Writer. Actor. Storyteller.
Serena is an Ontario-based writer and actor. The audio drama pilot she wrote and co-created, Signed, Venus, was selected from over a hundred submissions for feature as a compelling fiction podcast in the PodTales 2020 Podcast Showcase. She voiced the character of Nima in the AudioVerse Awards-winning science fiction audio play Moonbase Theta, Out.Serena is currently an articling student at Cohen Highley LLP, and holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Arts in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research from Western Univerity. Besides her academic studies, Serena has received training in video game writing, ballroom dance, and Arabic, and holds a Certificate in Intercultural Communications for Japanese. Her experience includes creative, corporate, academic, and legal writing.
Signed, Venus
AUDIO FICTION PODCAST
A road trip show with a touch of the fantastic and the fallacious.
Featured Showcase Creator in the PodTales 2020 Podcast Festival
Serena Rahhal
Writing
Signed, Venusdiasporan headache
Co-creator and co-writerContributor in Tulips 2017 Annual Women’s Studies
and Feminist Research Undergraduate Journal
(University of Western Ontario)
Audio DramaPoem
Voiceover
Signed, VenusMoonbase Theta, Out
Voice of MirahVoice of Nima
Audio DramaAudio Drama
Theatre
The Wizard of OzShakespeare AnthologyIn Progress
The Wicked Witch of the WestClaudiusBeth Harmon
Modern American SchoolModern American SchoolPalace Theatre
Interviews
Radio Drama Revival
On Their Way
Going Deep: Digital Responsibility and Privacy
Episode 308: Serena Rahhal and Reese Patterson (Or How To Create A Podcast About the Internet)
Training
Certificate for Video Game Writing Essentials - University of British Columbia
Acting — Michael Beckett
Scene Study — Michael Beckett
Singing — Mabel Wonnacott
Ballroom starter (foxtrot, waltz, tango, rumba, bachata, swing) — Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Ballroom social ease (foxtrot, waltz, tango, bachata, rumba, swing) — Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Ballroom bronze (foxtrot, waltz, tango, rumba, swing, cha-cha, salsa) — Fred Astaire Dance Studio (in progress)
Monologue workshop - Palace Theatre
Special Skills
Japanese: intermediate speaking/reading/writing, Certificate in
Intercultural Communications for Japanese from the University of Western OntarioArabic: reading & writing, basic conversationalGender studies and feminist research: M.A. and Honors B.A. from the University of
Western OntarioLaw: Juris Doctor from the University of Western Ontario (Class of 2025)Personality theory: MBTI/Jungian cognitive functions & Enneagram - Guest lecture
at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry on MBTI
Get in touch
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