About Roberta
Roberta Duchak is a veteran of the Broadway stage as well as several national tours. Roberta is also an accomplished musical director and vocal coach. Her work on Drury Lane's Ragtime earned her a Jeff Award for Best Musical Direction.
Roberta's other musical direction credits include The Original Grease (American Theater Company), Murder For Two (Chicago Shakespeare), Spamalot, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Miss Saigon (Jeff nomination, Drury Lane Theatre); The Story of My Life directed by Richard Maltby Jr. (Biograph Theater); High School Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Aladdin, Princess and the Pea (The Marriott Theatre); and The Rocky Horror Show (The Mercury Theater). She was also the conductor and pianist for the Midwest premiere of Married Alive (The Marriott Theatre).
She is an adjunct faculty member in the Music Department at Columbia College in Chicago and maintains an active private vocal studio for professionals. Find out more about studying with Roberta.
As an actress, Roberta made her Broadway debut in Ragtime (Mother). Her national tour credits include playing The Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooge starring Richard Chamberlain, Magnolia and Ellie in Hal Prince's Show Boat and Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chicago and national touring companies). As a vocalist, she can be heard on numerous recordings, including her debut solo CD;Intersections. Other recordings include "Second City Divas" and "SECOND CITY DIVAS: Live at the Mercury", and "The American Girls".
Some of Roberta's memorable regional credits include the 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!(Featured 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), and The Visit (Goodman Theatre).
Roberta was a featured soloist at the prestigious Ravinia Festival as well as performing as Frieda in Sunday in the Park with George starring Audra McDonald and Michael Cerveris and Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music starring Patti LuPone.
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