RACHEL HYNES

(Actor, "Mother" at evening shows)

 

What's your background?

I come from a family of storytellers and have been acting since 5 years old. I was given the role of the narrator in Snow White, mostly because I had the loudest and clearest speaking voice. I spent 10 years in Seattle as an actor, director and as Co-Artistic Director of Helsinki Syndrome, an avante garde theatre group. We performed at On the Boards in Seattle, Ontological-Hysteric Incubator in NYC and Camden People's Theatre in London. I trained in physical and devised theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) and have my MFA from there. I've performed around town: Faction of Fools, Forum Theatre, Brave Spirits and spend a lot of time creating my own work, often unusual, often site-specific.

 

Have you been a part of Capital Fringe before?

Yes. Last year I was in Balloon Plays (2014), Faction's Fool for All (2011), helped devise Emma Jaster's To Know a Veil (2013).

I was in the Seattle Fringe Festival in 2001 in a production that won Runner Up: Best of Fringe

 

Did you know the story of the 442nd Regimental Unit?

I know a little about Japanese Internement from history class and some books I've read (fiction). I know nothing about the 442nd Regimental. My ex-boyfriend's mother was interned in Hawaii.

 

Why do you think it's important to keep this piece of history alive, with both adults and youth?

I think it's really important for us to remember what we chose to do to our own citizens, out of fear. This war on terror could easily bring a similar situation.