Rachel Maria Petite Violinist, Actor-Playwright

Rachel Maria Petite, daughter of American composer John Heineman, and poet, Lydia Heineman is an Actor-Playwright and a formerly professional Violin/Violist. She is also a Multi-Disciplinary Artist and Teacher. She has directed 9 devised theater works for children, has written 38 plays, and two screenplays, with a novel in progress. She is passionate about encouraging others to find their true voice! She began violin studied with: Marie Poland who studied with Suzuki himself. Her foremost teachers were Ann Setzer and Sally Thomas. She attended IU School of Music as a student of both Franco Gulli and Josef Gingold. She also studied with Edith Peinemann, Isaac Stern and Arnold Steinhardt.