About Roberta
Roberta Duchak is a veteran of Broadway and several national tours. Regarded as one of Chicago's "Second City Divas", Roberta has performed on every major stage in the Chicago Theatre.
In the Beginning:
Roberta Duchak grew up in Darien, Illinois where she started her musical career at age 3 taking piano lessons from her older sister Diane. After a whole year of crying at the piano because she thought her sister was just being mean, she got a new teacher. Roberta studied classical piano for 15+ years adding jazz to the mix along the way.
Favorite childhood memories include large Sunday dinners and then moving into the living room to entertain the family and guests, or whoever would listen! Roberta would share the piano bench with her oldest sister Diane and her Dad (also a musician) would play along on the saxophone or the clarinet playing and singing showtunes and jazz standards for hours while our middle sister Donna and Mom would clean up the dishes. Roberta continues to use music to get out of daily chores.
The Real Bio:
ROBERTA DUCHAK is a veteran of Broadway and several national tours. Roberta made her Broadway debut in the musical "Ragtime". Her National tour credits include playing the Ghost of Christmas Past opposite Richard Chamberlain in Scrooge, Hal Prince's ShowBoat (Magnolia & Ellie), Ragtime (Mother), and playing Rona Lisa Peretti in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in both the Chicago and National Touring Companies.
A classical and jazz pianist, Roberta works frequently as a musical director in the Chicagoland area. Most recently, she was Jeff-nominated for her musical direction for the critically acclaimed "Miss Saigon" at Drury Lane Oakbrook, and "High School Musical" at the Marriott Theatre. She also conducted and played the piano for Marriott Theatre's midwest premiere of "Married Alive." Her recently released debut solo CD entitled "Intersections" has been receiving rave reviews within the jazz industry. Her other recordings include "Second City Divas" and "SECOND CITY DIVAS: Live at the Mercury".
She is also an adjunct faculty member of the Music and Theatre departments at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois and maintains a private vocal studio for professionals within the industry.
Just a few of her favorite regional credits include, Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TATC), Come fly With Me (Mercury Theatre), Ain't Nothin But the Blues (Northlight Theatre), And the world goes Round (Drury Lane), Cats (Jellylorum), Swing!(singer) ,State Fair(Emily Arden) The Taffetas(Cheryl) The Full Monty (Vicky) ,Hot Mikado(Pitti-Sing) at the Marriott Theatre, Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Show (CCPA), Lady Capulet in The Second City's Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare), Irene Malloy in Hello Dolly (Skylight Opera),The Visit(Goodman Theatre).
She was a featured soloist at the prestigious Ravinia Festival as well as performing as Frieda in Sunday in the Park with George and a Liebeslieder in "A Little Night Music.
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