Doreen Montalvo - Original Company member and drama Desk Award Winer for In The Heights
Doreen is a theatre performer and recording artist and is made her Broadway Debut in the new musical "In The Heights" at the Richard Rogers Theatre. Performing as Crazy Cuca in the ensemble,the Bolero Singer, as well as understudying the roles of Daniela, Camila, and Abuela Claudia respectively. Doreen can be heard singing on many cd's including Broadway Cares Chirstmas Albums,
Dare To Go Beyond, for Revolucion latina, the original cast recording of "Desiree" and in 2004 released her solo debut cd, "Volvere" with Meme Solis. Which was selected for 2005 Latin Grammy and American Grammy consideration. Doreen is currently recording her latest cd "Alma Americana/Corazon Latina.
Most recent theatre credits include the the workshop of new musical "The Piper" at Irish Repertory Theatre, AMAs reading of the new musical "The Countess of Storyville", "Disenchanted" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Broadway musical "In The Heights" ,Fantasy Mama, in "The Tenth Floor" Flora in "Magpie:" at the New York Music Theatre Festival (AMAS) as well as touring with the Comedy/Musical show "The Watercoolers", The World premiere of Frank Loesser's "Senor Discretion Himself"as "La Curandera", Manhattan Theatre Club and The O'Neill Center's Workshop of "In The Heights"As "Claudia", starring in the critically acclaimed one-woman musical "Havana Under The Sea" (Cecilia) Off Broadway at the Intar Theatre ; Where she won the 2003 Hola Award for Best Actress. New York Audiences have also seen her starring in the title role of La Lupe in "La Lupe, My Life,My Destiny", "Tropicana, the Musical" at the Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre. and this fall can be seen as "Carmen" is the Untitled Carmen Project, a new pop/rock version of Bizet's Opera based in Brazil.
A veteran of musical theatre Doreen has toured the country and starred in such productions as West Side Story (Anita), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), Nunsense (Sr. Hubert), Sweet Charity (Nicky) among many others. Doreen has also taken her solo cabaret act around South America, the Carribbean , Mexico, and up and down The Mississippi River . She also performs in a show she created called "Ladies Night" in cabarets all around NYC as well as her solo show "I've just got to sing my song". Doreen has performed at Joes Pub, BB Kings NYC, The Metropolitan Room, and The Laurie Beechman theatre.
Television credits include: "Smash" NBC, "The Good Wife" CBS, "Law and Order"NBC, "One Life To Live" as Dr. Baez, and also on ABC's "All My Children" as the voice of Consuelo (the telenovela soap star), and Clara the Chandler Maid. And the films "Tracked", "Jack, Jules, Esther and Me", "Hooray for Love"
She is an avid canoe/kayacker and splits her time between the Pocono Mountains and New York citY where she resides with her husband Mike and her Lhasa, Bandit.