Advice for Student Storytellers
Make it Sparkle Video with Rachel Fowler
Writer & Director
3:05 (runtime)
Director’s Notes
Writer & Director Rachel Fowler emphasizes that we are all storytellers and that the role of an artist is to tell stories that have affected them personally or that delve into experiences outside of their own.
She stresses the importance of stepping into other lives as an artist and learning from those characters to extend the understanding of diverse experiences.
According to Rachel, the role of the artist is to do the work of understanding and embodying diverse stories so that the audience doesn't have to.
Rachel encourages young artists to be brave, curious, and nonjudgmental to facilitate personal growth and to create a safe space for others.
She acknowledges the fear and vulnerability that artists often experience, particularly during early rehearsals, and encourages the physical embodiment of characters' experiences as a vital part of the process.
Rachel ends with a repeated call to action for artists: be brave, be curious, and be nonjudgmental, which she sees as crucial characteristics for any artist to truly tell diverse stories.
About Rachel Fowler
Rachel Fowler is a writer and director who based from a personal experience of grief and pain, penned her first ever Short script Stillness, which was produced by Kate and Five Fifty Five. Celebrating the strength to endure sadness, the story follows a photographer as she helps new families deal with early losses.
Writer and Director Rachel Fowler is an accomplished stage actress, theatre producer and director, and former literary manager for LOCAL Theater Company. She previously produced and performed in Mrs. Drake, a short film from Noggin Sauce Pictures that did exceptionally well during festival rounds – having gotten into a total of 18, from the NBC Universal Shorts, New Hampshire, Woods Hole and Idyllwild, where she won best actress & best short film. Her current focus is on writing, and “Stillness” is her first short script.