Episode Details

This week on Embrace the Squiggle Colleen and Kristine speak with Rachel Lerner-Ley about how being interesting and authentic landed her the job she wanted! We dig into who you shouldn’t conform in interviews and how your unique perspectives and experiences are what will land you the right gig for you. 

Rachel Lerner-Ley is the Merkin Prize & New Directions Scholars Program Manager at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Prior to the Broad, she worked in the artistic department at Cleveland Play House (recipient of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award), first as the artistic associate and then as the literary manager and resident dramaturg. Other theatre credits include: Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Civilians, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Barrington Stage Company, WildWind Performance Lab at Texas Tech University, and Girl Be Head. Over the course of her theatre career, she read & reported on hundreds of new play submissions and dramaturged 30+ productions & workshops ranging from world premieres to musicals and classics. She is a graduate of Smith College and a member of the LMDA (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas).

Connect with Rachel at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlernerley/ 

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and on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/comara

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and on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinethody

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