Actor’s Portfolio: Sarah Grand
Sarah Grand as Soupy Sue in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Sarah is a Sophomore and this is her fourth Senior School production as a lead dancer! She has also performed in Middle School musicals, as well as various shows with PAC.
Actor’s Portfolio: Grace Armutat
Grace Armutat as Ms. McQueen in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Grace is a junior and she has been part of the cast and crew for all SA productions, including Spelling Bee, Fiddler on the Roof, and 12 Angry Jurors. Outside of theatre, she participates in field hockey, Polyphony Lit literary editing, and Writing Club.
Actor’s Portfolio: Severin Harmon
“As with the fall SA play, the headshots for Urinetown are amazing! “
~ Libby Harmon, mother
Actor’s Portfolio: Avani Venkat
Avani Venkat as Senator Fipp in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Avani is a junior and this was her first Senior School Musical. Avani also performed in SA production Around the World in 80 Days and was an assistant director for the 2021 Winter One-Act Play Retribution. Outside of school, Avani trains with Keystone State Music Theater, Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Youth Chorus.
Actor’s Portfolio: Brooke Menzock
Brooke Menzock as Josephine "Ma" Strong in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Urinetown is Brooke’s 7th production with SA, and recently she starred in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She will be participating in theater in college, and enjoys playing varsity soccer and softball.
Actor’s Portfolio: Max Peluso
Max Peluso as Hot Blades Harry in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Max, a sophomore, performed in his second SA senior school musical. His previous SA roles include Juror 8 in 12 Angry Jurors, Chip Tolentino in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie. Max also won finalists awards in the 2022 annual international Butler University Vocal Competition for classically trained high schoolers in Indianapolis. Way to go, Max!
Actor’s Portfolio: Alena Gurevich
Alena Gurevich as Little Becky Two-Shoes in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Alena, sophomore, performed in her final show at SA, previously being in Bye Bye Birdie and Annie. She also designed posters for Urinetown, 12 Angry Jurors, and Spelling Bee and has played the violin for 10 years. In fact, she took an ARSM violin diploma exam the day after set strike, where she had to play 30 min of very complicated and diverse pieces. It was a great learning experience having to manage a heavy workload for a prolonged period of time - rehearsing for the musical, designing the poster, and practicing for a violin exam while keeping up with homework and tests.
Actor’s Portfolio: Shivali Saxena
Shivali Saxena as Little Sally in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
As a senior, Shivali was beyond excited to have been part of her first (and last) Senior School musical at the Academy. Outside of theater, Shivali enjoys writing, piano, and martial arts.
Actor’s Portfolio: Ian Schneider
“Thank you so much for these wonderful pictures!! I am also going to buy some of these as well, I love them!! “
~ Rebecca Schneider, mother
Actor’s Portfolio: Claire Cable
“I can't stop looking at the photos!! Thank you for taking so many and giving everyone these treasures.”
~Susan Cable, mother
Actor’s Portfolio: Ibrahim Khan
Actor’s portfolio: a headshot and production photos for the musical
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Ibrahim Khan as Caldwell B. Cladwell in Sewickley Academy’s Senior School Musical “Urinetown” running on March 3rd-5th 2022.
Ibrahim is a junior and this is his fifth high school production! His past credits at Sewickley Academy include Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof,) Juror 3 (12 Angry Jurors,), William Barfee (25th Annual… Spelling Bee and Jean Passepartout (Around the world in 80 days). I’m proud to have photographed all Ibrahim’s performances!
Actor’s Portfolio: Milla Dobrovolska-Ivanova
Milla Dobrovolska-Ivanova as Hope Cladwell in Sewickley Academy’s Senior School Musical “Urinetown” running on March 3rd-5th 2022.
Milla is a senior and this is her first high school production. She performed with the Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh in 2019 and Beauty and the Beast and Les Misérables outside of SA.
She will be attending the University of Chicago in the fall to study Biology and Global Studies. Congratulations, Milla!
Actor’s Portfolio: Sajen Schuchert
Actor’s portfolio: a headshot and show action photos.
Sajen Schuchert as Bobby Strong in Sewickley Academy’s Senior School Musical “Urinetown” running on March 3rd-5th 2022.
Sajen is a senior at Sewickley Academy, participating in his 3rd high school production. He will continue performing arts at William & Mary next year. Congratulations, Sajen!
Mishon Levine in Sewickley Academy’s musical Fiddler on the Roof
The last actor for Sewickley Academy’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof” without whom the whole musical would be lacking its crucial ingredient - the live sounds of a violin. What a performance. Bravo, Mishon!
Brooke Menzock in Sewickley Academy’s musical Fiddler on the Roof
It feels like yesterday when we produced this headshot for beautiful Brooke for the Sewickley Academy’s Fiddler on the Roof senior school musical that showed just days before the lockdown.
I can’t believe she’s already a senior this year. Stay tuned for a blog with her senior pictures.
Clare Cable in Sewickley Academy’s musical Fiddler on the Roof.
I still have 3 headshots to share from before the pandemic. Here’s my favorite portrait of Claire that she selected to represent her in the Fiddler on the Roof musical program at Sewickley Academy.
Actor’s portfolio for Tristan Heavner
Tristan needed just one headshot for his theater auditions. We talked about the roles he was aspiring to get and worked to produce the look to match his dream roles.
Actor’s portfolio for Ben Heavner
“A great photo shoot experience with Karina - your company’s name is very fitting to what you do with your clients- pure joy and playfully capturing the unexpected !❤️
Amazingly fun way to create a cinematic effect by blending colors - you aced this one!
What a great outcome from something unexpected! Thank you , Karina for creating a fun album for Ben!”
~ Rina Heavner, mother
Joe Jackson in “12 Angry Jurors”
“...My path to this play was by no means direct. I set out two summers ago to find a show that would challenge our students creatively, but one that also reflected our school’s mission and core values. With a pandemic raging and racial tensions at a peak, I struggled to find the right show... But I still searched throughout the year, reading many scripts, trying to find the ‘right’ one for this fall. Then, by a stroke of luck, I came across the title while conducting a search on a licensing company’s website. Just by seeing the title, I was flooded with vivid memories of the movie, and knew immediately that I needed to read it as soon as possible!”
Joe Jackson, Director of Theater Arts at Sewickley Academy
Tech Crew in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”
Luke Miller, Ella Sanfilippo, Aiden Rasmussen, Grace Armutat, John Shillingsburg, Peter Shillingsburg, Michael Gorioff, Zachary Elkin and Nathan Bell
Tech Crew in Sewickley Academy’s Fall theater play “12 Angry Jurors” running October 21st-24th 2021