Her mother, Tammy Bravo of Alexandria, loves to tell how first grade teacher Ceil Johnson stopped her before a parent-student event in the Chapel and said, “You won’t believe our little Ciara. Just wait.” Ciara says she walked up to the lectern “and delivered a reading with my head held high. My mom said she was floored. It was like there wasn’t a shy bone in my body.” Radek was too shy to do school plays his first year at The Summit. When they needed an actor the next year, “they offered me the role, and I did every single play and musical every year after that. They were so much fun,” says Radek, who appeared in “Oklahoma!,” “Anne Frank” and “Man of La Mancha” here.
Ciara Bravo, above and below, appears in scenes from the television series, “Second Chance.” 32 32 Winter Magazine 2016 - 17
Georges Saba also learned to entertain at The Summit. He performed in the annual Upper School Talent Show his junior and senior years, and hosted it as a senior. He also played guitar or ukulele at the Arts Forums and did his first standup comedy at Newport’s Funny Bone and other local clubs.