CATHERINE    RODRIGUEZ   O'CONNOR

I’m a musical theatre performer/songwriter who just graduated from Indiana University. Go Hoosiers! I grew up in Chicago and am so grateful to be back here auditioning, working at my local fitness formula club, and enjoying city life.

 

My family swears I was singing before I could talk. Every time I learned something new, it was put to song: my name, our home phone number, you name it. Watching Annie Get Your Gun and singing along to every word as I pretended our couch was a stage, was an every day occurrence until I moved on to my next musical obsession. 

 

I started theatre when I was 7 years old and was over the moon when I was cast as Poodle Number 1 in a local kid’s theatre production of 101 Dalmatians. The following year I was shocked when I was cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and fell in love with the newfound confidence it gave me. Theatre was always a safe space for me. A place where I could fully and freely express myself without any fear of judgement. I never cared too much about what role I got as long as I got to have fun spreading positivity, joy and laughter. My mission is to share this magic with as many people as possible, in the most uplifting way possible, by creating and taking part in telling meaningful stories that need to be told.

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A FEW OF MY FAVS:

 

​Nicknames: I have many, but "Rine" (pronounced Rin) is my favorite, family given nickname.

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Fav food: potatoes, any form but particularly my aunt’s chunky mashed potatoes 

 

Hobbies: songwriting, choreographing, keeping up with pop culture, album listening parties with friends, watching TV, and babysitting my nieces and nephews 

 

Latest Obsessions: Only Murders In The Building, Short N Sweet, Chappell Roan,  and P!NK

 

Goals/Aspirations: Broadway and West End, play both Elphaba and Glinda, write and produce my own album