Fiddler on the Roof
July 19 – 25
Fiddler on the Roof returns for its 11th Muny production. The legendary musical tells the story of Tevye the milkman, who clings to the Jewish customs of Anatevka, his hometown in pre-Revolutionary Russia. As his daughters question these old-fashioned traditions and the world changes ominously around them, Tevye is challenged to find a new way to learn and to love.
Book by JOSEPH STEIN • Music by JERRY BOCK • Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
Performance time 8:15 p.m. nightly • Running time 2:51 including intermission
About the Show
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Rob Ruggiero
Director
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Parker Esse
Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins Adapted for the Muny Stage
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Darryl Archibald
Music Director / Conductor
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Tijana Bjelajac
Scenic Design
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Alejo Vietti
Costume Design
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John Lasiter
Lighting Design
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John Shivers
Co-Sound Design
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David Patridge
Co-Sound Design
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Kevan Loney
Video Design
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Tommy Kurzman
Wig Design
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Nancy Uffner
Production Stage Manager
Artist Spotlight: Adam Heller
As part of the 106th Muny season, we’re excited to debut a feature we’re calling Artist Spotlight. Meet Adam Heller, our Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof!
Cast
ADAM HELLER
Tevye
The Muny: Herbie, opposite the commanding Beth Leavel, in Gypsy, Benjamin Franklin in 1776 and Amos Hart in Chicago (St. Louis Theater Circle Award). Other St. Louis appearances: Follies (Buddy Plummer) and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Jack Jerome), both at The Rep. He’s appeared in eight Broadway shows including Some Like It Hot; It Shoulda Been You; Elf; Caroline, or Change; Victor/Victoria; and Les Misérables. Selected regional credits: Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Goodspeed (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Flamingo Kid, Falsettos (Hartford Stage), My Name Is Asher Lev (Arden Theatre), The Secret Garden (Denver Center), The Chosen (Barrington Stage). TV: The Good Fight, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, We Crashed, The Bite, Ray Donovan, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order (all), Elementary, Unforgettable, The Sopranos.
JILL ABRAMOVITZ
Golde
On Broadway, she has appeared in Beetlejuice, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, 9 to 5 and Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Selected regional credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Golde, Paper Mill Playhouse), A Walk on the Moon (Lillian Kantrowitz, George Street Playhouse), God of Carnage (Veronica, The Cape Playhouse), Beetlejuice (The National), Sweeney Todd (Avery Fisher Hall), and shows at Goodspeed, The Kennedy Center and Barrington Stage. TV/film credits include Chicago Med (Susan Charles) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Stevie), as well as The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: SVU, The Last OG, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife and others. Also an award-winning lyricist/bookwriter, Jill was a contributing lyricist on Broadway’s It Shoulda Been You.
SAMANTHA MASSELL
Tzeitel
Muny: Into the Woods (Rapunzel); Aladdin (Jasmine); Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula); Singin’ in the Rain; Kiss Me, Kate; Show Boat; The Sound of Music; and Titanic. Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème. Recent regional: world premieres of Double Helix (Rosalind Franklin, Bay Street), Rags (Rebecca, Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Actress), The Flamingo Kid (Karla, Hartford Stage), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Florika, La Jolla/Paper Mill Playhouse), in addition to Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cynthia, Paper Mill Playhouse). TV: Dynasty, Mr. Mercedes, Chicago Fire, The Good Fight, NCIS: New Orleans, Elementary.
HANNAH CORNEAU
Hodel
A singer-songwriter from New York, Hannah made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked. She has also starred as Edna St. Vincent Millay in the critically acclaimed Transport Group production of Renascence. Previously, she traveled around the country as Yitzhak in the first national tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Her original show, beautiful little fool, is currently in development.
EMERSON GLICK
Chava
NYC: Ice Queen (Maya, 92nd Street Y). National tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke). Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke, Paper Mill Playhouse), Matilda (Matilda, Syracuse Stage), Spring Awakening (Wendla, Syracuse) and Stoos Gumbo (Jen, Hangar Theatre).
MAX CHERNIN
Motel
most recently appeared in the award-winning Broadway revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s Parade. Other Broadway: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star, Sunday in the Park With George (2017). New York: Bernstein’s Mass (Lincoln Center), The Golden Apple (New York City Center), Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre). Regionally, Max led the world premiere of Passing Through at Goodspeed Opera House and has played the title roles in Daddy Long Legs (Theatre Raleigh) and Elf: The Musical (Pioneer Theatre Company). TV/film: Dickinson, The Blacklist, Mozart in the Jungle, The Family, Adam Sandler’s The Week Of.
CLAY SINGER
Perchik
is an actor/chef/photographer based in Brooklyn. Clay played Itzik in the Broadway first national tour of The Band’s Visit. Other favorite credits include The Last Five Years (Core Theatre Group), Into the Woods (Barrington Stage) and 4000 Miles (Westport Country Playhouse). Up next, Clay will play Mercutio in Diane Paulus’ production of Romeo and Juliet (A.R.T.). BFA Carnegie Mellon University.
ANDREW ALSTAT
Fyedka
Muny credits: The Sound of Music (Rolf), Footloose (Chuck Cranston) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Regional credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka) and The Sound of Music (Rolf) at Paper Mill Playhouse, Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy, Marriott Theatre), Grease (Danny Zuko, Cape Playhouse). BFA Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 2020.
JEREMY RADIN
Lazar Wolf
Stage credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Ants (Geffen Playhouse, world premiere). As a founding member of Krymov Lab NYC: Big Trip (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club), Pushkin “Eugene Onegin” In Our Own Words (BRIC, Under the Radar Festival). Film: The Way Back (director Gavin O’Connor), The New World (director Terrence Malick), Murder Camp (director Clara Aranovich). TV: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Criminal Minds, CSI, Zoey 101, The United States of Tara.
CHERYL STERN
Yente
will join the national tour of Funny Girl in August. Broadway: La Cage aux Folles (Tony-winning revival), The Women (Roundabout), Laughing Room Only. Off-Broadway: A Letter to Harvey Milk (co-author); Shoes and Baggage (solo show, The Cell); Fiorello! (NY City Center Encores!); First Lady Suite (Transport Group); City Of; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. National tours: La Cage aux Folles, Les Misérables, A Grand Night for Singing, Evita, Fiddler. Recent regional: Three Mothers (Capital Rep), The Addams Family, Beautiful (Arrow Rock Lyceum), Bells Are Ringing (Berkshire Theatre Group), Fiddler (Goodspeed), Into the Woods (Baltimore Stage, Westport Country Playhouse), Candide (The Huntington-IRNE Award). TV: And Just Like That, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Unforgettable, Law & Order: CI, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (PBS). Film: Brooklyn Lobster, This Is Where I Leave You, Can’t Let It Go.
JAMES A. BUTZ
Constable
Muny: West Side Story. Off-Broadway: The Odyssey (Willow Cabin Theatre). Regional: Lobby Hero, A Number and Freud’s Last Session (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Biloxi Blues and A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center); The Lion in Winter (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Henry IV, Henry V, Hamlet (Kevin Kline Award), Julius Caesar (Kevin Kline Award), Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival); The Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis); Uncle Vanya (Rebel and Misfits Productions); The Merchant of Venice, Intimate Apparel and New Jerusalem (New Jewish Theatre); Dancing at Lughnasa and Measure for Measure (Mustard Seed Theatre Company); Amadeus (Georgia Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Santa Fe).
MAX CHUCKER
The Fiddler
National tour: West Side Story (A-Rab). Regional credits: Merrily We Roll Along (Young Frank, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts), Fiddler on the Roof (The Fiddler, Goodspeed Musicals and Music Theatre Wichita), West Side Story (A-Rab, La Mirada Theatre). TV: Romance at Reindeer Lodge (Hallmark Channel) and You Me Her (DirecTV).
BOB AMARAL
Rabbi
Muny: The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hairspray. Broadway: Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Disney’s The Lion King. National tours: The Producers (Max), Annie Get Your Gun, Cabaret, Disney’s The Lion King and The Wizard of Oz. Select regional: Fiddler on the Roof, Little Shop of Horrors, Breaking Legs, Happy Days, Anything Goes, The Merry Widow, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Singin’ in the Rain. TV: Morton & Hayes (Eddie Hayes); Babylon 5; N.Y.P.D. Blue; Son of the Beach; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Mad About You.
BEN ROSENBACH
Mendel
Off-Broadway: Our Brother’s Son. Regional credits include The Chosen (Barrington Stage), My Name Is Asher Lev (Florida Studio Theatre), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Flat Rock Playhouse). Ben is the co-CEO of Sapphire Productions, whose first project, Goodman, is currently in the festival circuit. He is also the author of The Neshoba Incident, which is in development and recently had an industry reading at an off-Broadway theatre.
PRICE WALDMAN
Mordcha
Muny: Sweeney Todd. Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. National tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Laurie Anderson’s Songs and Stories From Moby Dick. Many off-Broadway and regional credits, most recently at McCarter Theatre Center, Cleveland Play House and Paper Mill Playhouse.
DAVID PERLMAN
Avram
Broadway: Baby It’s You! Off-Broadway: Yank! (York Theatre), Amerike — The Golden Land (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene). Tours and regional: Hair (European tour), Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Arena Stage), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (national tour).
JERRY VOGEL
Nachum
Muny credits: Pirates! (or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder’d), Shrek, All Shook Up, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, 1776, Footloose, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Sound of Music, Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins. Other credits: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, New Jewish Theatre, The Black Rep, St. Louis Actors’ Studio, Mustard Seed Theatre, Historyonics, Theatre Project Company and more than 30 productions at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Jerry received a St. Louis Theater Circle Award for Best Actor in a Drama for An Iliad (Upstream Theater). Jerry made his feature film debut in the Oscar-nominated Up in the Air.
ELLIE SCHWARTZ
Shprintze
Muny: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Paint Your Wagon (Teen Ensemble) and a proud Muny Teens alum. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Chava, Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre).
ZOE KLEVORN
Bielke
Stage credits include Ragtime (Gateway Center for Performing Arts); Caroline, or Change (Noah, Fly North Theatricals); Disney’s Mary Poppins (Fannie, Missouri Baptist University Theatre); and Matilda the Musical (COCA). Zoe, a rising sixth grader, has always been passionate about singing and performing.
Ensemble and Swings
Ze’ev Barmor, Jonathan Bryant, Michael Bullard, Derek Ege, Mathew Fedorek, Blair Goldberg, Susan J. Jacks, Michał Kołaczkowski, Barrie Kreinik, Erica Mansfield, Nick Nazzaro, Nick Raynor, Caitlin Stebelman, Zoe Vonder Haar, Annie Zigman
Creative Team
ROB RUGGIERO
Director
Past Muny productions include West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, 1776, Gypsy (starring Beth Leavel), as well as past productions of The Music Man; Oklahoma!; Hello, Dolly!; South Pacific and The King and I. He has also directed many award-winning productions at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, including Follies, Sunday in the Park With George, Take Me Out and Evita. Rob’s work on plays and musicals has been seen at regional theaters around the country. On Broadway, he directed High (starring Kathleen Turner) and Looped (starring Valerie Harper). Off-Broadway, he conceived and directed Make Me a Song. In spring 2024, Rob will direct a revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Goodspeed Musicals, where he is a frequent collaborator. He is the producing artistic director at TheaterWorks Hartford.
PARKER ESSE
Choreographer
is a multi-award-winning director-choreographer. Broadway/regional: After performing on Broadway in Fosse, Parker collaborated as associate director/choreographer for Finian’s Rainbow, A Tale of Two Cities, Follies and five Encores! (NY City Center). Credits as Director and/or Choreographer: Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary, Arena Stage), Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis’ A Bed and a Chair (NY City Center Encores!), as well as New York, regional and international theatres including Mirvish Theatre (Toronto), Arena Stage (18 productions), Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center’s National Opera, Goodspeed, Omaha Symphony/NBC holiday televised specials, Canada’s Shaw Festival, 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists, York Theatre, Merkin Hall, Signature, Ogunquit, Buck’s County. Recent: The Light in the Piazza (NY City Center Encores!), Fiddler on the Roof (Paper Mill Playhouse) and South Pacific (Goodspeed Musicals). BFA-NYU-Tisch.
DARRYL ARCHIBALD
Music Director
Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Shubert Theatre), Motown the Musical (Nederlander Theatre). Tours: Ymandja, the new Angelique Kidjo musical (music supervisor, world tour), national tours of The Color Purple, Memphis, The Lion King. Selected credits: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (pre-Broadway engagement, Old Globe), Dear World starring Tyne Daly (Los Angeles VPAC), Wicked (Pantages Theatre), Ragtime and Little Shop of Horrors (Pasadena Playhouse), The Color Purple (Paper Mill Playhouse), Two by Two starring Jason Alexander (Reprise Theatre Company), Passion (Boston Court), Jonathan Dove’s Innocence (Banff Centre). TV: Encore! (Ragtime episode, Disney+). darrylarchibald.com