This Week's Whiz Kid: Tamara Danilowicz

• Name: Tamara Danilowicz; 16.
• School: Stratford High School and Regional Center for the Arts: Major: Musical Theatre; Grade 10.
• Accomplishments: Tamara performs in musicals year-round. She will play “Prudy Pingleton” and the “Matron” in Hairspray at the Regional Center for the Arts in May 2011. She has been in Beauty and the Beast (Enchantress) and Skin of our Teeth (Announcer, Mammoth and broadcast official).
  Tamara has volunteered at the Stratford Public Library in the Childrens’ and Teen Libraries for a number of years, and she was awarded the President’s Award in summer 2010. At the library, Tamara is also involved in the Teen Creative Writing Group (which meets once a month and writes prose and poetry), the Rising Stars Performance (an annual youth variety show which will be on May 5th, 2011), and Varied Voices (a teen writing program which self-publishes within the Stratford community). She has been in Stratford Library musical fundraisers such as Alice in Wonderland, Seussical and The Little Mermaid.
  Since the 6th Grade, Tamara has performed with the Stratford Recreation Department in Cinderella (Stepmom), Alladin Jr. (Jafar) and Honk (Bullfrog).
  During the 2010 summer, Tamara performed Bye Bye Birdie (Mrs. Merkel) with the Stratford In the Spotlight  theatre group.
  Tamara has performed in a number of talent shows, including those at Johnson House, Stratford High School and the Saint Nicholas Church in Bridgeport.
  She will be directing a promotional video for a summer reading program.
  Tamara has sung at multiple memorial and tree lighting events.
  The town of Stratford has literally seen her grow up here!
• Goals: Tamara hopes study musical theatre at college, to one day sing the national anthem at a baseball game, and to perform on Broadway.
• Key to Awesomeness: Tamara is very family-oriented and has their unwavering support. She is motivated by her mother who always reminds her to “dream big” and to follow through on those dreams. She enjoys volunteering at the Stratford Library where she is able to “work with kids and teens” and ultimately enjoys “being a part of something that helps members of the community of all ages.” Tamara is an avid reader which fuels her goals and dreams, and she practices her writing in multiple genres (musicals, short stories, poems and skits).

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