7 - UNTITLED CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION by Rachel Feeny-Williams (Ep. 15)

In our first interview with a guest from "across the pond," it's only fitting that the play in question is from one of the most famous and most adapted stories to come out of England. The delightful Rachel Feeny-Williams is here to talk about her adaptation of A Christmas Carol, except this one has a female Scrooge and no official title.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why this play is still untitled
• How writing a female Scrooge was a "challenge accepted" moment
• Ways the theatre industry in the U.K. is different and also similar to the U.S. 
• Rachel's philosophy and approach to being a "prolific" writer and reader of plays 

And more!

Resources Mentioned

Literary and Discourse Society
Rachel's podcast, Theatrical Shenanigans
Theatrical Shenanigan's Facebook Page

About Our Guest

Rachel Feeny-Williams is a playwright based in Exeter, UK. She has been writing, self-producing and selling plays for just over ten years, following the completion of her degree in Creative and Performing Arts. Over the past ten years, her work has been produced many times in her local area of Devon, as well as nationally and internationally, both live and virtually. In 2021, her piece Believe Me; also won an award for “Best Original Script” in a One Act Play Festival.

Believe Me has also gone on to become a self-produced four-part audio series and joined other audio plays on her YouTube Channel.

She also runs a group called ‘The Literary and Discourse Society’. The society has been running weekly since June 2020 and now has a following of writers from across the world who gather to read and have their work read.

Her main love of writing is to challenge herself and for that reason she has completed five “play a day” challenges since February 2021. She’s also self-published two collections of ten plays that she’s sold independently.

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