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Rachel Arbeit

RACHEL ARBEIT

  
Nationality:    USA
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Rachel Arbeit is a comedian and writer in New York City. She has performed New York Comedy Club, Caroline's, Comic Strip Live, Gotham Comedy Club, Laugh Lounge, Times Square Arts Center, Broadway Comedy Club, Joke Joint and many others. Rachel writes for National Lampoon and PlayerPress. She is also a playwright. Her work has been chosen for one-act competitions at the Secret Theatre, The Players Theatre and Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Rachel's full-length play "The Shallot" had a sold-out run at Manhattan Repertory Theatre in November 2012 and was produced in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in July 2013. One who enjoys miscellaneous facts, learning, and drinking, Rachel hosts weekly Trivia Tryst games all over New York City. Her trivia nickname is Rachel "Rabies-Free Since '83? Arbeit, and it's true.

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below is a list of Rachel Arbeit's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Drinks and Discussion with John and Jane         Drunk Driver         Facebook Overshare         Sensitive Cervix         Shallot, The         Tag Line for a Raise

Drinks and Discussion with John and Jane

Synopsis:
When a hard-working 20-something woman sits at a bar next to a middle-aged Brooklyn man, the conversation quickly becomes politics, a topic they do not agree on. Will the drinks stay in their glasses, or get thrown in some faces?

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Genre:
short one act comedy

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Drunk Driver

Synopsis:
After a bar show in New York City a woman tries to convince her friend not to drink drunk, before learning that fate may have already taken care of the issue.

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Genre:
10 min comedy

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Facebook Overshare

Synopsis:
Marjorie, a thirty-something who has come on some tough time, is empowered by her recent settlement with banks over her credit card debt. While home alone one night, Marjorie post her raw feelings on Facebook, where they are met with both support and judgment by a variety of "friends."

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Genre:
25 min one act comedy

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Sensitive Cervix

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Genre:
7-minute monologue

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Shallot, The

Synopsis:
the play is about an aspiring writer works as the Office Manager at the Shallot, a satirical news organization, hoping to become a writer. While fielding phone calls and dealing with the revolving door of actors and actresses coming into the office for auditions, the Office Manager and intern observe a changing company whose structure, like its product, is funny. It is based on a true story about the playwright's time working at the Onion.
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Manhattan Repertory theatre
303 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    14 Nov 2012

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Genre:
comedy

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Tag Line for a Raise

Synopsis:
In a posh New York City advertising agency, an employee of one year comes up with an appropriately creative way to ask the boss for a raise.

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Genre:
15 min one act comedy

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