RACHAEL N. BLACKWELL (Lighting Designer) is a native of Hampton Roads, VA but now calls Atlanta home. She just finished three seasons at the Alliance Theatre as their Lighting & Projections Director but has since moved fully back into her lighting design and freelance work. Atlanta select credits include The Color Purple (Aurora Theatre), Wait Until Dark (Georgia Ensemble Theatre – Suzie Bass Winner – Best Lighting Design of a Play), The Wiz (Aurora Theatre), A Christmas Story (Theatrical Outfit), Amélie – Suzi Bass Nominee (Horizon Theatre), Waitress – Suzi Bass Nominee (Aurora Theatre), Hot Jambalaya (Dad’s Garage), Spectra – (Monica Hogan Danceworks), A Night With Komanse (Komanse Dance), How We Got On (Spelman Univ.), Everybody (Georgia State), Palefsky Collision Project ‘24 & ‘25 (Alliance Theatre).