Sewickley Academy’s Tech Crew
Tech Crew led by Nathan Bell in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Top Row, Left to Right: Zachary Elkin, Michael Gorloff, Landon Dishart, Leo Farmerie, Brendan Ohr, Lila Cox, Aysu Turkay
Middle Row, Left to Right: Colleen Busher, Kathryn Colwell, Alisha Mattson (Stage Manager), Ella Sanfilippo, Rayna Thakkar
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Lincoln Riddle, John Shillingsburg, Aiden Rasmussen, Omar Malik
Not Pictured: Luke Miller
Sewickley Academy’s Orchestra
Orchestra Group led by Brian Buckley and Tim Heavner in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Front Row, left to right: Isabella Bock, Sarah Cao, Rebecca Glass, Elim Chen, Marissa Wang, Selena Xiao
Back Row, left to right: Roshni Thakkar, Tejas Mitra, Xipei Wan, Lia Nicodemo, Aizah Kamal, Rohan Tayur, Gary Peng
Actor’s Portfolio: Alaina Ohr
Alaina Ohr as Poor in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown” .
Sophomore Alaina Ohr performed in her first senior school musical after a debut in a play last fall. She has previously performed in Sewickley Academy’s middle school musicals and PAC. Alaina’s portrayal of a young mother-to-be is truly adorable.
Actor’s Portfolio: Kayla Hall
“Its so hard to choose because you make her so beautiful in every shot! There were a couple from the last shoot that even blew away her headshots she had done by Douglas Tjelmeland! You are quite talented in capturing the best of these kids!”
~ Keri Hall, mother
Actor’s Portfolio: Ella Tominac-Ural
Ella Tominac-Ural as Poor in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown” .
Ella, a junior, has previously been part of the tech crew in countless high school, middle school, and lower school musicals. Ella also sings in the senior school choir, plays tennis inside and outside of school and writes poetry.
Actor’s Portfolio: Aekam Kaur
Aekam Kaur as UGC Exec #2 in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Sophomore Aekam Kaur performed in her first Senior School Musical after 4 Middle School productions at SA. Aekam also plays tennis and lacrosse.
Actor’s Portfolio: Abby Bojalad
Abby Bojalad as UGC Exec #1 in Sewickley Academy’s 2022 Senior School Musical “Urinetown”.
Abby is a sophomore and this is her second senior school musical after a number of middle school theater productions. Abby is also an incredibly talented pianist and an accomplished tennis player.
Actor’s Portfolio: Alexandra Cordle
“Thank you! They are all amazing as usual.”
~ April Cordle, mother
Actor’s Portfolio: Avni Kathju
“Amazing shots for the the show! Avni has a lot of good ones - hard to choose. Thanks for all your hard work.”
~ Luxmi Kathju, mother
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: 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: 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: 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: 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!
Alena’s Studio Headshots in Pink
We were creating headshots for Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical and Alena asked me to keep these portraits as well. I’m in the process of creating a wall art showroom in the studio and these portraits will be a great addition.
Keep an eye for the musical action shots in early March. I’ve just been backstage and the decorations promise to be stunning!