About
Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai (pronouns she/her/hers) is an actor, singer, and voiceover artist.
Addressing race, sexuality and identity, her one-person 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. Directed by Mei Ann Teo, the sold-out show was also featured as The Business Time’s 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 (2019).
Her international and local performance credits include: Discord of Discourse (UK), Miss British (Esplanade Studios), Eloquence (with Manuela Enfante of Santiago, Chile), Merdeka (Wild Rice), Two Songs and a Story (Checkpoint Theatre), NDP 2020, MARMA MEDAI: Theerppu (Esplanade Studios), Kudumbam (T:works) and The Bride Only Knocks Twice (The Theatre Practice).
As a singer, she debuted her solo jazz concert Sangeetha Sings Sinatra: Live at the Esplanade in early 2019. She also had a featured solo in NDP 2020, and recently sang with an established quartet in No Regrets - A Tribute to Edith Piaf (Singtheatre). Re-opening just after COVID measures eased, the show premiered to sold-out audiences in April 2021.
Critics called Rebekah "a vocal powerhouse" in both her turn as strict department head Mandy Thomas in Secondary: The Musical; and in the South East Asian premiere of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, where she delivered an "unforgettable" Heidi Hansen.
As a voiceover artist, she has lent her voice to commercials, government pitches and educational podcasts. Her reels include pitches for DBS, Woodleigh Residences, CITYgas, Airasia, SUSS, and Channel News Asia. She has also been a featured speaker on panels for Advisory Singapore, Singapore Literature Festival, and Glaxosmithkline. She has also lent her voice to the animated series Puberteens (as Celeste Chandra) and multiple characters in Zombie Safari.
The short film Seven Centimetres From Myself (Pantheon Media) was one of just 25 films - and the only Asian film - to be screened at the Go Mental! International Short Film Festival 2021, a Berlin film festival focused on mental health. She also played the title character in Edith, an official selection at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. She is next billed to star in Moonrise Sunset, a limited series slated to premiere globally on major streaming platforms.