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Kaela Mariano

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Kaela Mariano (she/her) is a Filipina singer, actress, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Music. In addition to her work as a non-union regional theatre performer, Kaela serves as a youth theatre director and educator at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, where she is assisting in the development of a new year-round youth theatre program. She also runs her private coaching studio, Starling Studios in Sonoma County.

"There were two showstoppers.... 'The Miller’s Son,' performed with power and a sense of unbridled joy by Kaela Mariano, who played Petra, Anne’s delightfully libidinous maid."

Sue Morgan, Aisle Seat Review's review of A Little Night Music

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