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Mandy Bruno Bogue..... Director

Mandy is thrilled to be joining the Valley View family for Tuck Everlasting. She holds a BFA in Musical Theater with a minor in Dance from Otterbein University. Mandy has been directing and teaching children in the arts for over 20 years, including Artistic Director of the Foundry Theater, the Creative and Performing Arts Academy of NEPA, The Young People’s Theater Project and Swift Elementary. In addition to her work as an educator and director, Mandy is an Emmy Nominated Actress for her role of Marina Cooper on The Guiding Light. She has appeared on Broadway, Regional Tours, Television, Commercials, Voice Overs and Films. She has written 3 films, with her husband Robert Bogue, and is currently the Artistic Director of The Backyard Playhouse, A Virtual Online Acting Academy of the Arts. Her favorite roles to date however, are Mom to Flynn, Zeb and Zoe, and Wife to her amazing husband. Love to my family who always support me, and never cease to amaze me.  

Matthew Rupcich ....... Musical Director

Matthew Rupcich is the interim music director of the Arcadia Chorale (Scranton, PA),conductor of the Misericordia University Community Choir (Wilkes Barre, PA), music directorat First Presbyterian Church (Hawley, PA), conductor of the Tri-State Chorale (Milford, PA),music director with the Delaware Valley Opera Company (Narrowsburg, NY), and the conductorand music director of the Rockland Camerata (Pearl River, NY).Matthew worked as an adjunct professor of choral music at Hunter College (CUNY) from 2006

– 2016. He served as the concert/choral director for the Blue Hill Troupe from 2005 – 2012,conducting both G & S operettas and musicals. Matthew has conducted at West Point, TheRichard Rodgers Theater, The Metropolitan Museum, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Buxton OperaHouse in England.

Matthew is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins Universityand he holds a Masters in choral conducting from the University of Maryland.