Kaitlyn O'Neill is currently a student at the American Musial & Dramatic Academy receiving her BFA in musical theater. Her background includes classical ballet, private piano and voice lessons, and live theater acting instruction. In addition to the local training she received in Portland, Oregon, she has attended musical theater pre-college programs at Carnegie Mellon University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

She discovered her love of performing at a young age, debuting as Marie in Oregon Ballet Theater's The Nutcracker at only 13 years old. Since then, she's appeared as a performer with Oregon Episcopal School, Oregon Children's Theater, Oregon Ballet Theater, Portland Opera, Ping & Woof Opera, Coulter Concert Series, DanceAbility, and Theater Diaspora.

On top of her extensive performance experience, Kaitlyn has pursued piano for over 12 years under the instruction of Ms. Ayako Matsuo. She completed OMTA's 10 level piano syllabus curriculum with distinction in 2023, received gold and silver accomplishment at multiple OMEA piano festivals, and has begun teaching as well.