ABOUT

CATHERINE RICAFORT MCCREARY is an Arizona-born, eight-time Broadway actress. Broadway shows in NYC: Mamma Mia! (“Ali”), SpongeBob SquarePants (“Karen the Computer”), Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon in Vegas (“Mahi”), Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical, Allegiance, Disaster!, Miss Saigon, and Cinderella (with Carly Rae Jepsen and Fran Drescher). Off-Broadway: Duncan Sheik’s Alice By Heart (original cast recording). National Tour: A Chorus Line. NYC Readings/Workshops: Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge, Nerds. TV credits: NBC’s The Sing-Off, PBS Great Performances: Holiday Inn on Broadway, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Today Show, The Tony Awards. Vocalist: USO Show Troupe, Broadway Princess Party @ 54 Below (with Laura Osnes), The USC SoCal VoCals (5-time international acappella champions of the ICCA). Arizona credits: Zoni-nomination for “Reno Sweeney” in Anything Goes (MCC), “Lady of the Lake” in Spamalot (Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona), “Adelaide” in Guys & Dolls (MTAA), Phoenix Theatre Company’s 2024 Festival of New Theatre, Arizona Musicfest's 2025 Holiday Cabaret.Directing credits: Directed/Conceived Monday Night Musicals with Seth Tucker (Bridge Initiative / ASU Kerr), Director of the world-premiere play Gynochat (Bridge Initiative / ASU Kerr), Directed Asymptote at Phoenix Theatre Company's 24-Hour Theatre Festival, Creative Consultant for Tiananmen (Phoenix Theatre Company), Casting Director for Fiddler on the Roof (MTAA), Music Video Director for pop music artist (and her brother) Super Smack. Catherine has guest-taught theater students at Viterbo University, Arizona State University, Broadway Classroom in NYC, and teaches private students in her garage rehearsal space.Catherine is also a software engineer and co-founder of Artists Who Code, featured in the LA Times and Forbes for helping 300+ artists pivot into tech during the pandemic. She holds a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California, where she was a Presidential Scholar at the Viterbi School of Engineering, contributing to research under Dr. Najmedin Meshkati. At Stitch Fix, she has been promoted multiple times, advancing quickly to Senior Software Engineer based on technical impact and leadership. Catherine was the Opening Ceremony speaker for RubyConf 2023, opening for Yukihiro Matsumoto, the chief designer of the Ruby programming language. As a technical writer, she is valued for tackling complex topics with an approachable and memorable flair, such as how to solve a binary search tree problem with JavaScript. A multi-disciplinarian with expertise in both engineering and entertainment, she champions creative collaboration at the intersection of tech + arts. IG: @cattricafort