the Theatrical Design and Production program, during which time she also earned her M.A. in Workforce Development Education at the Ohio State University.

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She continues to live and work in Dayton, with increased focus on design opportunities in wider communities.