About the Actor
Classically trained, Candace Del Rio has made her home on the stage working with major professional theaters across several U.S. states, playing a wide range of characters from the bashful Annelle in Steel Magnolias to the vivacious stripper, Pippi from The Great American Trailer Park Musical.
As a professional singer and actor living in Los Angeles, CA, Candace specializes is musical theatre but is skilled film and television acting as well as studio singing and live music performance in styles such as pop, rock, country, and R&B.
Candace is also certified Hatha Yoga instructor, loves physical fitness and being outdoors with her two rescue dogs, and is pursuing a bachelors degree in English - Creative Writing to enhance her skills as a screenplay writer and playwright.
Height: 5' 4"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Vocals: C3-C6

Stage
Olive Branch Theatricals | Five Women Wearing the Same Dress | 2025
Supporting Actor - Mindy
Carrollwood Cultural | Steel Magnolias | 2025
Lead Actor - Annelle
Breakroom Entertainment | The Andrews Brothers | 2024
Lead Actor - Peggy Jones
Powerstories | Alabama Story | 2023
Lead Actor - Lilly Whitfield
Stageworks Theatre | The Great American Trailer Park Musical | 2023
Lead Actor - Pippi
Encore! | Alice in Wonderland | 2015
Lead Actor - Alice
Northeastern State Univ. | Lend Me A Tenor | 2013
Supporting Actor - Diana
Bartlesville Performing Arts | The Drowsy Chaperone| 2011
Lead Actor - Janet van de Graff
Bartlesville Community Center | The Fantasticks | 2011
Lead Actor - Luisa
Film
Underestimated Films Ltd. | Sorrows By Moonlight | Short Film | 2022
Lead Actor - Woman/Werewolf
Underestimated Films Ltd. | Escort | Short Film | 2021
Lead Actor - Devon/Nicole
Education & Training
Northeastern State University
BFA - Theatre Studies
Hillsborough Comm. College
A.A. Communications - Creative Writing Focus
Theatrical Training
Meisner Technique | Dr. Robyn Pursely
Vocal Training
Voice - Mezzo Soprano Technique | Dr. Robert Daniels
Acknowledgments
The Monti Awards - Nominated
Lead Actress in a Musical - Peggy Jones in The Andrews Brothers | 2024
Theatre Tampa - Nominated
Featured Female Actress in a Musical - Pippi in The Great Amer. Trailer Park Musical | 2023
Special Skills
Singing, acting, dance, sight reading, basic guitar, long boarding, roller skating, yoga (instructor certified), set construction, power tools, basic pole dancing, country western accent, British accent.