Rachel Rosenthal

She/Her

Rachel Rosenthal is a performer, comedian, and improv instructor with over 23 years of experience. A recent transplant to Portland from NYC, she has taught at numerous comedy theaters throughout the USA, including Reckless Theatre, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, & Peoples Improv Theatre (The PIT) in NYC, where she was awarded Teacher of the Year for her work with 101 improv students.

Hailed as an "improv whirlwind," (by Huffington Post), Rachel is an esteemed performer who has toured all over the world from New York and Hawaii to London and Iceland! She is a 11+ year cast member of both free-form improv team, Big Bang, and free-style rapping Hip Hop comedy group, North Coast (“Top 10 Comedy Show” -- Time Out NY). She also performed Off-Broadway in Blank! The Musical.

As an Applied Improv Instructor, Rachel also teaches improv to corporate teams with a client list that includes Microsoft, Meta/Facebook, and HBO.

Her story, "Identity Thief" has been featured on the “This American Life” and “Risk!” podcasts, and was later published as a book with Amazon. She and her husband perform comedy together as “Sam & Rachel Comedy” and have a podcast together called “Sam & Rachel’s Generation Gap.” More at www.theraeroshow.com.