photo by Sean Robert Kelly
Rivkah Reyes (they/them) is an LA-based actor, musician, comedian, producer and writer from Chicago. They have been performing since the age of 4 when their mother put them in guitar lessons against their will. In the 4th grade, Rivkah performed on the NPR show From the Top, which eventually led to them being discovered and cast in the 2003 film School of Rock. Since their movie debut, Rivkah has been a prominent force in Chicago's music and theater scenes. They have worked with The Second City in Chicago on several sketch revues and performed improv, sketch, and stand-up at iO, The Hollywood Improv, The Laugh Factory, Club Cumming and Las Culturistas' I Don't Think So Honey! Live. They are an alum of the prestigious School at Steppenwolf, The Second City and iO's training centers, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. They’re a bicoastal, bipolar, biracial, bisexual Leo with an Aries moon and a Libra rising, but they don’t like labels.
“You’re like Beyoncé, but goofy. Like, you have the vocal—uh, chops? Is that the right—anyway. Vocally like Beyoncé but you have such a unique sense of humor. So it’s like...you know. Both.”