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Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch is a Tony-nominated actress, writer, and comedian best known for her seven seasons on Saturday Night Live. She got her start at the Second City Theater in Chicago, where she co-wrote and performed in 4 mainstage revues, receiving two Joseph Jefferson Awards.

Date of Birth: February 22, 1966 (60)

Birth Place: Lexington, MA, USA

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Rachel Dratch is a Tony-nominated actress, writer, and comedian best known for her seven seasons on Saturday Night Live. She got her start at the Second City Theater in Chicago, where she co-wrote and performed in 4 mainstage revues, receiving two Joseph Jefferson Awards. New York theater credits include Love’s Labours Lost (Delacorte), Ripcord (MTC), Privacy (Public), the title role in Sylvia (George St), and her Broadway debut in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Rachel has appeared in the films Click, Just Go With It and Wine Country, to name a few, and television series such as The King of Queens, 30 Rock, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as John’s wife, Wanda Jo. She is also the host of the podcast Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch.

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STAGE CREDITS

Kiss of the Spider Woman
[Off-Broadway]
2027
Featured [Replacement]
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
[Off-Broadway]
2027
Patty
The Rocky Horror Show
[Broadway]
2026
Narrator
High Spirits
[Off-Broadway]
2026
Edith
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Stephanie
Celebrity Autobiography Celebrity Autobiography
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2018
Performer
Crazy for You Crazy for You
[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Concert Production, 2017
Patricia Fodor
Privacy Privacy
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater and Donmar Warehouse Production, 2016
Performer
White Rabbit Red Rabbit White Rabbit Red Rabbit
[Off-Broadway]
New York Premiere Production, 2016
Performer [Replacement]
Ripcord Ripcord
[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Off-Broadway Production, 2015
Colleen
Tail! Spin! Tail! Spin!
[Off-Broadway]
Culture Project Production, 2014
Wives, Tails, Beards and Barbara Walters
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Performer [Replacement]
The 24 Hour Plays 2006
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2006
Sylvie
The 24 Hour Plays 2005
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2005
Sissy
The 24 Hour Plays 2004
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2004
Joyce
The 24 Hour Plays 2003
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2003
Nancy

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Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2026 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Rachel Dratch, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards

Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

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Photos: Check Out Sexy, New Portraits of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Cast Photo
Photos: Check Out Sexy, New Portraits of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Cast
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 23, 2026

 Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show is now in the seventh month of its run at Studio 54 and the cast just celebrated with a special photoshoot at the iconic venue. Check out the portraits here.
Julia Morgan Releases 'Performing' Music Video With Broadway Community Photo
Julia Morgan Releases 'Performing' Music Video With Broadway Community
by Rachel Stone - Oct 23, 2026

The indie-pop singer-songwriter and former ANASTASIA understudy collaborates with Broadway creatives including choreographer Lindsay Alexandra Carter on a new single exploring performance pressure.
THE IMPROVISED PLAY to Return to Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Photo
THE IMPROVISED PLAY to Return to Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2026

Skilled comedians and actors will improvise two plays at UCB NY. The ensemble cast features rising stars from the theater and improvisation community.
Margaret Cho to Join THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW as the 'Narrator' Photo
Margaret Cho to Join THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW as the 'Narrator'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2026

Comedian, actor, musician and five-time Grammy & Emmy Award-nominee Margaret Cho will join Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show as the “Narrator” making her Broadway debut.
Sarah Cornell To Join A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY as Edith Sinclair Photo
Sarah Cornell To Join A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY as Edith Sinclair
by Marissa Faith Curley - Oct 18, 2026

Broadway veteran Sarah Cornell, an Ovation Award winner, has joined the cast of the immersive dinner theater production A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY at Vitello's in Studio City, California.
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Comedy Tour to Boston's Shubert Theatre Photo
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Comedy Tour to Boston's Shubert Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2026

Bianca Del Rio will bring her new stand-up comedy tour, It Gets Bitter, to Boston's Boch Center Shubert Theatre as part of a 2027 international run. Tickets are on sale now.
Rosie O'Donnell & Kristin Chenoweth Teaming Up For New Musical Reading Photo
Rosie O'Donnell & Kristin Chenoweth Teaming Up For New Musical Reading
by Michael Major - Oct 13, 2026

Rosie O'Donnell has revealed that she and Kristin Chenoweth will be taking part in the reading for a new musical, just after she wraps up her run in The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 12, 2026- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Turns 40 and Mo Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 12, 2026- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Turns 40 and More
by - Oct 12, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.
Rosie O'Donnell Returns To Broadway After 20 Years In THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Photo
Rosie O'Donnell Returns To Broadway After 20 Years In THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 9, 2026

Rosie O'Donnell is back on Broadway! After a 20 year absence, the Tony Award winner is filling in for Rachel Dratch as the 'Narrator' in The Rocky Horror Show. Check out photos from her first performance!
Video: Rosie O'Donnell Joins THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW on Broadway Photo
Video: Rosie O'Donnell Joins THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW on Broadway
by Michael Major - Oct 7, 2026

Watch videos of Rosie O'Donnell's first performance in The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, featuring videos of her performing the 'Time Warp' and making her first entrance.
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Tour to Portland Photo
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Tour to Portland
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2026

International drag superstar Bianca Del Rio has announced the 2027 North American dates of her global stand-up comedy tour Bianca Del Rio: It Gets Bitter. Learn more here.
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER to Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Photo
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER to Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 6, 2026

Drag superstar Bianca Del Rio announced 2027 North American dates for her seventh stand-up comedy tour IT GETS BITTER, visiting more than 50 U.S. and Canadian cities. The RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE winner performs in San Antonio on February 14, 2027.
Patti LuPone and Bianca Del Rio to Perform at Kravis Center in 2027 Photo
Patti LuPone and Bianca Del Rio to Perform at Kravis Center in 2027
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 6, 2026

Patti LuPone will perform SONGS FROM A HAT and Bianca Del Rio will bring her IT GETS BITTER World Comedy Tour to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Tour to the Golden Gate Theatre Photo
Bianca Del Rio to Bring IT GETS BITTER Tour to the Golden Gate Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2026

Bianca Del Rio will perform her stand-up comedy tour IT GETS BITTER at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre. It Gets Bitter is Bianca's new hour of standup and marks her seventh world tour.
Bianca Del Rio to Launch IT GETS BITTER Tour Feb–June 2027 Photo
Bianca Del Rio to Launch IT GETS BITTER Tour Feb–June 2027
by Rachel Stone - Oct 6, 2026

Bianca Del Rio announced over 50 North American dates for her global stand-up tour IT GETS BITTER, running February through June across the U.S. and Canada. The tour marks the drag superstar's seventh world tour and celebrates her 30-year career.
Video: Just In Time for Spooky Season... Learn 'The Time Warp' from THE ROCKY HORROR Photo
Video: Just In Time for Spooky Season... Learn 'The Time Warp' from THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Sam Anctil - Oct 2, 2026

In this video, watch as Ben hits the rehearsal room to break down Ani Taj's Tony-nominated choreography for Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show with the help of dance captain Renée Albulario. Can you keep up?
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld September 26, 2026
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2026

Photos: Jake Shears and More in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Photo
Photos: Jake Shears and More in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2026

You can now see new photos of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, featuring Jake Shears as “Frank-N-Furter” as well as Lorna Courtney as “Janet”, Rachel Dratch as “Narrator,” Amber Gray as “Riff Raff,” and more.
24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY to Honor Thomas Kail Photo
24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY to Honor Thomas Kail
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2026

The 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY will return to Todd Haimes Theatre to honor director Thomas Kail and benefit the organization's arts programming and educational initiatives.
Bernadette Peters & Rachel Dratch Join Netflix's A MAN ON THE INSIDE Final Season Photo
Bernadette Peters & Rachel Dratch Join Netflix's A MAN ON THE INSIDE Final Season
by Michael Major - Sep 24, 2026

Bernadette Peters and Rachel Dratch have joined the final season of Netflix's A Man on the Inside. The Ted Danson-led series is currently in production for its third and last season.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Rachel Dratch been in?

Rachel Dratch has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.

How many West End shows has Rachel Dratch been in?

Rachel Dratch has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Rachel Dratch been nominated for?

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, Distinguished Performance Awards (Drama League Awards) for POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.

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