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-----WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST & crew----

Saraya Angbazo/Ensemble is a 7th grader and is so ex-
cited to be in Bye Bye Birdie! This is her first year doing
a Tenafly Middle School play. Saraya enjoys playing vol-
leyball, singing and bullet journaling. She also plays the
piano, guitar, and ukulele. She loves to travel and learn
new things! She is so thankful to Mrs. Vardy, Mrs. Gir-
van, her family and all of her friends in the cast for every-
thing they do. Saraya hopes everyone enjoys the TMS
production of Bye Bye Birdie!

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Raphaella Bamonte/Ursula is a TMS 6 grader and
completely thrilled to be playing the role of Ursula in
Bye Bye Birdie. In 2019, she had fun being cast as lead
Narrator in the NYC Off-Broadway children’s production
of The Wizard of Oz. She also thoroughly enjoyed the
challenge of playing Mrs. Soames in Our Town, and Sa-
tan in Life after Life (both directed by Mr. Elliot Guerra),
while attending OLMC. In addition to acting, Raphaella
loves to dance. She began training in ballet at age 3 and
later added jazz, acro, musical theater and her favorite,
hip hop at BergenPac, under the Artistic Direction of Roberta Mathes. Current-
ly, she is a proud member of D&O’s intense MiniHD hip hop crew. Rapahella
loves being on stage where she feels at home expressing herself and trying to
make audience members smile. She is grateful to her family for their continued
support of her passions and to you all for coming to see the show. She also
wants to give a huge thanks to Mrs. Vardy, Mrs. Girvan and the entire cast and
crew of Bye Bye Birdie—let’s have some fun!

Bruna Beltreschi/Ensemble is in 8th grade at Tenafly Mid-
dle School and is very excited to perform in Bye Bye Birdie
this year. This is her 2nd show, she performed “Veruca Salt”
in Willy Wonka in 7th grade and had a lot of fun! Bruna
loves to read, cook and dance. She currently takes Ballet/
Pointe and Contemporary classes at the Bergen PAC. She
would like to thank TMS for this wonderful opportunity and
wish good luck to all actors!

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