Rachel Bertone

Rachel Bertone is an award-winning director and choreographer with over 20 years of experience as a theater and dance professional. She specializes in creating high-quality, emotionally engaging theatrical experiences, and is best known for fostering collaborative, positive, and stimulating processes for artists.

Named by Boston theater critics as the “Director of the Decade” and “one of Boston’s best musical whisperers,” Bertone has staged more than 75 musicals, earning accolades for her work, including two Elliot Norton Awards for Outstanding Choreography for Oklahoma! and Evita, and multiple IRNE Awards for Cabaret (Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Musical), Carousel (Best Choreography), In the Heights (Best Musical), and The Wild Party (Best Musical). Other notable productions include An American in Paris, West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Pippin, South Pacific, Les Misérables, Gypsy, Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Barnum, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Show Boat, and HAIR.

In addition to her stage accomplishments, Bertone has contributed to several New York-based projects, notably serving as co-conceiver and choreographer for Van Gogh: A New Musical. Additionally, she was hand-selected by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk to direct a digital theater piece for their musical The Mad Ones. From 2022-2025, Bertone served as the artistic director at Reagle Music Theatre.

Bertone has taught at top institutions, including Boston Conservatory at Berklee, American Repertory Theater Institute at Harvard University, Emerson College, Long Island University, and Boston Ballet School. Bertone splits her time between New York and Boston.

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