Actor, director, and writer
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A bit about me....
I'm a storyteller across the multiple mediums of performance, writing, and directing. My career has spanned from off-Boradway to regional theatre, with notable appearances in TV, film, and voice-over.
Theatrical credits include the Mark Taper Forum, Pasadena Playhouse, The Geffen Playhouse, Boston Court Theatre, Echo Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre, The Garry Marshall Theatre, and A Noise Within here in LA, and, regionally, I've performed at The Old Globe, The Pearl Theatre Company, and the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
In addition to performance, I directed at Antaeus Theatre and Pomona College, as well as readings and short plays for theatres throughout the Los Angeles area.
My TV credits include Riley Parra, Seasons of Love, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, The Young and the Restless, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Castle, All My Children, and Chemistry, Lincoln Lawyer as well as several video games and animation projects. I received my M.F.A. from The Old Globe/University of San Diego and a B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
I find joy in Improv and Clown training, and I'm a Resident Artist at A Noise Within Theatre, and a member of Antaeus Theatre and Ammo Theatre Company. I teach acting at Pomona College.
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My one woman show, Both And (A Play About Laughing While Black) and my episodic, (Un)Claimed center around stories that harness joy and humor as a tool of human connection and healing.
Both And was incubated and had it's world premiere at Boston Court Theatre in 2022. It then traveled to the Wallis Center for Performing Arts and The International Black Theatre Festival in 2024.
(Un)Claimed, my episodic about polyamory screened at Outfest, London Lesbian Film Festival, Urbanworld, aGLIFF, Atlanta Black Pride Festival, the Baltimore International Film Festival and DTLA Film Festival where it won awards for Best Screenplay and Best Webseries.
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Reviews
The Mountaintop
There is electricity between him and the maid Camae who, in a heartbreakingly powerhouse performance by Carolyn Ratteray...
Stage and Cinema
The Cake
...to her credit, Ratteray keeps the character smart and funny, with touching depth of feeling in her relationship with Jen...
LA Times
The Mountaintop
Carolyn Ratteray plays the maid Camae with a grace, humor and a sense of awe at her own purpose and creation that gave me chills.
NOHO Arts District
ColoradoBoulevard.net
There is something in this gem for everyone. This performance could change your life. I know it has changed mine.
Colorado Blvd.net
Larchmont Buzz
Carolyn Ratteray’s mesmerizing and magical fable…
Laura Foti Cohen
Pasadena Black Pages
The play is about love and laughter, joy and pain...because right now we have a jewel of a play running in Pasadena...this play is a must-see.”
NOHO Arts District
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