Veronique LaShell MacRae

BIO

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Veronique LaShell MacRae is an interdisciplinary artist, director, writer, culinarian and wellness facilitator whose work lives at the intersection of performance, healing, and social transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience across community stages, Off-Broadway, and national and international festivals, Veronique brings rigorous craft, cultural depth, and embodied wisdom to each artistic offering. She is the creator of the BACA² Method, Founder of Stage and Spirit LLC, and a 2023 Kennedy Center Local Theatre Resident. She brings to her work the radical belief that the arts hold the power to transform individuals, communities, and the world.

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A professional actress with a career spanning theatre, film, and television, Veronique is a SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association (AEA) member. She performs in theatrical productions from the regional stage to Off-Broadway, and her screen work includes the role of Diane Blaine, series regular on Miss Education, streaming on Tubi. She is particularly known for her powerful one-woman shows, including Self-Portrait of a Sinner, Rainbow Children, Angel Babies & Fruitless Fig Trees, and the 2026 world premiere of In Fields Where We Bloom. Whether inhabiting an original character or bringing a classic text to life, Veronique's performance practice is deeply informed by the same somatic principles and cultural intentionality that define her work as a director, making her an artist who understands the stage from every angle.

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From Off-Broadway to the Edinburgh Fringe, Veronique's directing practice is defined by bold artistic vision, dramaturgical rigor, and a commitment to stories that matter. Her credits span original works, musicals, and socially engaged theatre and media across New York, Washington DC, Charlotte, and international stages. Her original written works are rituals of reclamation; lyrical, embodied, and unflinching. Selected works include "Of Sacred Soil and Watered Women," "When Birds with Broken Wings Fly," "Rainbow Children, Angel Babies, and Fruitless Fig Trees," and "The Suicide Journals: Mistaken Identity." Her writing has been presented across the nation and internationally, including Off-Broadway, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and North Carolina. Additionally, she is the author of two books, "In a Field Full of Lavender Trees: Poetry and Prose of a Soul Seeking Freedom (2022)" and "The Artist Escape: Refreshing, Renewal and Rejuvenation for the Creative Soul (2020)." Her theatre criticism has appeared in DC Theatre Arts, covering productions at the Kennedy Center, Capital Fringe Festival, GALA Hispanic Theatre, and Howard University.

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Veronique's scholarly work explores the intersections of performance, embodiment, healing, and ancestral story. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Arts in Christian Studies from Duke Divinity School, and continued studies at Howard University. She presented her ongoing series, Sacred Science, Rational Spirit, exploring writing and the body as healing technology rooted in ancestral narrative, at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at St. Francis College.

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Through Stage and Spirit LLC based in Washington, DC & New York, NY (Stage and Spirit), Veronique creates transformative theatrical and screen experiences rooted in storytelling and healing. At its heart is the BACA² Method (Body, Breath, and Character Alignment), a somatic, SEL-integrated framework she developed to help artists connect embodiment with intellect, breath with presence, and technical craft with emotional truth. An engaging, sought-after presenter and facilitator, she has presented at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival, and the Kennedy Center. Her workshops include the BACA² Method and Soul Care for the Actor.

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Beyond the stage, Veronique's work extends into culinary wellness through The Tasty Alternative Culinary & Wellness Group, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based culinary house spanning catering, plant-based cuisine, ritual dining, wellness goods, and culinary education. Across every discipline, from the stage to the table, Veronique's work returns to a single purpose rooted in story as a path to healing, and art as a way home.