REBECCA CORT

Rebecca (she/her) is an Armenian-American actor and singer in the Pacific Northwest with an acting degree from Western Washington University. Her artistic life thrives through a sense of belonging and community, and she's known for her abundant onstage energy, power, presence, conviction, and comedy. She also adores strong movement work, not limited to Commedia dell'arte and puppetry (specifically Audrey II plants).

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Rebecca is currently working on a reading of Chris DeLair's new musical Signs of Life with AstroLab, where she is portraying Sagittarius/Addison. Other recent works include Amy March in Little Women at Seattle Rep and Milwaukee Rep, and Suzanne Prevot in The Hello Girls for her Taproot debut.

 

Rebecca has become a staple at popular Seattle venue Neumos for their Breaking Free events, where she performs lip syncs and choreography in full costume and/or drag, and went viral for her performance of "Bet On It" as Troy Bolton.

 

Other theatrical works include her 5th Avenue debut in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Jay Woods, and her debut at Village Theatre understudying You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She received the 2019 Gregory Award and 2019 Gypsy Rose Lee Award for Outstanding Ensemble with her five castmates from Citizen: An American Lyric directed by Jay Woods at Sound Theatre Company. They were also nominated for Outstanding Production (Play) as well as covered by the Seattle Times.

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Her performance as Brooke Ashton in Noises Off! at Harlequin Productions, directed by Corey McDaniel, was described as a "female Curly Howard" by The Sub Times, as well as reviewed by other publications:

"But the unexpected star of this one might be Cort, whose role is, essentially, to parade around in something skimpy and be completely daft. Her focused ignorance is exactly the right contrast... in a play that’s a mess by design, it takes a smart actor to take a one-trick character role and turn it into comedy genius."

-NW Theatre

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Cultivated from her deep nostalgia over her college courses at Western with incredible professors, and noticing an absence of opportunities in the Seattle area for the same techniques and desire to train, Rebecca is also honing her craft as a teaching artist- this May, she is leading a trial class for her new Movement/Grotowski course, and will be releasing options to the public soon. She is energized to create a place for folks to practice physical acting and to have a consistent training ground with like-minded people who want to continue to learn and work no matter where they are in their acting journeys.

 

Rebecca's alter-egos are Rebecca Delight in vintage 40s trio The Memphis Belles and Glitter Becca in kids pop cover band Tweenland with Naomi Morgan Entertainment.

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When not doing actor-things, Rebecca enjoys making promotional videos for local theatres, running social media accounts, hip hop class, reading sad books, journaling, Stardew Valley, practicing guitar, listening to Survivor podcasts, forcing people to play Mario Party, talking about the Enneagram (she is a 6 wing 7), and incredibly drawn-out conversations over coffee.

 

Rebecca is represented by The Actor's Group.