Studio Portraits for Ella

Studio Portraits for Ella

“Thank you. I love them all! Tough choosing we will have to buy a few…“ - Melissa S., mother

Ella Sanfilippo is a junior at Sewickley Academy. She has taken on a stressful stage management role once again for the War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast play in the fall of 2020, her seventh Senior School production.

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Actor’s Portfolio for Ian

Actor’s Portfolio for Ian

Ian played Lazar Wolf in Sewickley Academy’s Fiddler on the Roof. When watching Ian on stage, I kept coming back to the thought that he looks a lot like Pierre Bezukhov from Leo Tolstoy's “War and Peace”, specifically in Sergey Bondarchuk’s screen adaptation, when he’s saying “When our lives are knocked off course we imagine everything in them is lost. It is only the start of something new and good. As long as there is life there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal still to come.”

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Actor’s Portfolio for Mira
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Actor’s Portfolio for Mira

Throughout the years, Mira has played fascinating characters: an asylum patient, a fairy, a loving nun, an intelligent girl, and a teapot. This time she is portraying Tzeitel, the oldest daughter of Tevye (Ibrahim) and there was a hurricane of emotions every time Mira was on stage.

By the way, Mira was voted “Most likely to study before and after the test” in the yearbook. I’m sure this trait was crucial in success on stage and everywhere else.

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Actor’s Portfolio for Catherine
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Actor’s Portfolio for Catherine

Catherine has been involved in eight Sewickley Academy productions, including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. In “Fiddler on the Roof”, she had a lead role as Golde, the matriarch of the family and her witty and hearty wife and mother of 3 girls character was very relatable. 

I was delighted to read her bio where she thanks her mom for “being a superstar and supporting her love of theatre!”

Susan, you did a great job as a mother!

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Actor’s Portfolio for Ibrahim
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Actor’s Portfolio for Ibrahim

I first saw Ibrahim as Jean Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days earlier that year and his striking acting talents were obvious even for an amaeur theater lover like me.

This time he was given a lead role as Tevye in Sewickley Academy’s “Fiddler on the Roof” and his character was endearingly comic and tragic at the same time.

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Actor’s Portfolio for Connery
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Actor’s Portfolio for Connery

This is Connery. It was his third and final year performing in the Sewickley Academy theater program. He’s been involved in The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Beauty and The Beast, and Around the World in 80 Days.

Connery was voted “most likely to end up on Broadway” by his peers in the school yearbook. Godspeed, and see you on Broadway!

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Gulmira’s 2nd Birthday Photos

Gulmira’s 2nd Birthday Photos

This precious feeling when your clients like your images so much that they order a whole album that will look fantastic on their shelf.

I’m really glad that Azamat and Nuriza trusted me with documenting this precious milestone in their family’s life.

Happy 2nd birthday, Gulmira! I look forward to seeing you grow into a breathtaking beauty.

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