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.

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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