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Fiddler on the Roof | 7Cast of Characters | 8Synopsis of Scenes & Musical Numbers | 10Whos Who | 11Program Notes | 20About Goodspeed Musicals | 32History of Goodspeed Opera House | 33The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 34Corporate Support | 35Foundation & Government Support | 36Looking to the Future Leaving a Legacy | 37Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 46For Your Information | 47

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. We appreciate your cooperation.

Editor Lori A. Cartwright

AdvErTISINGOnStage Publications937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966e-mail: korlowski@onstagepublications.comwww.onstagepublications.com

This program is published in association with OnStage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of OnStage Publications, Inc. Contents 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

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Fiddler on the Roof | 7Cast of Characters | 8Synopsis of Scenes & Musical Numbers | 10Whos Who | 11Program Notes | 20About Goodspeed Musicals | 32History of Goodspeed Opera House | 33The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 34Corporate Support | 35Foundation & Government Support | 36Looking to the Future Leaving a Legacy | 37Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 46For Your Information | 47

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. We appreciate your cooperation.

Editor Lori A. Cartwright

AdvErTISINGOnStage Publications937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966e-mail: korlowski@onstagepublications.comwww.onstagepublications.com

This program is published in association with OnStage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of OnStage Publications, Inc. Contents 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

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presents

withMATTHEW AMIrA JEN BrISSMAN WILL BUrTON MAX CHUCKEr JOY dEL vALLE ELIZABETH derOSA

GrACE dOdd MICHAEL J. FArINA TIMOTHY HASSLEr AdAM HELLEr JOY HErMALYN BArrIE KrEINIKJErEMY LAWrENCE dArrEN MATTHIAS JEANETTE MINSON rOB MONTGOMErY JOHN PAYONK

dAvId PErLMAN ALLEGrA rOSA CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr dErECK SEAY PAIGE SOMMErErCHArLES SOUTH CHErYL STErN JESSE SWIMM EILEEN TEPPEr ABdIEL vIvANCOS LOrI WILNEr

Scenic Design by MICHAEL SCHWEIKArdT

Costume Design by ALEJO vIETTI

Lighting Design by JOHN LASITEr

Marquee Producing Partnersdr. ANNE L. rOTHSTEIN and MS. JANE HELLMAN

rICH CErSOSIMO and vALErIE KOIF

First Performance: June 27, 2014 at the Goodspeed Opera House

Sound Design by JAY HILTON

Wig & Hair Design by MArK AdAM rAMPMEYEr

Associate Producer BOB ALWINE

Line Producer dONNA LYNN COOPEr HILTON

Orchestrations by dAN deLANGE

Assistant Music Director F. WAdE rUSSO

Production Manager r. GLEN GrUSMArK

Production Stage Manager BrAdLEY G. SPACHMAN

Casting by STUArT HOWArd & PAUL HArdT

Music Direction by MICHAEL OFLAHErTY

Original choreography reproduced by PArKEr ESSEDirected by

rOB rUGGIErOProduced for Goodspeed Musicals by

MICHAEL P. PrICE

Book byJOSEPH STEIN

Music byJErrY BOCK

Lyrics bySHELdON HArNICK

Produced on the New York Stage by HArOLd PrINCEOriginal New York Stage Production Directed and

Choreographed by JErOME rOBBINS

Fiddler on the Roof is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Sponsored by:

Official Airline of Goodspeed Musicals

Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl

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presents

withMATTHEW AMIrA JEN BrISSMAN WILL BUrTON MAX CHUCKEr JOY dEL vALLE ELIZABETH derOSA

GrACE dOdd MICHAEL J. FArINA TIMOTHY HASSLEr AdAM HELLEr JOY HErMALYN BArrIE KrEINIKJErEMY LAWrENCE dArrEN MATTHIAS JEANETTE MINSON rOB MONTGOMErY JOHN PAYONK

dAvId PErLMAN ALLEGrA rOSA CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr dErECK SEAY PAIGE SOMMErErCHArLES SOUTH CHErYL STErN JESSE SWIMM EILEEN TEPPEr ABdIEL vIvANCOS LOrI WILNEr

Scenic Design by MICHAEL SCHWEIKArdT

Costume Design by ALEJO vIETTI

Lighting Design by JOHN LASITEr

Marquee Producing Partnersdr. ANNE L. rOTHSTEIN and MS. JANE HELLMAN

rICH CErSOSIMO and vALErIE KOIF

First Performance: June 27, 2014 at the Goodspeed Opera House

Sound Design by JAY HILTON

Wig & Hair Design by MArK AdAM rAMPMEYEr

Associate Producer BOB ALWINE

Line Producer dONNA LYNN COOPEr HILTON

Orchestrations by dAN deLANGE

Assistant Music Director F. WAdE rUSSO

Production Manager r. GLEN GrUSMArK

Production Stage Manager BrAdLEY G. SPACHMAN

Casting by STUArT HOWArd & PAUL HArdT

Music Direction by MICHAEL OFLAHErTY

Original choreography reproduced by PArKEr ESSEDirected by

rOB rUGGIErOProduced for Goodspeed Musicals by

MICHAEL P. PrICE

Book byJOSEPH STEIN

Music byJErrY BOCK

Lyrics bySHELdON HArNICK

Produced on the New York Stage by HArOLd PrINCEOriginal New York Stage Production Directed and

Choreographed by JErOME rOBBINS

Fiddler on the Roof is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Sponsored by:

Official Airline of Goodspeed Musicals

Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl

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Tevye AdAM HELLEr Golde LOrI WILNEr Tzeitel BArrIE KrEINIK Hodel ELIZABETH derOSA Chava JEN BrISSMAN Shprintze JOY dEL vALLE Bielke ALLEGrA rOSA Yente CHErYL STErN Motel dAvId PErLMAN Perchik ABdIEL vIvANCOS Lazar Wolf JOHN PAYONK Mordcha MICHAEL J. FArINA Rabbi JErEMY LAWrENCE Mendel CHArLES SOUTH Avram MATTHEW AMIrA Nachum JESSE SWIMM Grandma Tzeitel CHErYL STErN Fruma-Sarah JOY HErMALYN Constable dArrEN MATTHIAS Fyedka TIMOTHY HASSLEr Sasha CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr Shaindel EILEEN TEPPEr The Fiddler MAX CHUCKEr

ENSEMBLEMATTHEW AMIrA

WILL BUrTONMAX CHUCKEr

MICHAEL J. FArINA JOY HErMALYN

JErEMY LAWrENCE dArrEN MATTHIAS JEANETTE MINSONCUrTIS SCHrOEGEr

dErECK SEAYCHArLES SOUTHJESSE SWIMM EILEEN TEPPEr

SWINGSrOB MONTGOMErYPAIGE SOMMErEr

DANCE CAPTAINCUrTIS SCHrOEGEr

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERHEATHEr KLEIN

UNDERSTUDIESTevye dArrEN MATTHIAS; Golde EILEEN TEPPEr; Tzeitel PAIGE SOMMErEr;

Hodel JEANETTE MINSON; Chava JOY dEL vALLE; Bielke GrACE dOdd; Motel WILL BUrTON; Perchik MATTHEW AMIrA; Fyedka CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr;

Yente JOY HErMALYN; Lazar MICHAEL J. FArINA

ORCHESTRAConductor/Keyboard I MICHAEL OFLAHErTY; Keyboard II F. WAdE rUSSO;

Trumpet MArK SLATEr; Trombone dAvId KAYSEr; Reeds LIZ BAKEr SMITH; Violin KArIN FAGErBUrG; Percussion SALvATOrE rANNIELLO

ORCHESTRA ALTERNATESConductor/Keyboard I F. WAdE rUSSO; Keyboard II WILLIAM J. THOMAS, MOLLY STUrGES,

dAvId KIdWELL; Trumpet PETE rOE, LArrY GArEAU, GrEG MArTIN, SHELdON rOSS; Trombone TOPHEr LOGAN, JOrdAN JACOBSON, BEN GrIFFIN; Reeds MICKEY SCHUSTEr;

Percussion dAvId EdrICKS; Violin dIANE OrSON

Cast of CharaCters Cast of CharaCters

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Tevye AdAM HELLEr Golde LOrI WILNEr Tzeitel BArrIE KrEINIK Hodel ELIZABETH derOSA Chava JEN BrISSMAN Shprintze JOY dEL vALLE Bielke ALLEGrA rOSA Yente CHErYL STErN Motel dAvId PErLMAN Perchik ABdIEL vIvANCOS Lazar Wolf JOHN PAYONK Mordcha MICHAEL J. FArINA Rabbi JErEMY LAWrENCE Mendel CHArLES SOUTH Avram MATTHEW AMIrA Nachum JESSE SWIMM Grandma Tzeitel CHErYL STErN Fruma-Sarah JOY HErMALYN Constable dArrEN MATTHIAS Fyedka TIMOTHY HASSLEr Sasha CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr Shaindel EILEEN TEPPEr The Fiddler MAX CHUCKEr

ENSEMBLEMATTHEW AMIrA

WILL BUrTONMAX CHUCKEr

MICHAEL J. FArINA JOY HErMALYN

JErEMY LAWrENCE dArrEN MATTHIAS JEANETTE MINSONCUrTIS SCHrOEGEr

dErECK SEAYCHArLES SOUTHJESSE SWIMM EILEEN TEPPEr

SWINGSrOB MONTGOMErYPAIGE SOMMErEr

DANCE CAPTAINCUrTIS SCHrOEGEr

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERHEATHEr KLEIN

UNDERSTUDIESTevye dArrEN MATTHIAS; Golde EILEEN TEPPEr; Tzeitel PAIGE SOMMErEr;

Hodel JEANETTE MINSON; Chava JOY dEL vALLE; Bielke GrACE dOdd; Motel WILL BUrTON; Perchik MATTHEW AMIrA; Fyedka CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr;

Yente JOY HErMALYN; Lazar MICHAEL J. FArINA

ORCHESTRAConductor/Keyboard I MICHAEL OFLAHErTY; Keyboard II F. WAdE rUSSO;

Trumpet MArK SLATEr; Trombone dAvId KAYSEr; Reeds LIZ BAKEr SMITH; Violin KArIN FAGErBUrG; Percussion SALvATOrE rANNIELLO

ORCHESTRA ALTERNATESConductor/Keyboard I F. WAdE rUSSO; Keyboard II WILLIAM J. THOMAS, MOLLY STUrGES,

dAvId KIdWELL; Trumpet PETE rOE, LArrY GArEAU, GrEG MArTIN, SHELdON rOSS; Trombone TOPHEr LOGAN, JOrdAN JACOBSON, BEN GrIFFIN; Reeds MICKEY SCHUSTEr;

Percussion dAvId EdrICKS; Violin dIANE OrSON

Cast of CharaCters Cast of CharaCters

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synopsis of sCenes & MusiCal nuMbers

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre.

Anatevka, a small village in Russia1905, on the eve of the Russian revolutionary period

ACT ONEPrologue Tradition ..................................................................................................................................CompanyScene 1, Kitchen of Tevyes House Matchmaker ..........................................................................................................Hodel, Chava, TzeitelScene 2, Exterior of Tevyes House If I Were a Rich Man ..................................................................................................................... TevyeScene 3, Kitchen of Tevyes House Sabbath Prayer ................................................................................................................ Tevye & GoldeScene 4, The Inn To Life ............................................................................................... Tevye, Lazar, Villagers & RussiansScene 5, On the StreetScene 6, A Bench outside Tevyes House Tevyes Monologue ....................................................................................................................... Tevye Miracle of Miracles ....................................................................................................................... MotelScene 7, Tevyes Bedroom The Dream ...............................................................Tevye, Grandma Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah & EnsembleScene 8, On the Street & Motels Tailor ShopScene 9, Tevyes Yard Sunrise, Sunset .......................................................................................................................Company The Wedding ...........................................................................................................................Company

INTErMISSION

ACT TWOPrologueScene 1, Exterior of Tevyes House Now I Have Everything ................................................................................................. Perchik & Hodel Tevyes Rebuttal ........................................................................................................................... Tevye Do You Love Me? ............................................................................................................. Tevye & GoldeScene 2, On the Street The Rumor ...............................................................................................................................VillagersScene 3, railroad Station Far From the Home I Love ............................................................................................................ HodelScene 4, On the StreetScene 5, Motels Tailor ShopScene 6, On the Outskirts of the village Chava ........................................................................................................................................... TevyeScene 7, Tevyes Yard Anatevka ..................................................................................................................................VillagersScene 8, Outside Tevyes HouseEpilogue

There will be a 15-minute intermission between acts.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance

begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage.

Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain seated until the curtain calls are over and the house lights have come up.

We appreciate your cooperation.

whos who

JEN BrISSMAN* (Chava ) is so happy to be making her Goodspeed debut! Regional: The MUNY: Little Mermaid (Atina), Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette), Bye Bye Birdie (Penelope Ann), Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, The

Sound of Music. TheatreWorks Palo Alto: Jane Eyre (Young Jane), The Water (Maddy), A Little Princess reading (Becky), Distracted (u/s Natalie), Ragtime. Spring Awakening (Wendla) at CCM. BFA from the University of Cincinnati-CCM and a proud Bay Area native. Love to my family, friends, and teachers. Thanks to Judy Boals Inc. & Catapult, Paul, Rob, Parker, and the rest of the Goodspeed family! www.jenbrissman.com

JOY dEL vALLE (Shprintze ) is thrilled to be back at the Goodspeed after making her first appearance in Annie Get Your Gun in 2010. Some recent productions include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive),

Funny Girl (Fanny Brice), Legally Blonde (Vivienne Kensington), Parade (Lucille Frank), and Company (Marta). Joy is going to be a sophomore in the fall at Baldwin Wallace University, where she is studying music theater.

ELIZABETH derOSA* (Hodel ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut in this gorgeous musical! Broadway: Mary Poppins (Ensemble, US/performed Mary Poppins). National Tours: My Fair Lady (Ensemble). Regional:

Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins) at Fireside Theatre; Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera; Utah Shakespearean Festival; My Fair Lady (Eliza), Kismet (Marsinah), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy) at Surflight Theatre. Elizabeth has a BFA in Acting/Music Theatre from Carnegie Mellon University. A special thanks to her Mom, Dad, family, and friends for their unwavering support. This performance is dedicated to them. www.BroadwayDemo.com/ElizabethDeRosa

TIMOTHY HASSLEr* (Fyedka ) A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Tim is making his Goodspeed debut. He was most recently seen in New York in M-34 Theatre Companys production of The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway. Regional

credits include The Winters Tale and Hamlet with Paul Giamatti (Yale Repertory Theatre). He received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama, where he appeared in Angels in America: Perestroika, Cloud 9, Arcadia, and Cymbeline, among others. He is also a member of the New York-based roots-rock band The Good Morning Nags.

AdAM HELLEr* (Tevye) Goodspeed: Pseudolus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Harry, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Broadway credits include Elf ; Baby Its You ; Caroline, or Change ; A Class Act ; Victor/Victoria; Les Misrables.

Off-Broadway: Fiorello! (City Center Encores!), Wings ; Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, The Immigrant, Endgame, Merrily We Roll Along, Normal. National Tours: Titanic, Falsettos. Recent Regional: David Malter, The Chosen (Barrington Stage); Juror #10, Twelve Angry Men (John Engeman); Jack Jerome, Brighton Beach Memoirs (St. Louis Rep); Feldzieg, The Drowsy Chaperone (NCT/CRT). Film: Random Unrelated Projects, Isnt She Great. TV: The Americans, Unforgettable, Law & Order (all), Submissions Only, The Sopranos, Oz. Graduate: NYU/Tisch. For my parents.

BArrIE KrEINIK* (Tzeitel ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! New York: A Little Night Music (Gallery Players), The Philanderer (Theater Ten Ten), Ubu: A Patamusical (NYMF), A Year WithVeronica

Sexton (Emerging Artists Theatre), and numerous staged readings. Regional: The How and the Why (Trinity Rep); Shes Not There (Playwrights Rep); Othello, Loves Labours Lost, Romeo &

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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synopsis of sCenes & MusiCal nuMbers

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre.

Anatevka, a small village in Russia1905, on the eve of the Russian revolutionary period

ACT ONEPrologue Tradition ..................................................................................................................................CompanyScene 1, Kitchen of Tevyes House Matchmaker ..........................................................................................................Hodel, Chava, TzeitelScene 2, Exterior of Tevyes House If I Were a Rich Man ..................................................................................................................... TevyeScene 3, Kitchen of Tevyes House Sabbath Prayer ................................................................................................................ Tevye & GoldeScene 4, The Inn To Life ............................................................................................... Tevye, Lazar, Villagers & RussiansScene 5, On the StreetScene 6, A Bench outside Tevyes House Tevyes Monologue ....................................................................................................................... Tevye Miracle of Miracles ....................................................................................................................... MotelScene 7, Tevyes Bedroom The Dream ...............................................................Tevye, Grandma Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah & EnsembleScene 8, On the Street & Motels Tailor ShopScene 9, Tevyes Yard Sunrise, Sunset .......................................................................................................................Company The Wedding ...........................................................................................................................Company

INTErMISSION

ACT TWOPrologueScene 1, Exterior of Tevyes House Now I Have Everything ................................................................................................. Perchik & Hodel Tevyes Rebuttal ........................................................................................................................... Tevye Do You Love Me? ............................................................................................................. Tevye & GoldeScene 2, On the Street The Rumor ...............................................................................................................................VillagersScene 3, railroad Station Far From the Home I Love ............................................................................................................ HodelScene 4, On the StreetScene 5, Motels Tailor ShopScene 6, On the Outskirts of the village Chava ........................................................................................................................................... TevyeScene 7, Tevyes Yard Anatevka ..................................................................................................................................VillagersScene 8, Outside Tevyes HouseEpilogue

There will be a 15-minute intermission between acts.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance

begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage.

Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain seated until the curtain calls are over and the house lights have come up.

We appreciate your cooperation.

whos who

JEN BrISSMAN* (Chava ) is so happy to be making her Goodspeed debut! Regional: The MUNY: Little Mermaid (Atina), Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette), Bye Bye Birdie (Penelope Ann), Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, The

Sound of Music. TheatreWorks Palo Alto: Jane Eyre (Young Jane), The Water (Maddy), A Little Princess reading (Becky), Distracted (u/s Natalie), Ragtime. Spring Awakening (Wendla) at CCM. BFA from the University of Cincinnati-CCM and a proud Bay Area native. Love to my family, friends, and teachers. Thanks to Judy Boals Inc. & Catapult, Paul, Rob, Parker, and the rest of the Goodspeed family! www.jenbrissman.com

JOY dEL vALLE (Shprintze ) is thrilled to be back at the Goodspeed after making her first appearance in Annie Get Your Gun in 2010. Some recent productions include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive),

Funny Girl (Fanny Brice), Legally Blonde (Vivienne Kensington), Parade (Lucille Frank), and Company (Marta). Joy is going to be a sophomore in the fall at Baldwin Wallace University, where she is studying music theater.

ELIZABETH derOSA* (Hodel ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut in this gorgeous musical! Broadway: Mary Poppins (Ensemble, US/performed Mary Poppins). National Tours: My Fair Lady (Ensemble). Regional:

Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins) at Fireside Theatre; Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera; Utah Shakespearean Festival; My Fair Lady (Eliza), Kismet (Marsinah), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy) at Surflight Theatre. Elizabeth has a BFA in Acting/Music Theatre from Carnegie Mellon University. A special thanks to her Mom, Dad, family, and friends for their unwavering support. This performance is dedicated to them. www.BroadwayDemo.com/ElizabethDeRosa

TIMOTHY HASSLEr* (Fyedka ) A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Tim is making his Goodspeed debut. He was most recently seen in New York in M-34 Theatre Companys production of The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway. Regional

credits include The Winters Tale and Hamlet with Paul Giamatti (Yale Repertory Theatre). He received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama, where he appeared in Angels in America: Perestroika, Cloud 9, Arcadia, and Cymbeline, among others. He is also a member of the New York-based roots-rock band The Good Morning Nags.

AdAM HELLEr* (Tevye) Goodspeed: Pseudolus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Harry, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Broadway credits include Elf ; Baby Its You ; Caroline, or Change ; A Class Act ; Victor/Victoria; Les Misrables.

Off-Broadway: Fiorello! (City Center Encores!), Wings ; Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, The Immigrant, Endgame, Merrily We Roll Along, Normal. National Tours: Titanic, Falsettos. Recent Regional: David Malter, The Chosen (Barrington Stage); Juror #10, Twelve Angry Men (John Engeman); Jack Jerome, Brighton Beach Memoirs (St. Louis Rep); Feldzieg, The Drowsy Chaperone (NCT/CRT). Film: Random Unrelated Projects, Isnt She Great. TV: The Americans, Unforgettable, Law & Order (all), Submissions Only, The Sopranos, Oz. Graduate: NYU/Tisch. For my parents.

BArrIE KrEINIK* (Tzeitel ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! New York: A Little Night Music (Gallery Players), The Philanderer (Theater Ten Ten), Ubu: A Patamusical (NYMF), A Year WithVeronica

Sexton (Emerging Artists Theatre), and numerous staged readings. Regional: The How and the Why (Trinity Rep); Shes Not There (Playwrights Rep); Othello, Loves Labours Lost, Romeo &

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. *Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

whos whowhos who

LOrI WILNEr* (Golde ) Broadway: The Assembled Parties, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, A Catered Affair, The Diary of Anne Frank, Fiddler on the Roof, Awake and Sing!, The People in the Picture, Everett Beekin, and

Those Were the Days. Off-Broadway: Hannah Senesh (Drama Desk nom, Goldy and DramaLogue Awards), Domesticated, Dancing on Nails, Milk and Honey, Yiddish Trojan Women, Hannah 1939. Regional: Giant, Cabaret, Beau Jest, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Broken Glass, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Glass Menagerie, The Heidi Chronicles, Lost in Yonkers, When Something Wonderful Happens, Conversations with My Father, Sweepers, The Immigrant, Butterfingers Angel, Waiting for the Parade.

MATTHEW AMIrA* (Avram, Ensemble ) was last seen at Goodspeed in The Most Happy Fella. Recent Regional and Collegiate credits include Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Music Theatre of Wichita), Stephen

Kodaly in She Loves Me (Infinity Theatre), and Macheath in The Threepenny Opera (CCM). A New York City native and company member of Project Rushmore Theatre Co (NYC), he holds a BFA from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Many thanks to Rob, Parker, MOF, Paul, and CTG. Much love to the Lookers, family, Kat, and all those in Anatevka!

WILL BUrTON* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at the Goodspeed this summer after appearing in Hello, Dolly! last season. Recent credits include South Pacific at the Paper Mill Playhouse, My Fair Lady and The Music Man

(Tommy Djilas) at Arena Stage, and the Big Fish workshop production (Zacky Price). BFA degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan, Class of 2011. Thanks to all his teachers, family, friends, Maddy, and the whole KMR crew!

MAX CHUCKEr* (The Fiddler, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut! Max was last seen as A-rab in the National Tour of West Side Story. Recent Regional credits include performances at Music Theatre of

Wichita, The Wagon Wheel Theatre, and Virginia Musical Theatre. Proud BM Musical Theatre Major at Florida State University. Many thanks to the Fiddler team, Mrs. Chris (violin teacher), Wayne, Joey, Hugh, Chip, and Gayle, and lots of love to his family, 408, and Emmy.

MICHAEL J. FArINA* (Mordcha, Ensemble) is pleased to return to Goodspeed, where he played Arnold in Happy Days at The Norma Terris Theater. Broadway: In My Life (Al/God), Seussical the Musical (Grandpa Who),

A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig), My Fair Lady and Fiddler (also National Tours of both). Off-Broadway: Fanny Hill (York Theatre), Gifts of the Magi (Lambs Theatre). Regional: Pirates of Penzance (Guthrie), Man of La Mancha (Paper Mill Playhouse), Urinetown (Geva), Carousel and Guys and Dolls (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Thanks to the gang at TKO. Proud member of AEA. www.michaeljfarina.com.

JOY HErMALYN* (Fruma-Sarah, Ensemble) is thrilled to debut at Goodspeed as Fruma-Sarah, the role she played on Broadway for two years! Broadway: Cyrano, Candide, Christmas Carol, Baz Luhrmanns La Bohme. Off-

Broadway: Death Takes a Holiday, many Encores!. Carnegie Hall: Sound of Music (Sister Berthe), Andersson and Ulvaeuss Kristina. Opera from Austin to Spoleto to Utah. Recent: Sweeney Todd (NY Philharmonic), Sound of Music Live! (NBC), Seven Deadly Sins (standby for Patti LuPone, NYC Ballet), Gypsy (Rose), Into the Woods (Witch). Voice teacher, Mom, yoga instructor. JoyHermalyn.com.

Juliet (Virginia Shakespeare Festival). A native of Connecticut, Barrie holds an MFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity Rep and a BA in Theatre and English from Cornell University. Love and gratitude to YP. www.barriekreinik.com.

JOHN PAYONK* (Lazer ) is excited to be back at Goodspeed, where he was last seen as The Postman in The Most Happy Fella. He has performed such varied roles as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Carriere in Phantom,

Old Deuteronomy in Cats, Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Captain E. J. Smith in Titanic, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Germont in La Traviata, Canio and Tonio in Pagliacci, and the title roles of Falstaff, Rigoletto, Don Pasquale, and Gianni Schicci. Much thanks to Rob and Donna Lynn. This ones for you, Dad! www.johnpayonk.org

dAvId PErLMAN* (Motel ) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut. Broadway: Baby Its You!. Off-Broadway: Rotelli in Yank! (York Theatre), Melman in Madagascar Live! (Radio City Music Hall), Anna Nicole the Opera

(BAM), Murray in Iron Curtain (Prospect Theatre Company). National/European Tours: Woof in Hair, Joe in Schoolhouse Rock Live!. Regional favorites: Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (PCLO), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Penobscot Theatre), Abe in Altar Boyz (Riverside Theatre, Arvada Center), Artie in Sunset Boulevard (PCLO, Ogunquit Playhouse). TV: 30 Rock, Law & Order. David is also a photographer: www.DavidPerlmanPhotography.com. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, and Trey. www.David-Perlman.com

ALLEGrA rOSA (Bielke) age 13, is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Regional credits include Hartford Stage, A Christmas Carol (Fan); other theater credits include Dear Edwina (Edwina), Shrek (Young

Fiona), 13 (Charlotte), Alice in Wonderland (Alice), Les Misrables (Young Cossette), Annie (Tessie). Film: English, Beyond, Duty Trumps Doubt. Commercials: Middlesex Music Academy, National Association of Health Underwriters CT Chapter; Special Events: Orange Bowl halftime show. Love and thanks to so many who are supporting me, in particular, my family, friends, and vocal coach Rebecca Degnan.

CHErYL STErN* (Yente, Grandma Tzeitel ) Broadway: La Cage aux Folle (2010 Tony-winning revival), The Women, Laughing Room Only. National Tours: Les Misrables, Evita, Fiddler. Off-Broadway: Fiorello! (Encores);

Being Audrey; First Lady Suite ; Game Show ; I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change. Regional: Candide (IRNE Award, Huntington Theatre), Into the Woods (Westport Country Playhouse), Falsettos (Barrington Stage), Light Up the Sky (Seattle Rep), Sisters Rosensweig (Geva). TV: Unforgettable, L&O:CI, Sondheim at Carnegie Hall. Film: Brooklyn Lobster, This Is Where I Leave You. A Jonathan Larson Award-winning writer, Cheryl is developing a new solo show, Shoes and Baggage, with music by Tom Kochan. Graduate Northwestern University.

ABdIEL vIvANCOS* (Perchik ) was born and raised in Miami before training with Carnegie Mellons School of Drama as an Andrew Carnegie Scholar where he played John Wilkes Booth in Assassins and Jack the Ripper in Lulu.

Theatrical credits include Masked (GableStage), The Tin: a new musical (Beckett Theatre), Dinner with The Stevensons (Cabrini Repertory Theatre), and Death of a Salesman (Jim Kempner Fine Art Galley). Vivancos recently starred in the world-premiere adaptation of the revolutionary farce Pantagleize at Quantum Theatre. Later this summer, Vivancos will play the messianic Rusty in his screenwriting debut, The Only Ones. Goodspeed premiere!

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LOrI WILNEr* (Golde ) Broadway: The Assembled Parties, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, A Catered Affair, The Diary of Anne Frank, Fiddler on the Roof, Awake and Sing!, The People in the Picture, Everett Beekin, and

Those Were the Days. Off-Broadway: Hannah Senesh (Drama Desk nom, Goldy and DramaLogue Awards), Domesticated, Dancing on Nails, Milk and Honey, Yiddish Trojan Women, Hannah 1939. Regional: Giant, Cabaret, Beau Jest, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Broken Glass, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Glass Menagerie, The Heidi Chronicles, Lost in Yonkers, When Something Wonderful Happens, Conversations with My Father, Sweepers, The Immigrant, Butterfingers Angel, Waiting for the Parade.

MATTHEW AMIrA* (Avram, Ensemble ) was last seen at Goodspeed in The Most Happy Fella. Recent Regional and Collegiate credits include Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Music Theatre of Wichita), Stephen

Kodaly in She Loves Me (Infinity Theatre), and Macheath in The Threepenny Opera (CCM). A New York City native and company member of Project Rushmore Theatre Co (NYC), he holds a BFA from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Many thanks to Rob, Parker, MOF, Paul, and CTG. Much love to the Lookers, family, Kat, and all those in Anatevka!

WILL BUrTON* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at the Goodspeed this summer after appearing in Hello, Dolly! last season. Recent credits include South Pacific at the Paper Mill Playhouse, My Fair Lady and The Music Man

(Tommy Djilas) at Arena Stage, and the Big Fish workshop production (Zacky Price). BFA degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan, Class of 2011. Thanks to all his teachers, family, friends, Maddy, and the whole KMR crew!

MAX CHUCKEr* (The Fiddler, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut! Max was last seen as A-rab in the National Tour of West Side Story. Recent Regional credits include performances at Music Theatre of

Wichita, The Wagon Wheel Theatre, and Virginia Musical Theatre. Proud BM Musical Theatre Major at Florida State University. Many thanks to the Fiddler team, Mrs. Chris (violin teacher), Wayne, Joey, Hugh, Chip, and Gayle, and lots of love to his family, 408, and Emmy.

MICHAEL J. FArINA* (Mordcha, Ensemble) is pleased to return to Goodspeed, where he played Arnold in Happy Days at The Norma Terris Theater. Broadway: In My Life (Al/God), Seussical the Musical (Grandpa Who),

A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig), My Fair Lady and Fiddler (also National Tours of both). Off-Broadway: Fanny Hill (York Theatre), Gifts of the Magi (Lambs Theatre). Regional: Pirates of Penzance (Guthrie), Man of La Mancha (Paper Mill Playhouse), Urinetown (Geva), Carousel and Guys and Dolls (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Thanks to the gang at TKO. Proud member of AEA. www.michaeljfarina.com.

JOY HErMALYN* (Fruma-Sarah, Ensemble) is thrilled to debut at Goodspeed as Fruma-Sarah, the role she played on Broadway for two years! Broadway: Cyrano, Candide, Christmas Carol, Baz Luhrmanns La Bohme. Off-

Broadway: Death Takes a Holiday, many Encores!. Carnegie Hall: Sound of Music (Sister Berthe), Andersson and Ulvaeuss Kristina. Opera from Austin to Spoleto to Utah. Recent: Sweeney Todd (NY Philharmonic), Sound of Music Live! (NBC), Seven Deadly Sins (standby for Patti LuPone, NYC Ballet), Gypsy (Rose), Into the Woods (Witch). Voice teacher, Mom, yoga instructor. JoyHermalyn.com.

Juliet (Virginia Shakespeare Festival). A native of Connecticut, Barrie holds an MFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity Rep and a BA in Theatre and English from Cornell University. Love and gratitude to YP. www.barriekreinik.com.

JOHN PAYONK* (Lazer ) is excited to be back at Goodspeed, where he was last seen as The Postman in The Most Happy Fella. He has performed such varied roles as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Carriere in Phantom,

Old Deuteronomy in Cats, Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Captain E. J. Smith in Titanic, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Germont in La Traviata, Canio and Tonio in Pagliacci, and the title roles of Falstaff, Rigoletto, Don Pasquale, and Gianni Schicci. Much thanks to Rob and Donna Lynn. This ones for you, Dad! www.johnpayonk.org

dAvId PErLMAN* (Motel ) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut. Broadway: Baby Its You!. Off-Broadway: Rotelli in Yank! (York Theatre), Melman in Madagascar Live! (Radio City Music Hall), Anna Nicole the Opera

(BAM), Murray in Iron Curtain (Prospect Theatre Company). National/European Tours: Woof in Hair, Joe in Schoolhouse Rock Live!. Regional favorites: Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (PCLO), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Penobscot Theatre), Abe in Altar Boyz (Riverside Theatre, Arvada Center), Artie in Sunset Boulevard (PCLO, Ogunquit Playhouse). TV: 30 Rock, Law & Order. David is also a photographer: www.DavidPerlmanPhotography.com. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, and Trey. www.David-Perlman.com

ALLEGrA rOSA (Bielke) age 13, is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Regional credits include Hartford Stage, A Christmas Carol (Fan); other theater credits include Dear Edwina (Edwina), Shrek (Young

Fiona), 13 (Charlotte), Alice in Wonderland (Alice), Les Misrables (Young Cossette), Annie (Tessie). Film: English, Beyond, Duty Trumps Doubt. Commercials: Middlesex Music Academy, National Association of Health Underwriters CT Chapter; Special Events: Orange Bowl halftime show. Love and thanks to so many who are supporting me, in particular, my family, friends, and vocal coach Rebecca Degnan.

CHErYL STErN* (Yente, Grandma Tzeitel ) Broadway: La Cage aux Folle (2010 Tony-winning revival), The Women, Laughing Room Only. National Tours: Les Misrables, Evita, Fiddler. Off-Broadway: Fiorello! (Encores);

Being Audrey; First Lady Suite ; Game Show ; I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change. Regional: Candide (IRNE Award, Huntington Theatre), Into the Woods (Westport Country Playhouse), Falsettos (Barrington Stage), Light Up the Sky (Seattle Rep), Sisters Rosensweig (Geva). TV: Unforgettable, L&O:CI, Sondheim at Carnegie Hall. Film: Brooklyn Lobster, This Is Where I Leave You. A Jonathan Larson Award-winning writer, Cheryl is developing a new solo show, Shoes and Baggage, with music by Tom Kochan. Graduate Northwestern University.

ABdIEL vIvANCOS* (Perchik ) was born and raised in Miami before training with Carnegie Mellons School of Drama as an Andrew Carnegie Scholar where he played John Wilkes Booth in Assassins and Jack the Ripper in Lulu.

Theatrical credits include Masked (GableStage), The Tin: a new musical (Beckett Theatre), Dinner with The Stevensons (Cabrini Repertory Theatre), and Death of a Salesman (Jim Kempner Fine Art Galley). Vivancos recently starred in the world-premiere adaptation of the revolutionary farce Pantagleize at Quantum Theatre. Later this summer, Vivancos will play the messianic Rusty in his screenwriting debut, The Only Ones. Goodspeed premiere!

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JErEMY LAWrENCE* (Rabbi, Ensemble) Off-Broadway: Five by Tenn at Manhattan Theatre Club, three shows at the Mint Theatre, New York premiere Tennessee Williams Noteboook of Trigorin, and his award-winning one-man

Berlin cabaret Lavender Songs. Regional: Selsdon in Noises Off at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Hanover Center of the Performing Arts, Mysterious Man in Into the Woods at Baltimores Center Stage and Westport Country Playhouse. He has won international acclaim for his one-man Tennessee Williams shows. www.jeremylawrence.net

dArrEN MATTHIAS* (Constable, Ensemble) Tours: Macbeth, Tommy, Seussical, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Richard II and Henry V ; Steppenwolf Theatre Company;

Goodman Theatre; Kennedy Center; Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Ordway Center; North Carolina Theatre; Cincinnati Playhouse; Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Clarence Brown Theatre; Remains Theatre; Great Lakes Theatre; and Marriotts Lincolnshire Theatre. Off-Broadway: Harold Clurman Theatre, York Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, and Prospect Theatre Company. Film: The Definite Maybe. Television: Law & Order ; L&O: Criminal Intent ; L&O: SVU, and Chappelles Show.

JEANETTE MINSON (Ensemble ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Recent Regional credits include George M! (Agnes) at Westchester Broadway Theatre and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Fifi) at Merry-Go-Round

Playhouse. In NYC, she has sung at Joes Pub, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Public Theater, and Town Hall. BFA with honors, NYU/Tisch. Jeanette thanks everyone at Goodspeed, the cast, crew, and team of Fiddler, Paul Hardt, her family, friends, and teachers. For Granny. www.jeanetteminson.com

CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr* (Sasha, Ensemble ) What a fargenign to debut at the Goodspeed with this ever-resonant classic! National Tours: Lincoln Centers South Pacific, Disneys Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol

and Harvey Fierstein. NYC: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the Opening of the 65th Tony Awards. Proud AEA member and Florida State Alum. High Fives to Parker, Rob, Paul, Craig, and YOU for supporting this incredible theater. For the air I breath and my sister Katherine. www.iamcurtis.info

dErECK SEAY (Ensemble ) starred in Footloose (Ren) and Cats (Munkustrap) at The Little Theatre on the Square, The Wedding Singer (George) at Wagon Wheel Theatre, and was recently featured in Show Boat at The Asolo

Repertory Theatre. Proud 2013 graduate from The University of Michigan, where he was seen in many productions, including Brigadoon (Charlie) and Aida (Radames). Special thanks to Rob, Paul, everyone at The Mine, and his mother for her continual support.

CHArLES SOUTH (Mendel, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed. He was last seen on this stage at the Festival of New Artists in 2012 where he played The Guest in Not Wanted on the Voyage. International

Tour: Bernardo, West Side Story. Hartford Stage: Ghostly Apparition, A Christmas Carol. Regional: Les Misrables, Carousel, Swing!, Seussical the Musical, Equus, The Cherry Orchard. Hartt BFA. To Life!

JESSE SWIMM* (Nachum, Ensemble ) returns to Goodspeed Opera House where he was last seen in High Button Shoes. Recent: Bert in the regional premiere of Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). Broadway: Mary Poppins (u/s Bert). Tours:

Mary Poppins (u/s Bert), My Fair Lady, West Side

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Story (Action), and A Chorus Line (Mike). Thanks to my agents at The Mine, and love to my family. Jesse is the proud dad of a rescue dog and encourages everyone to open their home to a four-legged friend. jesseswimm.com.

EILEEN TEPPEr* (Shaindel, Ensemble ) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed where she appeared in the original musical Cutman A Boxing Musical. She played Tzeitel in National Tours of Fiddler on the Roof, as well as regional

and summer theaters around the country starring Theodore Bikel, and played Golde at the Fireside Theater. Favorites: Rose in Caroline, or Change at TheatreWorks; Factory Girl in the National Tour of Les Misrables. TV: Law & Order: SVU, As the World Turns, and All My Children.

GrACE dOdd (Bielke understudy ) age 12, is delighted to be debuting at Goodspeed. Gracies credits include The Great Gatsby (Urchin) at the Kennedy Center and The Nutcracker (Snow Angel) at the Warner Theater, both with The

Washington Ballet; Folger Shakespeare Theatre Educational One Act Competition Hamlet (Queen Gertrude). Other local credits: Oklahoma! (Ado Annie) and THEARC Sleeping Beauty (Sprite). Gracie enjoys writing, Sean Nos dance, and basketball. She is grateful for the love and support of her family and friends.

rOB MONTGOMErY (Swing ) is ecstatic to be making his Goodspeed debut! Favorite credits include 42 nd Street at Pittsburgh CLO and Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackl), The Nerd (Axel Hammond), Legally Blonde (Kyle B. OBoyle),

The Wedding Singer (Glen Guglia), and others at Wagon Wheel Theatre. All his love and gratitude to his family, T, and everyone who has loved and supported Rob on his journey. Proud Penn State graduate.

PAIGE SOMMErEr (Swing ) is delighted to be a part of Fiddler on the Roof at Goodspeed. Off-Broadway: Spandex. Regional: South Pacific at the Paper Mill Playhouse and NYMFs Marina. Many thanks to the cast and

creative. Love to my family!

JErrY BOCK (Music ), 1928-2010. Bock and Harnick's celebrated collaboration yielded nine scores in fifteen years: Catch a Star, Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.), The Body Beautiful, Fiorello! (winner of the Broadway triple crown: Tony Award, NY Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof (nine Tonys, including Best Musical), The Apple Tree, and The Rothschilds. Bock and Harnick were inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and were awarded the Spirit of American Creativity Award. But it was the award of an honorary Doctor of Humane Lettersdegree from the University of Wisconsin that Bock held near and dear, for it was there that he met his wife, and it was there that he decided to be a composer. Bock also wrote the score for the film A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Melanie Griffith.

SHELdON HArNICK (Lyrics ) is a two-time Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway lyricist for such beloved musicals as Fiorello!, Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, The Rothschilds, and A Wonderful Life, among others. Besides his Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prize, he has won two Grammy Awards, two New York Drama Critics Awards, three gold records, and a platinum record. Recent projects include The Outdoor Museum: (not your usual images of New York), a book of photographs and verse, which includes more than 100 stunning images by Sheldons wife, photographer and painter Margery Gray Harnick, with 11 sage and witty poems written by Sheldon. In addition, a 2 disc set was just released in conjunction with Sheldons 90th birthday, titled Sheldon Harnick:

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JErEMY LAWrENCE* (Rabbi, Ensemble) Off-Broadway: Five by Tenn at Manhattan Theatre Club, three shows at the Mint Theatre, New York premiere Tennessee Williams Noteboook of Trigorin, and his award-winning one-man

Berlin cabaret Lavender Songs. Regional: Selsdon in Noises Off at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Hanover Center of the Performing Arts, Mysterious Man in Into the Woods at Baltimores Center Stage and Westport Country Playhouse. He has won international acclaim for his one-man Tennessee Williams shows. www.jeremylawrence.net

dArrEN MATTHIAS* (Constable, Ensemble) Tours: Macbeth, Tommy, Seussical, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Richard II and Henry V ; Steppenwolf Theatre Company;

Goodman Theatre; Kennedy Center; Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Ordway Center; North Carolina Theatre; Cincinnati Playhouse; Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Clarence Brown Theatre; Remains Theatre; Great Lakes Theatre; and Marriotts Lincolnshire Theatre. Off-Broadway: Harold Clurman Theatre, York Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, and Prospect Theatre Company. Film: The Definite Maybe. Television: Law & Order ; L&O: Criminal Intent ; L&O: SVU, and Chappelles Show.

JEANETTE MINSON (Ensemble ) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Recent Regional credits include George M! (Agnes) at Westchester Broadway Theatre and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Fifi) at Merry-Go-Round

Playhouse. In NYC, she has sung at Joes Pub, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Public Theater, and Town Hall. BFA with honors, NYU/Tisch. Jeanette thanks everyone at Goodspeed, the cast, crew, and team of Fiddler, Paul Hardt, her family, friends, and teachers. For Granny. www.jeanetteminson.com

CUrTIS SCHrOEGEr* (Sasha, Ensemble ) What a fargenign to debut at the Goodspeed with this ever-resonant classic! National Tours: Lincoln Centers South Pacific, Disneys Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol

and Harvey Fierstein. NYC: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the Opening of the 65th Tony Awards. Proud AEA member and Florida State Alum. High Fives to Parker, Rob, Paul, Craig, and YOU for supporting this incredible theater. For the air I breath and my sister Katherine. www.iamcurtis.info

dErECK SEAY (Ensemble ) starred in Footloose (Ren) and Cats (Munkustrap) at The Little Theatre on the Square, The Wedding Singer (George) at Wagon Wheel Theatre, and was recently featured in Show Boat at The Asolo

Repertory Theatre. Proud 2013 graduate from The University of Michigan, where he was seen in many productions, including Brigadoon (Charlie) and Aida (Radames). Special thanks to Rob, Paul, everyone at The Mine, and his mother for her continual support.

CHArLES SOUTH (Mendel, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed. He was last seen on this stage at the Festival of New Artists in 2012 where he played The Guest in Not Wanted on the Voyage. International

Tour: Bernardo, West Side Story. Hartford Stage: Ghostly Apparition, A Christmas Carol. Regional: Les Misrables, Carousel, Swing!, Seussical the Musical, Equus, The Cherry Orchard. Hartt BFA. To Life!

JESSE SWIMM* (Nachum, Ensemble ) returns to Goodspeed Opera House where he was last seen in High Button Shoes. Recent: Bert in the regional premiere of Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). Broadway: Mary Poppins (u/s Bert). Tours:

Mary Poppins (u/s Bert), My Fair Lady, West Side

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. *Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Story (Action), and A Chorus Line (Mike). Thanks to my agents at The Mine, and love to my family. Jesse is the proud dad of a rescue dog and encourages everyone to open their home to a four-legged friend. jesseswimm.com.

EILEEN TEPPEr* (Shaindel, Ensemble ) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed where she appeared in the original musical Cutman A Boxing Musical. She played Tzeitel in National Tours of Fiddler on the Roof, as well as regional

and summer theaters around the country starring Theodore Bikel, and played Golde at the Fireside Theater. Favorites: Rose in Caroline, or Change at TheatreWorks; Factory Girl in the National Tour of Les Misrables. TV: Law & Order: SVU, As the World Turns, and All My Children.

GrACE dOdd (Bielke understudy ) age 12, is delighted to be debuting at Goodspeed. Gracies credits include The Great Gatsby (Urchin) at the Kennedy Center and The Nutcracker (Snow Angel) at the Warner Theater, both with The

Washington Ballet; Folger Shakespeare Theatre Educational One Act Competition Hamlet (Queen Gertrude). Other local credits: Oklahoma! (Ado Annie) and THEARC Sleeping Beauty (Sprite). Gracie enjoys writing, Sean Nos dance, and basketball. She is grateful for the love and support of her family and friends.

rOB MONTGOMErY (Swing ) is ecstatic to be making his Goodspeed debut! Favorite credits include 42 nd Street at Pittsburgh CLO and Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackl), The Nerd (Axel Hammond), Legally Blonde (Kyle B. OBoyle),

The Wedding Singer (Glen Guglia), and others at Wagon Wheel Theatre. All his love and gratitude to his family, T, and everyone who has loved and supported Rob on his journey. Proud Penn State graduate.

PAIGE SOMMErEr (Swing ) is delighted to be a part of Fiddler on the Roof at Goodspeed. Off-Broadway: Spandex. Regional: South Pacific at the Paper Mill Playhouse and NYMFs Marina. Many thanks to the cast and

creative. Love to my family!

JErrY BOCK (Music ), 1928-2010. Bock and Harnick's celebrated collaboration yielded nine scores in fifteen years: Catch a Star, Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.), The Body Beautiful, Fiorello! (winner of the Broadway triple crown: Tony Award, NY Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof (nine Tonys, including Best Musical), The Apple Tree, and The Rothschilds. Bock and Harnick were inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and were awarded the Spirit of American Creativity Award. But it was the award of an honorary Doctor of Humane Lettersdegree from the University of Wisconsin that Bock held near and dear, for it was there that he met his wife, and it was there that he decided to be a composer. Bock also wrote the score for the film A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Melanie Griffith.

SHELdON HArNICK (Lyrics ) is a two-time Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway lyricist for such beloved musicals as Fiorello!, Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, The Rothschilds, and A Wonderful Life, among others. Besides his Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prize, he has won two Grammy Awards, two New York Drama Critics Awards, three gold records, and a platinum record. Recent projects include The Outdoor Museum: (not your usual images of New York), a book of photographs and verse, which includes more than 100 stunning images by Sheldons wife, photographer and painter Margery Gray Harnick, with 11 sage and witty poems written by Sheldon. In addition, a 2 disc set was just released in conjunction with Sheldons 90th birthday, titled Sheldon Harnick:

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Hidden Treasures, 1949-2013, which includes rare demos and cut songs from all of Sheldons shows. Performances on the album include Sheldon and Jerry Bock and archival recordings by Audra McDonald, Brian dArcy James, Hugh Martin, Margery Gray, Charlotte Rae, and many more. Mr. Harnick is the recipient of the 2014 Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre.

JOSEPH STEIN (Book ), 1912-2010. Won the Tony Award and Drama Critics Circle Award for Fiddler on the Roof. His other musicals include Zorba (Tony nomination, Drama Critics Circle Award), Rags (Tony nomination), The Bakers Wife (Laurence Olivier Award), Juno, Take Me Along, Irene (starring Debbie Reynolds), The King of Hearts, So Long, and 174 th Street. He also co-authored the musicals Carmelina with Alan Jay Lerner, Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.) and Plain and Fancy with Will Glickman, and The Skin of Our Teeth with John Kander and Fred Ebb. His plays are Enter Laughing, Before the Dawn, and Mrs. Gibbons Boys. He began his career in TV and radio, writing for The Sid Caesar Show, Your Show of Shows, The Henry Morgan Show, and many others, and for personalities including Tallulah Bankhead, Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason, and Zero Mostel. He wrote the screenplays of Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won the Screen Writers Guild Award.

SHOLEM ALEICHEM, 1859-1916, was the pen name of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, an author and playwright from Ukraine, and one of the founding fathers of modern Yiddish literature. A supreme Jewish humorist, Sholem Aleichem tapped into the energies of the East European, spoken-Yiddish idiom and invented modern Jewish archetypes, myths, and fables of unequaled imaginative potency and universal appeal. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

rOB rUGGIErO (Director ) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed for his eighth season, after having directed past productions of 1776,

Big River, Camelot, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Carousel, and last seasons highly praised production of The Most Happy Fella. His Broadway credits include Looped (starring Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) and High (starring stage and screen star Kathleen Turner), which premiered here in Connecticut. Other New York credits include conceiving and directing the original musical revue Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award nominations). Regionally, Mr. Ruggiero has earned national recognition for his work on both plays and musicals, having received numerous awards including multiple Connecticut Critics Circle Awards. His production of The Most Happy Fella recently won a CCC Award for Best Director of a Musical and Best Musical. Connecticut audiences are also familiar with Mr. Ruggieros work through his association with TheaterWorks in Hartford, where he is currently the Producing Artistic Director. He conceived and directed the highly successful Ella (Kevin Kline and Joseph Jefferson Awards) at TheaterWorks, which has been produced at major regional theaters around the country. Recently, he directed productions of South Pacific at Paper Mill Playhouse and The Other Place at TheaterWorks. Upcoming projects include a revival of Hello, Dolly! (starring Beth Leavel) at The MUNY in St. Louis and a new chamber production of South Pacific at The Asolo this fall. www.robruggiero.com

PArKEr ESSE (Choreographer ) is honored to return to Goodspeed after choreographing The Most Happy Fella and Carousel (Connecticut Critics Circle nomination and BroadwayWorlds Choreographer of the Year). Recently choreographed Smokey Joes Caf at Arena Stage, A Bed and A Chair: A New York Love Affair for City Center Encores! and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Guys and Dolls at Shaw Festival Canada. Choreographed several productions for Arena Stage, including nationally acclaimed Oklahoma! (Helen Hayes Award) and The Music Man (Helen Hayes nomination). Broadway: Associate Choreographer, A Tale of Two Cities and Tony-nominated Finians Rainbow. Upcoming Broadway: Chasing Rainbows: The Road To Oz and Bull Durham.

MICHAEL OFLAHErTY (Music Director ) is in his 23rd season as Goodspeeds Resident Music Director. Broadway: By Jeeves, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Streetcar Named Desire. Also: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Fords Theatre, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Smithsonian Institution. Musical Supervisor and Cabaret Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival for 11 years. His original musical, Genesius, for which he wrote music and lyrics, was recently showcased in NYC.

MICHAEL SCHWEIKArdT (Scenic Design ) For Goodspeed Musicals: The Most Happy Fella, Carousel, Show Boat, Hello! My Baby, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, Big River, Camelot. World premieres of Nobody Loves You and Duncan Sheiks Whisper House at The Old Globe. Motherhood The Musical, G4 Productions. Ella, a musical about Ella Fitzgerald. Bloodsong of Love, Ars Nova. Barnum, The Asolo. American premieres of Frank McGuinness Gates of Gold and The Bird Sanctuary. Oklahoma! starring Kelli OHara and Will Chase, and National and International Tours of James Taylors One Man Band. Upcoming projects include Phantom for EMK Productions in Seoul, Korea. www.msportfolio.com

ALEJO vIETTI (Costume Design ) Goodspeed: 1776, Big River, Annie Get Your Gun, Camelot, and Carousel. New York: Beautiful (Broadway). Works at New York City Opera, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, MCC, Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Irish Repertory, and The New Group, among others. Selected Regional: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Colorado Ballet, Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Guthrie, Fords Theatre DC, Signature Theatre, 5th Avenue, New York Stage and Film, Pittsburgh Public, Saint Louis Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse. Others: Chicago Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Donetsk Opera Ukraine, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey. TDF Young Master Award.

JOHN LASITEr (Lighting Design ) Connecticut: Goodspeed (The Most Happy Fella, 1776, Big River, Camelot, Carnival!, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, City of Angels, Hello! My Baby, Carousel ), Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks. Broadway: High. Off-Broadway: Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, Alarm Dog Repertory Company, Blue Light Theater Company, Music Theatre Group. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Arizona Repertory, Asolo Repertory, Centerstage Baltimore, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Florida Stage, George Street Playhouse, Geva, Milwaukee Repertory, New Mexico Repertory, Northlight, Pittsburgh Public, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage. www.johnlasiter.com

JAY HILTON (Sound Design ) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and to work again with director Rob Ruggiero and this extraordinarily talented creative team. Other Goodspeed collaborations with Mr. Ruggiero include 1776, Big River, Camelot, Show Boat, Carousel, and last seasons The Most Happy Fella. Jay has designed countless productions at both Goodspeed Opera House and The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester. In addition to being Goodspeeds Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Lighting & Sound Supervisor. His work has also been heard on Broadway, National Tours, and at regional theatres from coast to coast. He and his wife, Goodspeed Line Producer Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

MArK AdAM rAMPMEYEr (Hair & Wig Design ) is very happy to return to Goodspeed for this production. His work has been seen here in The Most Happy Fella, Good News!, Somethings Afoot, 42 nd Street, Big River, and Half a Sixpence, to name a few. Broadway: West Side Story, Lysistrata Jones, The Farnsworth Invention. Off-Broadway: The Toxic Avenger, Horton Footes Orphans Home Cycle, The Milk Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis, and, most recently, Talleys Folly at Roundabout Theatre Company. Mark is the Costume Rental Manager for Goodspeed Musicals and makes his home here in East Haddam. Thanks to all for their continued support on this journey. *peep*

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Hidden Treasures, 1949-2013, which includes rare demos and cut songs from all of Sheldons shows. Performances on the album include Sheldon and Jerry Bock and archival recordings by Audra McDonald, Brian dArcy James, Hugh Martin, Margery Gray, Charlotte Rae, and many more. Mr. Harnick is the recipient of the 2014 Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre.

JOSEPH STEIN (Book ), 1912-2010. Won the Tony Award and Drama Critics Circle Award for Fiddler on the Roof. His other musicals include Zorba (Tony nomination, Drama Critics Circle Award), Rags (Tony nomination), The Bakers Wife (Laurence Olivier Award), Juno, Take Me Along, Irene (starring Debbie Reynolds), The King of Hearts, So Long, and 174 th Street. He also co-authored the musicals Carmelina with Alan Jay Lerner, Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.) and Plain and Fancy with Will Glickman, and The Skin of Our Teeth with John Kander and Fred Ebb. His plays are Enter Laughing, Before the Dawn, and Mrs. Gibbons Boys. He began his career in TV and radio, writing for The Sid Caesar Show, Your Show of Shows, The Henry Morgan Show, and many others, and for personalities including Tallulah Bankhead, Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason, and Zero Mostel. He wrote the screenplays of Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won the Screen Writers Guild Award.

SHOLEM ALEICHEM, 1859-1916, was the pen name of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, an author and playwright from Ukraine, and one of the founding fathers of modern Yiddish literature. A supreme Jewish humorist, Sholem Aleichem tapped into the energies of the East European, spoken-Yiddish idiom and invented modern Jewish archetypes, myths, and fables of unequaled imaginative potency and universal appeal. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

rOB rUGGIErO (Director ) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed for his eighth season, after having directed past productions of 1776,

Big River, Camelot, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Carousel, and last seasons highly praised production of The Most Happy Fella. His Broadway credits include Looped (starring Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) and High (starring stage and screen star Kathleen Turner), which premiered here in Connecticut. Other New York credits include conceiving and directing the original musical revue Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award nominations). Regionally, Mr. Ruggiero has earned national recognition for his work on both plays and musicals, having received numerous awards including multiple Connecticut Critics Circle Awards. His production of The Most Happy Fella recently won a CCC Award for Best Director of a Musical and Best Musical. Connecticut audiences are also familiar with Mr. Ruggieros work through his association with TheaterWorks in Hartford, where he is currently the Producing Artistic Director. He conceived and directed the highly successful Ella (Kevin Kline and Joseph Jefferson Awards) at TheaterWorks, which has been produced at major regional theaters around the country. Recently, he directed productions of South Pacific at Paper Mill Playhouse and The Other Place at TheaterWorks. Upcoming projects include a revival of Hello, Dolly! (starring Beth Leavel) at The MUNY in St. Louis and a new chamber production of South Pacific at The Asolo this fall. www.robruggiero.com

PArKEr ESSE (Choreographer ) is honored to return to Goodspeed after choreographing The Most Happy Fella and Carousel (Connecticut Critics Circle nomination and BroadwayWorlds Choreographer of the Year). Recently choreographed Smokey Joes Caf at Arena Stage, A Bed and A Chair: A New York Love Affair for City Center Encores! and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Guys and Dolls at Shaw Festival Canada. Choreographed several productions for Arena Stage, including nationally acclaimed Oklahoma! (Helen Hayes Award) and The Music Man (Helen Hayes nomination). Broadway: Associate Choreographer, A Tale of Two Cities and Tony-nominated Finians Rainbow. Upcoming Broadway: Chasing Rainbows: The Road To Oz and Bull Durham.

MICHAEL OFLAHErTY (Music Director ) is in his 23rd season as Goodspeeds Resident Music Director. Broadway: By Jeeves, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Streetcar Named Desire. Also: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Fords Theatre, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Smithsonian Institution. Musical Supervisor and Cabaret Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival for 11 years. His original musical, Genesius, for which he wrote music and lyrics, was recently showcased in NYC.

MICHAEL SCHWEIKArdT (Scenic Design ) For Goodspeed Musicals: The Most Happy Fella, Carousel, Show Boat, Hello! My Baby, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, Big River, Camelot. World premieres of Nobody Loves You and Duncan Sheiks Whisper House at The Old Globe. Motherhood The Musical, G4 Productions. Ella, a musical about Ella Fitzgerald. Bloodsong of Love, Ars Nova. Barnum, The Asolo. American premieres of Frank McGuinness Gates of Gold and The Bird Sanctuary. Oklahoma! starring Kelli OHara and Will Chase, and National and International Tours of James Taylors One Man Band. Upcoming projects include Phantom for EMK Productions in Seoul, Korea. www.msportfolio.com

ALEJO vIETTI (Costume Design ) Goodspeed: 1776, Big River, Annie Get Your Gun, Camelot, and Carousel. New York: Beautiful (Broadway). Works at New York City Opera, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, MCC, Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Irish Repertory, and The New Group, among others. Selected Regional: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Colorado Ballet, Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Guthrie, Fords Theatre DC, Signature Theatre, 5th Avenue, New York Stage and Film, Pittsburgh Public, Saint Louis Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse. Others: Chicago Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Donetsk Opera Ukraine, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey. TDF Young Master Award.

JOHN LASITEr (Lighting Design ) Connecticut: Goodspeed (The Most Happy Fella, 1776, Big River, Camelot, Carnival!, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, City of Angels, Hello! My Baby, Carousel ), Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks. Broadway: High. Off-Broadway: Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, Alarm Dog Repertory Company, Blue Light Theater Company, Music Theatre Group. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Arizona Repertory, Asolo Repertory, Centerstage Baltimore, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Florida Stage, George Street Playhouse, Geva, Milwaukee Repertory, New Mexico Repertory, Northlight, Pittsburgh Public, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage. www.johnlasiter.com

JAY HILTON (Sound Design ) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and to work again with director Rob Ruggiero and this extraordinarily talented creative team. Other Goodspeed collaborations with Mr. Ruggiero include 1776, Big River, Camelot, Show Boat, Carousel, and last seasons The Most Happy Fella. Jay has designed countless productions at both Goodspeed Opera House and The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester. In addition to being Goodspeeds Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Lighting & Sound Supervisor. His work has also been heard on Broadway, National Tours, and at regional theatres from coast to coast. He and his wife, Goodspeed Line Producer Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

MArK AdAM rAMPMEYEr (Hair & Wig Design ) is very happy to return to Goodspeed for this production. His work has been seen here in The Most Happy Fella, Good News!, Somethings Afoot, 42 nd Street, Big River, and Half a Sixpence, to name a few. Broadway: West Side Story, Lysistrata Jones, The Farnsworth Invention. Off-Broadway: The Toxic Avenger, Horton Footes Orphans Home Cycle, The Milk Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis, and, most recently, Talleys Folly at Roundabout Theatre Company. Mark is the Costume Rental Manager for Goodspeed Musicals and makes his home here in East Haddam. Thanks to all for their continued support on this journey. *peep*

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dAN deLANGE (Orchestrator ) has scored music for Paul Williams, Julie Andrews, Rosie ODonnell, Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Peter Link, and The Jim Henson Company. He orchestrated the premiere of Charles Strouses You Never Know, a European Tour of Annie Get Your Gun, conducted the Broadway National Tour of Chicago, and has orchestrated over 30 productions for Goodspeed. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. DanDeLangeOrchestrations.com

F. WAdE rUSSO (Assistant Music Director ) Goodspeed: over 20 productions, including last summers Hello, Dolly! and The Boy Friend National Tour directed by Julie Andrews. Broadway: By Jeeves (assistant conductor, original cast recording conductor). He most recently conducted Company (Pittsburgh Public Theatre) and Show Boat (Asolo Repertory). In 2011 he received the St. Louis Critics Award for Sunday in the Park with George (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). Other regional theaters include Huntington Theatre, Barrington Stage, Lyric Theatre of Boston, Gateway Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Weston Playhouse, Juilliard Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Boston Conservatory. He has served on the faculties of the ONeill Theatre Center, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Emerson College, Juilliard School, and currently the Boston Conservatory.

STUArT HOWArd & PAUL HArdT (Casting ) have cast hundreds of shows over the past 25 years in the US, Canada, and Great Britain. Among their favorites: West Side Story and Come Fly Away on Broadway and on tour, Gypsy (Tyne Daly), Chicago (Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking), the original La Cage aux Folles. Off-Broadway: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change; The Normal Heart. Coming up: The Nutty Professor, directed by Jerry Lewis. They are very pleased to be casting for Goodspeed again.

BrAdLEY G. SPACHMAN* (Production Stage Manager ) is happy to be celebrating his vicennial with Goodspeed Musicals! Originally from Chicago, he has worked at the Goodman and Lookingglass Theatres. He brought

Goodspeeds productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend to audiences across North America. At The Norma Terris, he last stage managed The Great American Mousical for Julie Andrews and Christopher Gattelli. Some of his favorite Goodspeed productions include Show Boat, Singin in the Rain, and Swingin on a Star. He owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the entire Goodspeed family over our shared history, but most particularly to MPP and DLCH. For his grandparents, and especially for Kim.

HEATHEr KLEIN* (Assistant Stage Manager ) is thrilled to be back for her third full season. Favorite productions include Jim Hensons Emmet Otter (2008 & 2009), 42 nd Street (2009), Hello! My Baby at The Norma Terris (2011), and Carousel (2012). New York: Radiant Baby Concert at Joes Pub (Theatre C); The Mushroom Pickers, US Premiere (alloy theater company); Binding (SolaNova Festival); Enfrascada (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival). Regional: McCarter Theatre Center, Yale School of Drama, Berkshire Theatre Festival, North Shore Music Theatre, FUSION Theatre Company, ReVision Theatre, Vineyard Playhouse. BA from Brandeis University.

MICHAEL P. PrICE (Executive Director ) Under the direction of Michael Price since 1968, Goodspeed Musicals is internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price has produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway (including Man of La Mancha, Annie, and Shenandoah ), earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with 2 special Tony Awards. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves as Treasurer of the American Theatre Wing. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, and an MFA from Yale. Married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra.

BOB ALWINE (Associate Producer ) joined the Goodspeed producing team in 2002. He established the Goodspeed National Touring

initiative featuring productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Previously, he worked as the Associate Managing Director of The Old Globe in San Diego, CA, and the Director of Programming for The Ordway Center in St. Paul, MN. Bob holds an MFA in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University and was a recipient of an NEA Award in musical theater producing.

dONNA LYNN COOPEr HILTON (Line Producer ) has been with Goodspeed since 1988, serving for 16 years as Production Stage Manager and assuming the duties of Line Producer in 2006. In addition to producing at the Opera House and The Norma Terris, she supervises the work of The Max Showalter Center, including the Festival of New Musicals, the residency of the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Goodspeeds Musical Theatre Institute, and the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony. She is honored to serve as President of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of East Carolina University, Donna

Lynn and her husband, Goodspeed Lighting and Sound Supervisor Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme.

r. GLEN GrUSMArK (Production Manager ) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is in his 22nd season at the Goodspeed. In addition to Goodspeeds two stages, Glen has overseen technical management of two Goodspeed National Tours and Goodspeeds By Jeeves! on Broadway, as well as transfers, construction, and installation work on Goodspeeds behalf, including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Variety Arts Theatre (NYC), New World Stages (NYC), and The Fords Theatre (DC).

ACTOrS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the US. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society.

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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dAN deLANGE (Orchestrator ) has scored music for Paul Williams, Julie Andrews, Rosie ODonnell, Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Peter Link, and The Jim Henson Company. He orchestrated the premiere of Charles Strouses You Never Know, a European Tour of Annie Get Your Gun, conducted the Broadway National Tour of Chicago, and has orchestrated over 30 productions for Goodspeed. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. DanDeLangeOrchestrations.com

F. WAdE rUSSO (Assistant Music Director ) Goodspeed: over 20 productions, including last summers Hello, Dolly! and The Boy Friend National Tour directed by Julie Andrews. Broadway: By Jeeves (assistant conductor, original cast recording conductor). He most recently conducted Company (Pittsburgh Public Theatre) and Show Boat (Asolo Repertory). In 2011 he received the St. Louis Critics Award for Sunday in the Park with George (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). Other regional theaters include Huntington Theatre, Barrington Stage, Lyric Theatre of Boston, Gateway Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Weston Playhouse, Juilliard Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Boston Conservatory. He has served on the faculties of the ONeill Theatre Center, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Emerson College, Juilliard School, and currently the Boston Conservatory.

STUArT HOWArd & PAUL HArdT (Casting ) have cast hundreds of shows over the past 25 years in the US, Canada, and Great Britain. Among their favorites: West Side Story and Come Fly Away on Broadway and on tour, Gypsy (Tyne Daly), Chicago (Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking), the original La Cage aux Folles. Off-Broadway: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change; The Normal Heart. Coming up: The Nutty Professor, directed by Jerry Lewis. They are very pleased to be casting for Goodspeed again.

BrAdLEY G. SPACHMAN* (Production Stage Manager ) is happy to be celebrating his vicennial with Goodspeed Musicals! Originally from Chicago, he has worked at the Goodman and Lookingglass Theatres. He brought

Goodspeeds productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend to audiences across North America. At The Norma Terris, he last stage managed The Great American Mousical for Julie Andrews and Christopher Gattelli. Some of his favorite Goodspeed productions include Show Boat, Singin in the Rain, and Swingin on a Star. He owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the entire Goodspeed family over our shared history, but most particularly to MPP and DLCH. For his grandparents, and especially for Kim.

HEATHEr KLEIN* (Assistant Stage Manager ) is thrilled to be back for her third full season. Favorite productions include Jim Hensons Emmet Otter (2008 & 2009), 42 nd Street (2009), Hello! My Baby at The Norma Terris (2011), and Carousel (2012). New York: Radiant Baby Concert at Joes Pub (Theatre C); The Mushroom Pickers, US Premiere (alloy theater company); Binding (SolaNova Festival); Enfrascada (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival). Regional: McCarter Theatre Center, Yale School of Drama, Berkshire Theatre Festival, North Shore Music Theatre, FUSION Theatre Company, ReVision Theatre, Vineyard Playhouse. BA from Brandeis University.

MICHAEL P. PrICE (Executive Director ) Under the direction of Michael Price since 1968, Goodspeed Musicals is internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price has produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway (including Man of La Mancha, Annie, and Shenandoah ), earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with 2 special Tony Awards. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves as Treasurer of the American Theatre Wing. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, and an MFA from Yale. Married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra.

BOB ALWINE (Associate Producer ) joined the Goodspeed producing team in 2002. He established the Goodspeed National Touring

initiative featuring productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Previously, he worked as the Associate Managing Director of The Old Globe in San Diego, CA, and the Director of Programming for The Ordway Center in St. Paul, MN. Bob holds an MFA in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University and was a recipient of an NEA Award in musical theater producing.

dONNA LYNN COOPEr HILTON (Line Producer ) has been with Goodspeed since 1988, serving for 16 years as Production Stage Manager and assuming the duties of Line Producer in 2006. In addition to producing at the Opera House and The Norma Terris, she supervises the work of The Max Showalter Center, including the Festival of New Musicals, the residency of the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Goodspeeds Musical Theatre Institute, and the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony. She is honored to serve as President of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of East Carolina University, Donna

Lynn and her husband, Goodspeed Lighting and Sound Supervisor Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme.

r. GLEN GrUSMArK (Production Manager ) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is in his 22nd season at the Goodspeed. In addition to Goodspeeds two stages, Glen has overseen technical management of two Goodspeed National Tours and Goodspeeds By Jeeves! on Broadway, as well as transfers, construction, and installation work on Goodspeeds behalf, including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Variety Arts Theatre (NYC), New World Stages (NYC), and The Fords Theatre (DC).

ACTOrS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the US. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society.

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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By JOSHUA S. rITTErGoodspeed Education & Library Director

LChaim To Life!

Fiddler on the Roof reflects the poignancy and grief that comes with extraordinary change, while celebrating the traditions and principles that maintain the identity of a people. Perhaps most remarkably, Fiddler on the Roofs universal appeal and commercial success have been virtually boundless. It is filled with touching songs and themes that evoke an emotional response from people regardless of their religious, racial, or cultural background. Additionally, it marks the end of an era and the beginning of an exciting new one in musical theatre history. It is a musical theatre masterwork without comparison that gave artists the chutzpah to push the boundaries of audience expectations. Indeed, it set the stage for such shows as Hair, Cabaret, RENT, In the Heights, and The Color Purple, where an audience is immersed in the society, values, and culture of a realistic yet unfamiliar community.

Fiddler on the Roof is derived from the stories of the Jewish Mark Twain, Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, who went by the pen name Sholem Aleichem (Peace be with you). Composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick were intent on adapting one of Aleichems works into a musical. They shared the novel Wandering Star with librettist Joseph Stein, but he did not think it was appropriate for the stage. When a friend suggested Aleichems story Tevyes Daughters, they read it and immediately knew they had found the source material they needed. This would be the first time in their careers that they would initiate a project of their own choosing. They were accustomed to being hired by a producer who had already identified the show. They brought the idea to Hal Prince, who eventually agreed to produce it once Steins script began to materialize and Jerome Robbins was available to choreograph and direct the piece.

Prince knew that Robbins was the man for the job, and he was absolutely correct. Robbins had the opportunity to visit a shtetl (a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe) with his parents when he was six years old, before those communities were obliterated by incessant pogroms and the atrocities of World War II. The experience was ingrained in his memory because his ancestors came from one of the small Jewish communities. Throughout the entire process of working on the show, he conducted a vast amount of research to accurately portray shtetl culture so it could be preserved for another 25 years. Robbins was unrelenting in his pursuit of authenticity, and he brought a comprehensive vision to the piece. Moreover, Robbins was driven to identify what the show was truly about. He pushed the other collaborators to discover that the show was about the dissolution of a way of life. This revelation prompted them to change the opening number from We Havent Missed a Sabbath Yet to Tradition so they could begin the piece by focusing on a number that describes the traditions that will later be threatened by the forces of change. This brought a universality, focus, and cohesion to the piece that it desperately needed to satisfy audiences.

Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on September 22, 1964. Its seemingly drab story of persecution and struggle defied the rules of commercial success by closing as the longest running musical in Broadway history (3,242 performances). It also went on to win nine Tony Awards and become one of the most widely-produced and celebrated classics of the American stage. At a time when glitz and cartoon-dimensioned characters abounded on