Rachel Borders writer director

Rachel Borders (she/her) is a writer, director, and podcaster based in Los Angeles. As a dyslexic writer, Rachel’s always loved oxymorons and unconventional pairings. Her work highlights the unexpected beauty and humor of moments that are traditionally tragic and difficult. She is currently a participant in the 2023-2024 IAMA Emerging Playwrights Lab and Road Theatre’s Under Construction Playwrights Group. Rachel has written and produced podcasts for Wondery, Realm, and Headspace. In television, she’s written for FOX's Proven Innocent and DirecTV Audience Network’s Rogue. She served as a Writers’ Assistant on CW’s Life Sentence, NBC’s Chicago Justice, and Netflix’s Virgin River. Additionally, she works as a Creative Executive for dramedy showrunners Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith under their In Good Company banner. Her first short film This Remains, starring Sosie Bacon, was selected as one of six films in the Soho House Short Film Series. She directed the music video for Brian Falduto’s debut single “God Loves Me Too,” which was funded in part by GLAAD and The Trevor Project. Rachel’s second short Those We Carry, starring Nancy Travis, is currently streaming on Omeleto. Originally from Chicago, Rachel attended Brown University where she received a dual degree in Literary Arts & Psychology. The only thing Rachel loves more than hot dogs and math is ruining karaoke bars by singing showtunes. Rachel recently became a trained death doula; ask her about it.


Fun Facts

  • Her friends call her Raybow

  • Her great-uncle was the Archbishop of Baltimore

  • She’s an INELDA-trained death doula and can often be found educating people about green burial

  • Trained in opera singing growing up

  • Attended dyslexic sailing camp for the summer of 2004 (Yes, that’s a real thing)

  • Raised by two lawyers

  • JCPenney photoshoot enthusiast

  • Studied psychology and mental health in college and worked in university research labs

  • Favorite musical is Sondheim’s Company

  • Was a mathlete

  • Used to entertain her parents’ dinner parties with an Elvis Presley impersonation

  • Took photojournalism trips to Burma, Thailand, Mexico, and Cambodia

  • Does the logic section of the LSATs for fun

  • A graduate of both UCB and Groundlings, she performs fully improvised musicals around LA

  • Figure skated for many years, but never landed her axel

  • Former Member of Playground-LA’s playwrights’ incubator and winner of 2020 Best in Playground

  • The Chicago White Sox are cooler than the Cubs