Rebekah Dorai

Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai (pronouns she/her/hers) is an actor, singer, and voiceover artist. Her solo one-woman show "Building A Character" premiered at the Singapore Theatre Festival in 2018. A commission by Singaporean theatre company Wild Rice for their 6th Singapore Theatre Festival, it was the first time that an actor of Indian descent had helmed a monologue in the Festival’s history. Based on Stanislavski's book Building A Character, the show addressed race, faith, sexuality and identity - and was a hit with festival goers. The sold-out show was also featured as The Business Times' Top 3 theatre picks of the Year. She also scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Life! Theatre Awards Singapore for her multi-character turn in "Three Fat Virgins Unassembled" (2019), an original Singaporean work exploring feminism, power structures and authority. Playing to her strengths, she easily traversed 8 different characters to universal acclaim - ending the play with an original song she wrote, and composed. As a singer, Sangeetha debuted her solo jazz concert Sangeetha Sings Sinatra: Live at the Esplanade in early 2019, and recently sang with an established quartet and live band in No Regrets - A Tribute to Edith Piaf (Singtheatre). The show premiered to sold-out audiences in April 2021. Her next concert explores the works of multiple divas from 1929 - 2021; and is due to premiere online in August 2021. The short film she starred as the lead in - "Seven Centimetres From Myself" (Pantheon Media), was one of just 25 films, and the only Asian film to be screened at the International Short Film Festival 2021 (Go Mental) a Berlin-based film festival primarily focused on mental health. It will be available to watch as VOD on VIMEO in May 2021. She is currently in "The Bride Always Knocks Twice"; and will next be starring in the 108 Media-produced series "Moonrise Sunset", set to premiere worldwide next year.