Roberta Duchak
She/Her
Biography
ROBERTA DUCHAK is an award winning music director, Chicago- based vocal coach/teacher and Broadway actress. Recent credits include, Broadway: SIX (US Music Supervisor) CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: SIX, Emma, The Little Mermaid, Romeo and Juliet the Musical - The People vs. Friar Lawrence, Murder for Two, Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, CHICAGO: Matilda, Mamma Mia,Little Shop of Horrors, South Pacific, 42nd Street, Rock of Ages, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Crazy for You, Hazel, Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, West Side Story, White Christmas, Young Frankenstein, Hello, Dolly!, Oliver, The Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd, Ragtime, Spamalot, Gypsy, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Miss Saigon (Drury Lane Theatre); Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre); The Story of My Life directed by Richard Maltby Jr. (Biograph Theater); The Original Grease (American Theatre Company); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Mercury Theater Chicago); musical supervisor for A Little Night Music (Writers Theatre). FILM: vocal coach for Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables. AWARDS: Two Jeff Awards, five nominations. ACTING: Mother in Ragtime (Broadway); Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooge, Magnolia and Ellie in Showboat (national tour); Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chicago/national tour). Ms. Duchak has two busy vocal studios in the Chicago area.
Professional Experience
- Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- TV/Film
- Tours
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Chicago/Midwest
Maestra Expertise
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Songwriter
- Vocal Arranger
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
- Voice Teacher (Private Studio)
- Voice Teacher (Educational Institution)
Primary Instruments
- Piano
- Saxophone
- Voice
Software
- Ableton
- Finale
- MainStage
Affiliations
- ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)