Rachell Campbell writes plays that are visual and compelling. In recent years Rachell has been inspired by historical nonfiction and her works are generally based upon the lives of real women.

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THE WORKS OF RACHELL CAMPBELL

PLAYS

We Were Here – 4W. During WWII the posters declared, “Turns out women are useful after all” as women flocked the factories to help with the war effort. Susie, Donna, Ida, and Jean work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation in Santa Monica California and discover they are much more than just “useful.”

Away From The Window – 4W. As the suffragette rally beneath her window grows more violent, Evelyn (on the eve of her dreaded arranged-marriage) attempts to flee her circumstances and fight for her own voice. Set in Edwardian England.

ONE ACTS

“Paintings” – 2M 2W

Paintings: A story told in three sections:

• “Vettriano”– based on the painting “The Singing Butler” by Jack Vettriano, tells the story of a butler determined to change his circumstances.
• “Klimt” – based on the painting “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt, tells the story of a young women trapped in her lover’s grasp.
• “Rockwell” – based on the painting “Before the Date” by Norman Rockwell, tells the story of a young couple on the eve of their engagement as we discover that men and women may not be all that different, especially when it comes to love.

“We Wait” – 3 M or W: Three people wait at the end of the world for death to come and find them.

“Quip Pro Quo” – 1M 1W: A couple discover they have lived with one another for far too long as they have begun to lose their minds.

“The Albatross” – 3W: A mother and a daughter disagree about the daughter’s education while a governess’s job is at stake.

“Taboo” – 2M: A man attempts to tell his brother he’s gay by using their favorite childhood game “Taboo.”

“Now?” – 3 M or W: Three people wait atop a ladder for “it” to come, but “it” may never find them.

TELEVISION

Bygone – One Hour Drama : Two hundred years from now it becomes possible for people to live in the past. Iris Blake has been living peacefully in Edwardian England for the past ten years, but when the Titanic does not sink, she is faced with the choice of having to sink it herself.

Extra Virgin – Half Hour HBO Style Comedy: Meg and Kate are two twenty-five year old virgins (by choice) attempting to make it in the entertainment industry. Life gets interesting when they move in with Gwen, a woman with a vibrant sex life who does nothing but kiss and tell.

**Considered by the WB and Berger Productions in the spring of 2013.

 Anne of Greenwich Village– Half Hour Comedy: Rilla Jones and Anne Shirley become an unlikely family when Rilla (an African American paraplegic and ex-prima ballerina) becomes the foster mother to thirteen-year-old Anne. A modern adaptation of Anne of Green Gables.

 

The above pictures are from Azusa Pacific University’s Production of “Paintings,” taken by Jason Javier and We Were Here, as produced by University of California at Riverside with photographs by Alan Call.