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Rebecca is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and musician based in Whitefish, Montana who works regionally. She is the co-founder of Viscosity Theatre with collaborators Josh Wagner, Daniel Scott Morris and Diego Burgos. She is currently teaching High School Drama at the American School Foundation of Guadalajara, MX as of August, 2018.
*Rebecca is the creator of the Viscosity Cabaret in Whitefish, MT, which grew from a dynamic collective of artists from across the country who also call Montana their home. The Cabaret is a wildly popular sketch comedy/political satire series earning acclaim with the press and consistently playing to sold out crowds. Viscosity recently partnered with Bearhat Productions to translate their sketches and parodies for the web.
She has created a number of original theatrical shows, including Die Clownshow (die) in Philadelphia and Fish & Beauregard, which received excellent reviews at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Her directorial work for new plays was featured in the Missoula Independent’s Arts in Review for smash hits Ringing Out (written by co-founder Josh Wagner), and Crime in a Madhouse, from the Theatre of the Grand Guignol. Other original collaborative productions include Mystery Mark (by Josh Wagner, based on illustrations by Theo Ellsworth, with masks by Daniel Scott Morris), Thisillusionment (see Keeping Missoula Weird), and Salep and Silk (the pilot collaboration between Wagner and Schaffer).
Schaffer also directed renowned magician Francis Menotti's magic show swallowed by a play, Sisyphus & Siri. Other directing, performance, and design credits include work with Whitefish Theatre Co. (A Christmas Story, The Little Prince, Tribes, Oliver, The King & I, Shakespeare: Next Generation), The Opera House Theatre Company, The Missoula Writer's Colony, the Kootenai Heritage Council, The Missoula Children's Theatre, and the Zoola Playwrights.
She specializes in new play development and physical acting techniques, and is interested in how our outer comportment affects our psychology as performers and people. She thinks a lot about the relevance of live performance in a digital age, and how the reception of it is changing with our brains. She is inspired by all things strange, fantastical, beautiful, common, and devastating.
She graduated with her MFA in Acting from the University of Montana, 2013.
*Many links are no longer functional, due to the buyout of the Missoulian by Lee Enterprises, and their subsequent shutdown of all content created by the Missoulian. The Missoulian editors, former staff, and community are working on recovering lost material and archives.
*Rebecca is the creator of the Viscosity Cabaret in Whitefish, MT, which grew from a dynamic collective of artists from across the country who also call Montana their home. The Cabaret is a wildly popular sketch comedy/political satire series earning acclaim with the press and consistently playing to sold out crowds. Viscosity recently partnered with Bearhat Productions to translate their sketches and parodies for the web.
She has created a number of original theatrical shows, including Die Clownshow (die) in Philadelphia and Fish & Beauregard, which received excellent reviews at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Her directorial work for new plays was featured in the Missoula Independent’s Arts in Review for smash hits Ringing Out (written by co-founder Josh Wagner), and Crime in a Madhouse, from the Theatre of the Grand Guignol. Other original collaborative productions include Mystery Mark (by Josh Wagner, based on illustrations by Theo Ellsworth, with masks by Daniel Scott Morris), Thisillusionment (see Keeping Missoula Weird), and Salep and Silk (the pilot collaboration between Wagner and Schaffer).
Schaffer also directed renowned magician Francis Menotti's magic show swallowed by a play, Sisyphus & Siri. Other directing, performance, and design credits include work with Whitefish Theatre Co. (A Christmas Story, The Little Prince, Tribes, Oliver, The King & I, Shakespeare: Next Generation), The Opera House Theatre Company, The Missoula Writer's Colony, the Kootenai Heritage Council, The Missoula Children's Theatre, and the Zoola Playwrights.
She specializes in new play development and physical acting techniques, and is interested in how our outer comportment affects our psychology as performers and people. She thinks a lot about the relevance of live performance in a digital age, and how the reception of it is changing with our brains. She is inspired by all things strange, fantastical, beautiful, common, and devastating.
She graduated with her MFA in Acting from the University of Montana, 2013.
*Many links are no longer functional, due to the buyout of the Missoulian by Lee Enterprises, and their subsequent shutdown of all content created by the Missoulian. The Missoulian editors, former staff, and community are working on recovering lost material and archives.
