Rachel McKay Steele is a writer and comedian from Charleston, SC, who recently left bagels and Brooklyn for sunny Los Angeles. She has studied comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and has performed improv and stand-up around the country. Her solo show, Shiva for Anne Frank, premiered at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival to rave reviews and won a Producer’s Encore Award. She recently received the inaugural Jewish Writers’ Iniative Grant and is honored and humbled despite never spelling initiative correctly on her first try.

She has worked on numerous award-winning independent films, from Gayby to creative development for the Oscar- nominated What Happened Miss Simone. As a Senior Copywriter she has written for broadcast, digital, and social media.

Rachel loves breakfast sandwiches and is a cat mom to two rescues, Roxy and Esther.