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Rachel Robinson is a stage designer from Dayton, and is the Faculty of Practice for Theatre Design in the Theatre, Dance and Performance Technology Program. Her theatrical design career started at the first Technical Theatre CTE program in Ohio at Centerville High School. She went on to earn her BFA, with a concentration in scenic design at Carnegie Mellon University.

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, props/puppet designer, lighting 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.

Her most recent position was as the Career Tech Education teacher for Theatrical Design and Production at Stivers School for the Arts, during which time she earned her M.A. in Workforce Development Education at the Ohio State University. She is very excited to continue her theatrical and educational journey at UD.