Maria-Christina Oliveras is an American television, stage and film actress, singer and voice-over artist.
23 Facts About Maria-Christina Oliveras
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Maria-Christina Oliveras has performed extensively on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and in various films and television series, and is known for her versatility and transformational character work in a number of world premieres.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras studied at Yale University and received her BA with honors in Theater Studies.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras was a member of the esteemed a cappella groups SHADES and WHIM N' RHYTHM.
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In summer of 2004, Oliveras was accepted into the Shakespeare Lab at The Public Theatre, where she studied with Ron Van Lieu, Kate Wilson and Michael Cumpsty, both of whom she later worked with on Broadway in Machinal.
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One of eight students selected, Maria-Christina Oliveras went on to receive her MFA in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory in 2007.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras made her Broadway debut in 2010's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, directed by Alex Timbers.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras returned to Broadway in the Roundabout Theater's 2014 revival of Machinal, playing multiple roles opposite Rebecca Hall.
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In spring 2017, Maria-Christina Oliveras returned to Broadway in Amelie at the Walter Kerr Theatre in the role of Gina, after a sold-out pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras subsequently went on to star in We're Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee at the Ancram Opera House.
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In fall 2018, Maria-Christina Oliveras returned to New Haven to co-star with Jennifer Paredes at the world premiere of El Huracan by Charise Castro Smith, a play directed by Laurie Woolery at the Yale Repertory Theater.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras has been a part of the development of the show since Atlantic Theatre's Latino MixFest in 2015.
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In October 2022, Maria-Christina Oliveras began performances as Persephone in the North American tour of the Grammy- and Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, directed by Rachel Chavkin.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras was a featured vocalist for the world premiere of Taylor Mac's A 24 DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC at St Ann's Warehouse, and subsequently its West Coast premiere at the Curran in San Francisco.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras has been a part of the development of THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, created by Beatrice and Toshi Reagon, based on the book by Octavia Butler.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras performed in the world premiere in Abu Dhabi and the North American premiere in North Carolina, and she was part of the piece at The Public's UNDER THE RADAR Festival in January 2018.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras was the 2014 recipient of the Charles Bowden Actor Award from New Dramatists, whose previous honorees include Jessica Hecht and Lynn Cohen.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras is a member of the distinguished Actors' Center Workshop Company, whose membership includes Judy Kuhn and Frank Wood.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras is a member of Partial Comfort Productions and an Associate Artist with the Civilians.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras can be heard on the original cast recordings of Here Lies Love, Pretty Filthy, and The Abominables, part of the Michael Friedman Legacy Project.
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In 2012, Maria-Christina Oliveras was asked to return to Yale University to teach acting and to conduct a number of seminars.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras has served as a guest teacher and speaker for University of Colorado-Boulder, SUNY New Paltz, Princeton University, ECA, La Jolla Country Day, Berkeley Rep School of Theater, Las Positas, New York University, Step Up Women's Network, University of Iowa, the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Boroughs Program, Children's Aid Society, National Theater Conservatory, and Denver Center Theater Academy.
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Maria-Christina Oliveras has served on the faculty of Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Stella Adler, Broadway Workshop, Primary Stages, and Yale University and is currently Assistant Professor of Acting at Wesleyan University and teaches Musical Theater Performance at Yale University.