Her brother is Jeremy Spencer (Heyde), the former drummer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.
[5] As a director, she received Jeff Award nominations for Miss Saigon (2009);[6] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—Best Musical (2009[6]); Ragtime (2010)[7] and 42nd Street (2011).
In 2014, she received Jeff Award nominations (Director, Choreography and Best Musical) for the revival of Brigadoon at The Goodman Theatre and Les Misérables at Drury Lane Oakbrook.
[14] In 2016, she won the Jeff Award as Best Director for her production of Ride the Cyclone at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
[citation needed] In July 2014, Goodman Theatre produced the first major revival of Brigadoon in two decades—directed and choreographed by Rockwell, who, with Brian Hill, updated the book, with permission from the Lerner and Loewe estates.
[16] Her U.S. premiere Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production of Ride the Cyclone was then produced off-Broadway at MCC Theater, and named Best of 2016 by the New York Times.
[17] She directed the World Premiere of Diary of a Wimpy Kid at Minneapolis Children's Theatre in April 2016.