Catherine Ricafort is an American actress, singer, software engineer, and entrepreneur. Ricafort has appeared in several Broadway productions, including Allegiance,[1] the 2013 production of Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Disaster![2] and Honeymoon in Vegas.[3][4] Ricafort also appeared on NBC's The Sing-Off,[5] in season 2, as part of the group, The Backbeats.[6]

Although her family comes from the Philippines, Ricafort was born and raised in the United States.[7] She graduated from Westlake High School (California), and was an active participant in the school's choir program.[5] In 2009, she graduated from University of Southern California with a degree in Industrial and Systems engineering, and a minor in Musical Theatre.[8][9] At USC, Ricafort participated in the a cappella group SoCal VoCals.[10] As of 2017, Ricafort was appearing in a new Broadway production of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn.[9] Ricafort appeared as Karen in SpongeBob SquarePants from June 19, 2018 up until its closure on September 16, 2018.

References

  1. Gans, Andrew. "New Broadway Musical Allegiance, Starring Lea Salonga and George Takei, Posts Closing Notice". Playbill. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. Rooney, David. "'Disaster!': Theater Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. Lugay, Elton. "Fil-Am Broadway actress Catherine Ricafort gets the role, lives the dream". The FilAm. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. Silvestre, Edmund. "Fil-Am actress lights up Broadway, stars with Tony Danza in 'Honeymoon in Vegas'". Filipino Reporter. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 Stevens, Beth. "Catherine Ricafort on Her Olsen Twins History, Special Skills & Getting 'Friki-Friki' in Honeymoon in Vegas". Broadway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. Lee, Mindy (June 3, 2012). "Life After "The Sing-Off": Where Are They Now". The Contemporary A Capella Society.
  7. Oiga, Jacky. "We need to talk about Catherine". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  8. Lopez, Lolita. "Thousand Oaks' Real-Life "Smash" Story". NBC. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  9. 1 2 Shea, Ryan (October 18, 2016). "Get to Know "Holiday Inn, The Musical" Star Catherine Ricafort!". Manhattan Digest.
  10. Krieger, Diane. "SoCal VoCals celebrate 20 years of noteworthy singing". USC News. Retrieved 25 August 2016.


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