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Sybil Bruncheon has been performing on stage, radio, TV, film, and in various Vaudeville, burlesque, church basement, county fair, and sideshow....uh..."venues" for most of her 29 years. She is available for bookings for just about anything and can be reached at bruncheon@hotmail.com and on her website sybilbruncheon.com. She is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Her erdo number is 16.

The Lipton twins, Debbie and Fred, were known in the neighborhood for being extremely cute, almost ready for "show business" as their proud Aunt Cornelia was fond of saying at her weekly canasta club get-togethers on Wednesday nights or at every church sociable to anyone who'd listen. The twins were photogenic, funny, extremely athletic and nimble, and indeed had a natural talent for dancing, singing, and mimicry, delighting adults with their impressions of famous television and film characters. Unfortunately, their impersonations (weirdly accurate and often unflattering!) of their parents' friends and neighbors caused anger and indignation... and the Lipton family's popularity began to erode... precipitously.

And then, on that particular Christmas in 1959, little Debbie and Fred visited Carlina Mansenetti's home to see her tree and the presents she received. It was while Carlina had gone to the kitchen to get everyone glasses of Tang and her mother's home-made biscottis that Debbie and Fred worked their mischief. While Fred kept a look-out, Debbie rifled through the beautiful doll-house Carlina's father had built for her. She searched the dining room and pantry for family silver and fine china, smashing a miniature hutch and its matching sideboard. Then she worked her way through a couple of bedrooms and their dressers and wardrobes for any jewelry or maybe a wallet.

She was headed for the attic on the chance that antique trunks might have held some valuable family heirlooms when they heard Carlina coming back. Debbie set some drapes in the master suite on fire to cover her burglary, the flames spreading quickly through the second story and up the grand staircase! The twins scampered out of the Mansenetti's house, laughing wildly as little Carlina's cries echoed out into the Winter evening. Two of her dolls had been trapped in a guest bathroom… they were burned beyond recognition.

It was the beginning of a reign of terror that rocked the Gertrude Edelin Academy for Somewhat Gifted Young Persons... in Perrysburg, Ohio...

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