MFA- Classical Acting
Shakespeare Theatre Academy
at George Washington University ‘07
Hester Prynne
in The Scartlet Letter
Rorschach Theatre Company
Beatrice
in Much Ado About Nothing
directed by Michael Barakiva
Anna Christie
in Anna Christie
at The Waterfront Museum
Tamora
in Titus Andronicus
directed by Joe Banno
Mark Antony
in Julius Caesar
directed by Lise Bruneau
Caesonia
in Caligula
Washington Shakespeare Company
Romeo
in Romeo & Juliet
all female production
Judith
in The Disputation
with Theodore Bikel
Gene Gillette, Rahaleh Nassri, and John O’Creagh
Anna Christie
by Eugene O’Neill
at The Waterfront Museum in Red Hook
directed by Laura Tesman
Romeo & Juliet
all female company
directed by Lise Bruneau
for Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Washington, DC
“Two outstanding performances in this vein are Rahaleh Nassri as Romeo and Kimberly Gilbert as Mercutio. I swear every time Nassri came on, I thought I heard Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Possess Your Heart” – so perfectly did she embody that particular style of hipster boy the girls have a crush on. Oh, he may start out as a bit of a player, but once he’s hooked he’s yours forever. It’s a brilliant bit of naturalistic acting and she’s completely believable as a lovestruck teen.”
— welovedc.com
Fight choreography rehearsal for Romeo & Juliet
Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards
Rorschach Theatre Company
directed by Randy Baker
“Rahaleh Nassri’s graceful Empress is particularly fetching…” —Washington City Paper
Titus Andronicus
Washington Shakespeare Company
directed by Joe Banno
“Nassri, outfitted in vixenish, butt-kicking boots even when a prisoner, is deliciously hateful as the seriously ticked-off Tamora. The actress makes Tamora's seductive powers as prominent as her thirst for blood, translating to the character's easy control over her new husband, her lover (a sharp, gangsterish David Lamont Wilson) and even her sons (Cesar A. Guadamuz and Chris Galindo), whom she directs to torture Lavinia with a typically manipulative sentiment: "The worse to her, the better loved of me."— The Washington Post
The Scarlet Letter
Rorschach Theatre Company
directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick
“Nassri, last seen stealing the show in Washington Shakespeare Company's "Titus Andronicus," is also a formidable presence as the quietly stubborn Hester, with a steely posture and eloquence that declares that although she may have been ostracized, she is not ashamed.”— The Washington Post