Rachel Oliveros Catalano

Artist Profile

Rachel will be returning as a soloist with the Pacific Symphony at the Segerstrom Concert Hall in October 2023, where she will reprise her role as La Catrina Calavera in a family concert series event. StageSceneLA awarded her the 2019 recognition of “Musical Theater Star Of The Year,” and Chance Theater awarded her a Chancie Award for “Best Supporting Actor In A Musical.” Previous roles at Chance Theater include Mother in Ragtime, The Witch in Big Fish, Mrs. Clancy in Fancy Nancy, The Musical, Ladybug in James and the Giant Peach, Laura in the OTR workshop of Ted Malawer’s Anatomy of Love, Marmee in Little Women – The Broadway Musical, Gabi in the staged reading of L.A. Vida, Miss Stacey/Woman 2 in Anne of Green Gables, as well as Camila Rosario in the Ovation Recommended production of In The Heights. Outside of Chance Theater, Rachel played the role of Diana in the hit musical, Next To Normal with The Wayward Artist Theater Company, in the staged reading of Policarpa at Grand Central Arts Center, and previously at San Diego Repertory Theater in the staged reading of Diana Burbano’s Fabulous Monsters. Rachel received her MFA in Musical Theater Performance from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, and her B.A. from California Lutheran University. Favorite Chicago theater credits include a 6-month run in Latinologues, Jeanie in Hair, and Martirio in The House of Bernarda Alba. Rachel would like to thank her amazing husband and daughters for their continued love and support. “I love you the mostest.”

 

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time September 2023 Siobhan
Edge October 2020 Sarah
Ragtime June 2019 Mother
Fancy Nancy, the Musical: 2018 October 2018 Mrs Clancy
Big Fish June 2018 The Witch
Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach February 2018 Ladybug
Ted Malawer’s The Anatomy of Love: OTR LAB Workshop July 2017 Laura
Little Women – The Broadway Musical: 2016 November 2016 Marmee March
LA Vida: OTR Reading May 2016 Gabi / Ensemble
Anne of Green Gables (2015) November 2015 Woman 2
In The Heights July 2014 Camila Rosario