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Portland Center Stage
presents
Fiddler on the Roof
Artistic Director | Chris Coleman
(September 14–November 3, 2013)
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PORTLANDCENTERSTAGE Presents
Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Joseph Stein
Based on Sholem Aleichem Stories
by Special Permission of Arnold Peri
Directed by Chris Coleman
Original New York Stage Production Directed and
Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Produced on the New York Stage by Harold Prince
Cast
David Studwell*...................................................Tevye
Susannah Mars*...................................................Golde
Merideth Kaye Clark*........................................Tzeitel/Ensemble
Sarah Stevens*..................................................Hodel/Ensemble
Amber Kiara Mitchell.........................................Chava/Ensemble
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Hannah Lauren Wilson..................................Shprintze/Ensemble
Allisonn O’Neill...................................................Bielke/Ensemble
Sharonlee McLean*...............Yente/Grandma Tzeitel/Ensemble
Drew Harper.......................................................Motel/Ensemble
Alicia Irving*............................Fruma Sarah/Shaindel/Ensemble
Zachary Prince*..............................................Perchik/Ensemble
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod*......................Lazar Wolf/Ensemble
Roland Rusinek*..........................................Innkeeper/Ensemble
Del Lewis*..........................................................Rabbi/Ensemble
Matthew Bryan Feld*......................................Mendel/Ensemble
Andy Gale*........................................................Avram/Ensemble
Corey Brunish*.............................................Constable/Ensemble
David Errigo Jr*.................................................Fyedka/Ensemble
Curtis Schroeger*...............................................Sasha/Ensemble
Tylor Neist.........................................................Fiddler/Ensemble
Mike Borgstrom...................................................Ensemble
Kevin Paul Clark..................................................Ensemble
Nathan Crosby.....................................................Ensemble
Lalanya Gunn.......................................................Ensemble
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Robert Head........................................................Ensemble
Dane Shroy..........................................................Ensemble
Matthew Snyder...................................................Ensemble
Andrew C. Stark...................................................Ensemble
Orchestra
Rick Lewis..........................................................Conductor
Jeffrey Childs.....................................................Keyboard
Sean Vinson........................................................Bass
Ben Wasson........................................................Percussion
John Kim............................................................Trumpet
Al Torres............................................................Trombone
Ward Baxter..........................................Reed 1 (Flute/Alto Flute)
Mieke Bruggeman.....................................Reed II (Bb Clarinet)
Mary Rowell.......................................................Violin
Dale Tolliver......................................................Cello
Eric Toner..........................................................Guitar
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional
Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Fiddler on the Roof is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theater International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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production is strictly prohibited.
SONG LIST I Fiddler on the Roof
Act I
Prologue: Tradition – Tevye and the Company
Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava
If I Were a Rich Man – Tevye
Sabbath Prayer – Tevye, Golde and the Company
To Life – Tevye, Lazar Wolf and the Company
Tevye's Monologue – Tevye
Miracle of Miracles – Motel
Tevye's Dream – Tevye, Golde, Grandma Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah
and the Company
Sunrise, Sunset – Tevye, Golde, Perchik, Hodel and the Company
Wedding Dance – Instrumental
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Act II
Entr'acte – Orchestra
Now I Have Everything – Perchik and Hodel
Tevye's Rebuttal – Tevye
Do You Love Me? – Tevye and Golde
The Rumor/I Just Heard – Yente and villagers
Far From the Home I Love – Hodel
Chavaleh (Little Bird) – Tevye
Anatevka – The Company
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CAST BIOGRAPHIES I Fiddler on the Roof
Mike Borgstrom
Ensemble
Mike is thrilled to work with Portland Center Stage for the first
time! Fiddler on the Roof was his first theatrical experience 30
years ago in Texas. Then he played violin in the pit orchestra
and now he can play on stage with this exceptional cast and
crew. Favorite productions include Tonya & Nancy: The Rock
Opera (Nancy's manager, Ensemble), A Midsummer Night's
Dream (Flute/Thisby), Sincerity Forever (Melvin), The Insanity of
Mary Girard (Phillips, Fury) and A Christmas Carol (Topper,
Fiddler). You may have seen Mike over the years in top hat and
tails during the holidays as a Dickens Caroler, or maybe you
caught that paint commercial, or maybe karaoke. Mike would
like to thank Rick Lewis for his encouragement.
Corey Brunish
Constable/Ensemble
Corey is a two-time Tony Award recipient. As a producer of
Porgy and Bess and Pippin, Corey also received the Drama Desk,
Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. As an actor,
Corey has appeared regionally as Billy Flynn in Chicago, Sky
Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Virgil Blessing in Bus Stop. He
has acted in films with Madonna and Julianne Moore, and on
TV with Tim Hutton. As a director, his favorite projects are
Company, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and It's a
Wonderful Life. He co-produced the Broadway cast recording
of Nice Work if You Can Get It, which was Grammy nominated,
and sings the role of John Utterson on the new concept
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recording of Jekyll and Hyde. With thanks and love to Chris,
Jessica and Virginia.
Kevin Paul Clark
Ensemble
Kevin is ecstatic to join this production of Fiddler on the Roof!
Local theater credits include La Cage aux Folles, Legally Blonde,
Gracie, White Christmas, Oklahoma!, Beauty and the Beast and
A Chorus Line. Clark has also danced professionally with Nevada
Ballet Theatre and locally with the Jefferson Dancers. Much
love and gratitude to my wonderful mom!
Merideth Kaye Clark
Tzeitel/Ensemble
PCS debut! Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Merideth
studied neuroscience at Emory University before earning an
M.F.A. in Musical Theatre at San Diego State University.
Merideth has performed major roles at theaters around the
country, including New York Theatre Workshop, Alabama
Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Northern Stage, Irish
Repertory, North Coast Repertory and the Goodspeed Opera
House. She has participated in numerous developmental
readings and has originated roles in two off-Broadway musicals.
Merideth performed the role of Elphaba in the first national
tour of the Broadway musical Wicked more than 150 times in
35 major U.S. cities. Merideth is also a concert artist and multi-
instrumentalist. She plays anything with strings, most notably
the piano, guitar and viola. Thank you to my new Portland
family!
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Nathan Crosby
Ensemble
Nathan is excited to be making his Portland Center Stage debut
with Fiddler on the Roof! Favorite local credits include Arthur in
Ah, Wilderness, Davey in Lieutenant of Inishmore and Lestrade
two years in a row in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the
Christmas Carol, all with Artists Repertory Theater; and Claudio
in Measure for Measure and Prince Henry in King John with
Northwest Classical Theater Company. Nathan is a proud new
member of Theater Vertigo, an Equity Member Candidate, and
a graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory.
David Errigo Jr.
Fyedka/Ensemble
David is delighted to be back in Portland. He was last in the city
with a Missoula Children's Theatre tour, teaching the musical
Sleeping Beauty to local students. Currently based in New York
City, he is a graduate of the University of Montana. Favorite
regional credits include Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie/Bear) and
Spamalot (Patsy) at Phoenix Theatre, Into the Woods (Jack) and
Footloose (Ren) at Arizona Broadway Theatre, and Hairspray
(Fender, Link) at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. A highlight of last
year was working with Harry Connick Jr. as the title role in his
musical The Happy Elf. For Jacqui, my sunrise and sunset.
Matthew Bryan Feld
Mendel/Ensemble
Matthew Bryan Feld is beyond excited to make his Portland
Center Stage debut! He recently finished a run of Les
Miserables at West Virginia Public Theatre. Other credits
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include The Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Hart in 9 to 5
and Smudge in Forever Plaid Tidings at Derby Dinner Playhouse;
and Baritone in the international cast of Voca People. He
has made many TV appearances, including Sing-Off 100%
Vocals. He has also performed with Lara Fabian and shot a
commercial for Pennsylvania Credit Union Association. When
Matthew is home in New York he continues his studies with The
Barrow Group Acting School. Thanks and love to my beautiful
Julia, my Mama and Aaron!
Andy Gale
Avram/Ensemble
Andy has appeared on Broadway in Rags, Side Show, Jane Eyre
and The World of Sholem Aleichem, and in the international
tours of Les Miserables, The Secret Garden and Cats. In addition
to appearances off-Broadway, Andy has also worked in stock
and regional theater. As a director, Andy has staged
productions of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change in
Melbourne, Australia; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Bethesda,
Maryland. He also directed Audra McDonald with The Boston
Pops for PBS, They’re Playing Our Song for Regent Cruise Line,
and Transatlantic in Sacramento, California. Andy just
completed his fourth season as director of a Broadway revue
for Chautauqua Opera, and his third season at the Buck Hill
Music Festival. A sought-after private acting coach in the
Broadway community, Andy has also taught acting at Vassar
and Barnard Colleges, and has been a guest teacher at The
Julliard School and The Manhattan School of Music, as well as a
master teacher at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He is a
graduate of Antioch College.
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Lalanya Gunn
Ensemble
Lalanya is excited to be joining the amazing cast and crew for
her first show at Portland Center Stage. She holds a B.F.A. in
Theatre from Niagara University. Local credits include
Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Bag & Baggage, Mask and
Mirror and Third Eye Theatre. As always, much love to Greg.
Drew Harper
Motel/Ensemble
Drew Harper made his professional theater debut this summer
in Threesome at JAW: A Playwrights Festival. He’s very excited
to progress to Fiddler where he gets to do two things that he
didn’t get to do in Threesome: sing and wear clothes in the first
act. After graduating high school in Vancouver, Washington,
Drew lived in New York City for five years where he worked
mostly in film production. He studied American History and
Theater at NYU, Queer Theory at Evergreen State College and
Arabic at the International Language Institute in Cairo. He’d like
to thank his family, his fairy godmother and his teachers;
Margit, Jeanette and Linda. A special thanks to the amazing
people at PCS for their warmth, their guidance, and for taking a
chance on him.
Robert Head
Ensemble
Robert Head, a native to the Portland area, is excited to be
making his debut at Portland Center Stage in Fiddler on the
Roof! Portland area credits include Cats (Mungojerrie),
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Hairspray (Ensemble) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat (Benjamin) at Broadway Rose Theatre Company;
Spring Awakening (Moritz) with Live on Stage; Footloose (Ren)
with Journey Theater; Legally Blonde (Chad/Carlos) with Pixi
Dust; and White Christmas (Ensemble) at Lakewood Theater.
Robert enjoys teaching private voice and piano lessons, and
choreographing youth theater for Journey Theater Arts Group.
Many thanks to God, friends, family and PCS for this
opportunity!
Alicia Irving
Fruma Sarah/Shaindel/Ensemble
Alicia is delighted to be back at PCS! In 2009 she played Emma
Goldman in Ragtime. Recent credits include Madame
Thenardier in Les Miserables (Riverside Theatre), Carlotta in
Kopit and Yeston’s Phantom, and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
(Gateway Theatre). Broadway credits include Sunset Boulevard,
Les Miserables (Factory Girl, Fantine), Side Show (The Fortune
Teller) and The Scarlett Pimpernel. Alicia understudied and
took over the title role in the first national tour of The Drowsy
Chaperone. Regionally, Alicia has had the opportunity to work
at many wonderful theaters including Syracuse Stage, Rep.
Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hartford Stage and
The Old Globe. As a recording artist she has worked with Rod
Stewart and producer Trevor Horn. She can be heard on the
cast recordings of Sunset Boulevard and Side Show.
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Del Lewis
Rabbi/Ensemble
Del’s career has been a rewarding journey, from the off-
Broadway musical Streets of New York to Broadway in The
Rothchilds. Two of his ten years in NYC were spent performing
in the Broadway, national and Las Vegas companies of Fiddler
on the Roof. Acting studies with Uta Hagen and voice training
with Sergius Kagen at Julliard complemented his B.F.A. in Voice
and Choral Conducting. Professional choices in the 1970s led
him to acquire an M.F.A. in Directing, which led to becoming
artistic director of Madison Repertory Theatre, then head of
graduate acting at UW-Madison, and then chair of theatre at
Northwestern University. Recent roles include Pozzo in Waiting
for Godot (Dublin/Boston) and Inspector in Accidental Death of
an Anarchist (NYC). Moving to Portland has afforded the
opportunity to perform with SOWELU Theatre Ensemble and
now Portland Center Stage.
Susannah Mars
Golde
Susannah is delighted to be back at Portland Center Stage.
Most recently you may have seen her as Leilani Watt in the
world premiere of Watt?!? At The Village Theatre in Issaquah,
Washington. She won her sixth Portland Drama Critic’s Award
for her portrayal of Diana in Next To Normal at Artists Rep,
where she originated her theatrical cabaret Mars On Life and
has appeared in numerous productions. Favorite roles at PCS
include Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, Mother in Ragtime, Meredith in Bat Boy and Rose
in Gypsy. Regionally she has appeared far and wide, including
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appearances at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre and concertizing
with orchestras, including the Oregon and Seattle Symphonies.
For Barbara, Helen, Lena and my precious girls.
www.susannanhmars.com
Sharonlee McLean
Yente/Grandma Tzeitel/Ensemble
Sharonlee was last seen at PCS in Somewhere in Time. She
studied at The American Conservatory Theatre. In Los Angeles
she worked as a full-time actor in television, film and stage.
She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her role of Annie in
the soap Santa Barbara. She has been in ten productions at
Artists Repertory Theater and was recently seen in Body
Awareness at Coho Productions,The Huntsmen at Portland
Playhouse and Cabaret at Clackamas Repertory. Sharonlee has
won four Drammy Awards; in 1998 in A Question Of Mercy, in
2007 for The Thugs, in 2009 for The Receptionist and in 2012 for
Body Awareness. She is very proud of the cast Drammy for Best
Ensemble for Clybourne Park. Recent film credits include, Signal
Flare, a guest-starring role on Leverage and Extraordinary
Measures, in which she played Harrison Ford’s secretary.
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod
LazarWolf/Ensemble
A singer, actor and vocal coach, Raymond holds an M.F.A. from
the University of Texas. He made his New York debut in
Zefirelli’s La Boheme at The Metropolitan Opera. Broadway
credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Dance of the Vampires starring
Michael Crawford, Juan Peron in the 20th anniversary national
tour of Evita, Wreck in Wonderful Town at Encores!, Eddie in
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MTC’s The Wild Party, and Jigger in The Hollywood Music
Bowl’s all-star cast of Carousel. Recording credits include his
solo CD Jaramillo...Until Then. TV appearances include the
“infamous” role of Psycho Bob in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
with Will Smith and LOTS of Law & Order. Raymond can also be
heard in the Disney films Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The
Little Mermaid and Pocahontas; hundreds of movie
soundtracks; and numerous commercials.
Amber Kiara Mitchell
Chava/Ensemble
Amber Kiara Mitchell is thrilled to be making her PCS debut!
Amber recently portrayed Vea in the world premiere a capella
musical Ablaze. She spent this summer in London playing the
comedic Rosalia in the musical West Side Story with StageCoach
Musical Theatre. Other recent credits include Mary Lennox in
The Secret Garden and Pippa in The Spider's Web at Lakewood
Theatre, Susan in Miracle Theatre's Viva La Revolucion and Amy
in Circle Theatre Project's Little Women. She has also
performed in multiple shows with Portland Opera and NW
Children's Theatre. Amber trains at StageCoach Theatre Arts
School and Oregon Children's Theatre's Young Professionals
program. Amber wishes to thank Rick Lewis, Chris Coleman and
Rose Riordan for casting her in this amazing production; and
Angela Niederloh, Brandon Woolley and her incredible teachers
and peers at StageCoach and OCT.
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Tylor Neist
Fiddler/Ensemble
Tylor earned his M.M. from Manhattan School of Music and
B.M. from Boston University. He studied violin with Midori,
Mitchell Stern and Bayla Keyes, and chamber music with
members of the Muir, Juilliard, Emerson and American string
quartets. Locally, Tylor has played with the Oregon Symphony,
Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet, Eugene Symphony, Spokane
Symphony and NW New Music. He is also the leader of
Portland's new indie classical group, Bridgetown Orchestra,
and an active composer, writing scores for small ensembles as
well as for film and stage. As an actor, Tylor most recently
performed with Bag&Baggage as Barnette Lloyd in Crimes of
the Heart, Marley in The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim in The
Glass Menagerie and Happy in Death of a Salesman.
Allisonn O’Neill
Bielke/Ensemble
Allisonn is excited to be returning to PCS. She started her
musical theater career at the age of seven and has been
performing ever since. Favorite roles include Annie in Annie Jr.
(Christian Youth Theater), Lee Bouvier in Grey Gardens (PCS)
and Baby June in Gypsy (MPA). She has performed several
times with the Portland Opera, as a soloist in Michael Allen
Harrison’s Ten Grand Pianos, and as a soloist with The Singing
Christmas Tree. When not performing, Allisonn can be found in
the studio writing music, and at home playing with her dog Liz.
Thanks my family and friends for all their support and PCS for
this wonderful opportunity.
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Zachary Prince
Perchik/Ensemble
Zachary Prince was last seen in the off-Broadway revival of The
Last Five Years at Second Stage, directed by Jason Robert
Brown. Broadway credits include On a Clear Day You Can See
Forever (with Harry Connick Jr.) and Baby It's You. Noted roles
include Frankie Valli in the first national tour of Jersey Boys and
The Baker in Moisés Kaufman's acclaimed production of Into
The Woods at Kansas City Rep. Zachary has also performed as a
guest artist with orchestras around the country, headlining with
The Cincinnati Pops, Sun Valley Summer Symphony,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Southwest Florida
Symphony Orchestra and The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
He holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Special thanks to the
CGF boys, Bandee, Bessie and his parents, who still travel far
and wide to see him perform. www.zacharyprince.com
Roland Rusinek
Innkeeper/Ensemble
Roland has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera
(Broadway, Toronto), The Addams Family (First National Tour),
Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall), Sweeney Todd (NYC
Opera), A Christmas Carol (MSG), The Most Happy Fella (New
York City Opera), Kismet (Encores!), Kiss Me Kate (First
National Tour) and The Prince and the Pauper (Lambs Theatre).
Other regional credits include Sweeney Todd ( 5th Ave Theatre,
Seattle), Lend Me A Tenor (Bay St. Theatre, Sag Harbor),
Limelight (La Jolla Playhouse), Guys and Dolls (San Jose
Repertory), and Oliver! and Sweeney Todd (Sacramento Music
Circus). Film/TV credits include The Producers, BearCity, Macy’s
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Thanksgiving Day Parade, Guiding Light and From Broadway
With Love. Training: L.A. County High School for The Arts and
PCPA’s Actor’s Training Program. www.rolandrusinek.com
Curtis Schroeger
Sasha/Ensemble
Curtis Schroeger is excited to be making his Portland Center
Stage debut! He recently performed in the national tour of
Mary Poppins. He also toured with Lincoln Center's South
Pacific and the Topol/Harvey Fierstein tour of Fiddler on the
Roof. New York credits include Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in
New York City Center’s Encores! series and the opening of the
65th
Tony Awards. His is a Florida State alum. Big thank you to
Chris, Kent and Rick. Love to my family. This is for my beautiful,
brand new niece!
Dane Shroy
Ensemble
Dane's passion for musical theater began two years ago when
he performed as the Pirate King in his middle school musical
The Pirates of Penzance. Since that time he has performed as
Simon Sneed in Lakewood Theater's Peppermint Bear and Fred
Graham/Petruchio in West Linn High School's Kiss me Kate.
Dane is extremely honored to be joining the cast of Fiddler on
the Roof! He lives in West Linn, Oregon, where he attends West
Linn High School as a sophomore. After high school Dane is
excited to pursue musical theater as a career. In his free time,
Dane enjoys singing barbershop and playing lead vocals and
guitar in a rock band with his friends. He also enjoys comedy,
rugby and paintball.
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Matthew Snyder
Ensemble
Matthew is honored to be in Fiddler on the Roof, his third
production at Portland Center Stage, and excited to work again
under Chris Coleman’s direction. Two seasons ago, Matthew
was thrilled to play Seriozha in Anna Karenina and ensemble
characters in A Christmas Story. Additional stage experience
include the title role in Oliver, Benjamin in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and children’s chorus in
Portland Opera’s Tosca. In 2013, Matthew is grateful to be a
Top 10 Kidz Bop Finalist, “Judge’s Choice, Best Male” winner of
Portland Singing Sensation, “Aaron Landon” scholarship winner
with Hollywood Launch Academy, and in his fifth season with
Portland Boychoir. A seventh grader who enjoys comics and
video games, Matthew would like to thank his family and
friends for their loving support.
Andrew C. Stark
Ensemble
Andrew C. Stark is a Portland native who has spent the past ten
years working in the film and theater industry in Orlando,
Florida, where he recently played Antony Wilding in Enchanted
April at Mad Cow Theater. In addition, he has worked as an
actor for Disney. Andrew is excited to be a part of Portland
Center Stage's production of Fiddler on the Roof for his first
production back home in PDX.
Sarah Stevens
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Hodel/Ensemble
Sarah is thrilled to be back at Portland Center Stage this fall!
Previous credits at PCS include Sunset Boulevard (Betty) and
Opus (Grace). New York credits include Someone To Belong To
(Annie) at FringeNY and Company (Amy) at Gallery Players.
Touring work includes The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble, u/s
Dorothy) with NETworks Presentations. Regional credits
include Les Miserables (Cosette), It's a Wonderful Life (Mary),
The Game (Cecile), Sweeney Todd (Johanna), Sunday in the
Park with George, Ragtime, Children of
Eden (Yonah), Thoroughly Modern Mille (Alice), Seussical (Bird
Girl) and South Pacific. Other credits: Into the Woods
(Cinderella), West Side Story (Maria) and Jane Eyre (Blanche
Ingram). Sarah holds a B.F.A. from Elon University. So many
thanks to my endlessly supportive family and the wonderful
Gage Group.
David Studwell
Tevye
David is delighted to be making his PCS debut in Fiddler on the
Roof. He recently appeared as Herbie in Gypsy at the Hangar
Theatre in Ithaca, New York. David last worked with Chris
Coleman when Chris was an actor in Falsettos at the Alliance
Theatre in Atlanta. Off-Broadway: Encores! production of
Applause. Someof David’s favorite regional credits include
Starbuck in Moby Dick at Syracuse Stage, Isador Strauss in
Titanic at the Hanger Theatre and El Gallo in The Fantasticks at
Indiana Rep. For 15 years David called Chicago home, where he
worked at most of the regional theaters in the area. There he
received a Joseph Jefferson nominations for his work in Chess,
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The Rothschilds, Secret Garden and South Pacific. David was a
resident actor/teacher at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and
a resident equity actor at PCPA Theatrefest in Santa Maria,
California. He received Santa Barbara Indie Awards for his work
as Sweeney in Sweeney Todd and Les in Boy Gets Girl. He holds
a B.F.A. from SUNY Fredonia and M.F.A. from Purdue
University. He has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity
Association for more than 26 years. Mavel Tov to my son
Nathan and his new bride, Rose! L’Chaim!
Hannah Lauren Wilson
Shprintze/Ensemble
Hannah, a high school sophomore, is thrilled to be back at PCS
this season. She last appeared at PCS as Esther Jane in A
Christmas Story (2010 and 2011) and as the understudy for
Little Girl in Ragtime in 2009. Her 2013 performances include
Tosca (Portland Opera), Dracula (Oregon Children’s Theatre), A
Year With Frog and Toad (Oregon Children’s Theatre) and Little
Shop of Horrors (Stagedoor Manor, New York). She has also
been involved in television, film and commercials. You may
have seen her belting out the national anthem for the Portland
Timbers or Portland Trail Blazers. Thanks to Chris, Rose,
Brandon and Kent for the opportunity to work again at one of
her favorite theaters!
CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES I Fiddler on the
Roof
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Joseph Stein
Book
Joseph Stein started his career in television and was one of a
noted group of writers on Your Show of Shows and The Sid
Caesar Show. His first work for the theater was as co-author of
Plain and Fancy, the hit musical about the adventures of a pair
of sophisticated New Yorkers living among the Amish in
Pennsylvania. His next show was Mr. Wonderful, starring
Sammy Davis Jr. He created the libretto for the Bock and
Harnick musical The Body Beautiful. His next librettos were for
Take Me Along, based on Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness; and
Juno, with score by Marc Blitzstein. He then wrote the
adaptation for the hit stage comedy Enter Laughing. Fiddler on
the Roof was his next show, for which he won the Tony as well
as the Drama Critics' Circle Award. He was also nominated for a
Tony for his next show, Zorba, with score by Kander and Ebb.
His other productions include King of Hearts, Irene, Rags (for
which he also was nominated for a Tony) and The Baker's Wife,
which was produced in London and was nominated for the
Laurence Olivier Award. Mr. Stein is also the author of the
screenplays for Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof.
Jerry Bock
Music
Jerry Bock was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on November
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23, 1928. His celebrated collaboration with Sheldon Harnick
yielded five scores in seven years: The Body Beautiful, Fiorello!
(winner of Broadway’s triple crown: the Tony Award, the New
York Critics’ Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, the
fourth musical to do so), Tenderloin, She Loves Me (winner of
Variety’s poll of critics as best musical, citing Bock and Harnick
as best composer and lyricist) and Fiddler on the Roof (winner
of nine Tonys, including best musical). Their collaborations The
Apple Tree and The Rothchilds soon followed. Bock and Harnick
were triply honored by being inducted into the Theater Hall of
Fame, receiving the Johnny Mercer Award from the
Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Spirit of American Creativity
Award from the Foundation for a Creative America. But the
“award” that Bock holds near and dear is the honorary Doctor
of Humane Letters degree from the University of Wisconsin. It
was there that he met his wife Patti, and it was there that he
decided to be a composer.
Sheldon Harnick
Lyrics
Sheldon Harnick worked with songwriter Jerry Bock on several
Broadway success stories of the 1950s and '60s, including
Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!. Born in Chicago in 1924,
Harnick played violin from an early age and learned about
theater from his acting uncle. During high school he also began
writing comedy material, and after being drafted into the Army
in 1943 he performed on several USO shows. He later studied
at Northwestern, then moved to New York to pursue his
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songwriting career. He began writing for two early-1950s
shows, New Faces of 1952 and Two's Company, and met
composer Jerry Bock while doing repairs for a show in 1956.
Their first score, the moderate success The Body Beautiful, was
followed by the 1959 hit Fiorello!, Tenderloin (1960) and She
Loves Me (1963). The team's biggest hit, Fiddler on the Roof,
appeared in 1964. Led by "Tradition," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Do
You Love Me?," "Now I Have Everything" and "Matchmaker,
Matchmaker,” the show played more than 3,000 performances
on Broadway and earned dozens of awards including a Tony for
Harnick's book. The Apple Tree and The Rothchilds were worthy
follow ups (though commercial disappointments), and Harnick
recorded an album in 1971 that included performances of his
best lyrics. Friction between Harnick and Bock during The
Rothchilds proved the death knell of their partnership. Harnick
later worked with Richard Rodgers on Rex, and continued to be
involved in the theater world.
Chris Coleman
Director
Chris joined Portland Center Stage as artistic director in May
2000. Before coming to Portland, he was artistic director at
Actor’s Express in Atlanta, a company he co-founded in the
basement of an old church in 1988. Favorite PCS directing
assignments include Clybourne Park, Sweeney Todd, Anna
Karenina, Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline (which he also
adapted), Oklahoma!, Snow Falling on Cedars, Ragtime, Crazy
Enough, Cabaret, The Beard of Avon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
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King Lear, Flesh and Blood, Man and Superman, Outrage and
The Devils. Chris has directed at theaters across the country,
including Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, ACT Theatre, The Alliance, Dallas Theatre Center,
Pittsburgh Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and
Center Stage in Baltimore. A native Atlantan, Chris holds a
B.F.A. from Baylor University and an M.F.A. from Carnegie
Mellon. He currently chairs the Creative Advocacy Network
board, and serves on boards for the Cultural Advocacy Coalition
and the Institute for Metropolitan Studies. Chris’s favorite
things about Portland: farmer’s markets, Timbers games, Salt
and Straw ice cream, dog parks, food carts and cars that stop
for pedestrians.
G.W. Mercier
Scenic Design
Skip’s previous Portland Center Stage shows are Anna Karenina,
Sunset Boulevard, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, Guys and Dolls,
Cabaret, West Side Story and The Intelligent Design of Jenny
Chow. In New York he designed Old Hats at Signature Theatre
which is moving to Broadway; Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass
(Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Dead Man’s Cell Phone,
Miracle Brothers, Five Course Love, People Are Wrong, Wilder,
Eli’s Comin’, Dream True (Drama Desk nomination), True
History & Real Adventures, You Don’t Miss the Water, The
Waiting Room, Bed & Sofa (Drama Desk nomination), Por
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Knockers, The Party, Lady Bracknell’s Confinement, Hannah,
1939, Urban Zulu Mambo, Catch Me If I Fall, Groundhog, The
Red Sneaks, The New Americans, Winter Man, The Loman
Family Picnic, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth,
Lemon Sky, Evening Sky and Judgment. Recent regional work
includes Party Come Here, Urinetown, Our Town, Rag & Bone,
Measure For Measure, A Christmas Carol, Guys & Dolls, The
Time of Your Life (Bay Area Critics Award), The Ballad of Little
Jo, Vigil, Frame 312, Theopolis North and Fuddy Meers. G.W.
thrives collaborating with amazing writers, composers,
directors, partner designers and actors creating original work or
making established shows seem new. He and his family live in
Connecticut.
Jeff Cone
Costume Coordinator
This is Jeff’s 15th season at PCS. In that time he has designed
costumes for over 65 productions. Of those shows, 40 have
been in the last six seasons at the Armory. Favorite productions
include West Side Story, Cabaret, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39
Steps, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Sometimes a Great
Notion, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Imaginary Invalid and
Sweeney Todd . Jeff received Drammy Awards for his costume
designs for Dirty Blonde, Act A Lady and Shakespeare’s Amazing
Cymbeline. In addition to his resident costume designer duties,
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Jeff is happy to manage the costume shop here at Portland
Center Stage.
Sound Designer
Casi Pacilio
Casi feels so lucky to be in Portland, working at one of the best
regional theaters and doing a job she loves. Portland Center
Stage credits include; Oklahoma!, The North Plan,
Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, Black Pearl Sings!, Opus,
futura (with composer Jana Losey), Ragtime (PAMTA Award
2010), The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The
Chosen, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Snow Falling on
Cedars, Crazy Enough, The Little Dog Laughed, Sometimes a
Great Notion, The Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, Cabaret, The
Pillowman, Act a Lady, I Am My Own Wife, West Side Story,
Celebrity Row and seven seasons of JAW. Hand2Mouth Theatre
credits are My Mind is Like an Open Meadow (Drammy Award
2011), Something’s Got Ahold Of My Heart and PEP TALK. Other
theatrical credits include Squonk Opera’s Bigsmorgasbord-
WunderWerk (national and international touring); I Am My
Own Wife, I Think I Like Girls and Burning Deck (La Jolla
Playhouse); and Playland, 10 Fingers and Lips Together, Teeth
Apart (City Theatre, PA). Film credits include Creation of
Destiny, Out of Our Time and A Powerful Thang. Recordings:
Glitterfruit’s fruit snacks.
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Rick Lewis
Musical Director
Rick’s previous PCS shows are Somewhere in Time, Sweeney
Todd (Drammy Award, Musical Director), Black Pearl Sings!,
Oklahoma!, The Huntsmen (JAW), The Imaginary Invalid, Sunset
Boulevard, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
Ragtime (Drammy Award), Grey Gardens, A Christmas
Carol (Composer), Guys and Dolls (Drammy Award), Cabaret,
West Side Story (Drammy Award), The Fantasticks and Bat Boy.
He is the creator of the hit off-Broadway musicals The Taffetas,
Have a Nice Day!, and The Cardigans (NYC Bistro Award,
"Outstanding Musical Review”). Rick was musical supervisor for
the West Coast regional premiere of Next to Normal (Artists
Repertory Theatre). He was assistant conductor/vocal director
for the pre-Broadway workshop of Cy Coleman's The Life. Rick
has written for Disney Live Family Entertainment, American
Hawaii Cruises, American West Steamboat Company, American
Classic Voyages, and the Portland Spirit (Cinnamon Bear
Cruise). Rick is a private vocal coach, concentrating on musical
theater audition and performance. www.rlewismusic.com.
Kent Zimmerman
Choreographer
Kent is excited to be back in Portland helping Chris Coleman
and Rick Lewis create this beautiful story. He was last seen on
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stage at PCS in Ragtime, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story and A
Christmas Carol, where he also served as associate
choreographer. Other choreography credits include: It's a Bird,
It's a Plane, It's Superman; Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease and Wizard of Oz. Theater
credits include: Annie Get Your Gun; Thou Shalt Not
(Broadway), The Producers (1st National tour, Los Angeles, Las
Vegas), Guys and Dolls (50th Anniversary), Footloose (1st
National Tour), Show Boat (3rd National Tour, London),
Spamalot, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Chicago, A Chorus Line, 42nd
Street, Funny Girl, Peter Pan, White Christmas and Randy
Newman's Faust . He can also be seen in The Shawshank
Redemption, The Producers: The Movie and My Favorite
Broadway: The Love Songs. Psalms 91:11.
Mark Tynan
Stage Manager
Imagine being in a room full of artists, watching the birth of an
idea, a movement given purpose, a sentence, phrase, scene, act
given life. Then imagine that room translating to the stage with
lighting, sound, costumes, scenery and props, then you can
imagine what Mark’s job is like. Special thanks to the
phenomenal PCS production assistants, Karen Hill, Stephen
Gardner and Kristen Mun who help keep the vision attainable.
Prior to PCS, Mark toured nationally and internationally with
musicals including Dreamgirls, The King and I with Rudolf
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Nureyev, How to Succeed…, Grand Hotel, The Phantom of the
Opera and Rent. Other Portland credits include several
summers with The Broadway Rose Theatre Company in Tigard.
Regional credits include The Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), La
Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, CA) and Casa Manana Theatre(Fort
Worth, TX).
Assistant Stage Manager
Kelsey Daye Lutz
Kelsey Daye is a North Carolinian dairy farmer’s daughter. New
York credits include off-Broadway work with The Actors
Company Theatre; off-off-Broadway work with Theatre for the
New City and The Internationalists. Regional credits include
production assistant for Clybourne Park, Venus in Fur,
Midsummer Night’s Dream, The North Plan and Anna
Karenina at PCS; stage management intern for Hard Weather
Boating Party, Shipwrecked, A Raisin in the Sun and 43 Plays for
43 Presidents at Actors Theatre of Louisville; and assistant stage
manager for A Beautiful Star and A Christmas Carol at Triad
Stage. She would like to thank her Rottweiler (Boss) and Pit-bull
(Kane) for all their unconditional love.
Ann G. Wrightson
Lighting Designer
Previously at PCS, Ann designed 2011’s Oklahoma! Ann
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designed the Broadway production of Souvenir, and she was a
Tony nominee for her work on the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony
Award-winning August: Osage County, which she designed for
Broadway, London, Sydney and the National Tour. Ann’s recent
work includes The Diary of Anne Frank (Indiana Rep), Crimes of
the Heart (The McCarter Theatre), Fences (The Huntington
Theatre), and The Unmentionables (Yale Rep). Past projects
were seen at Steppenwolf, The Kennedy Center, Denver
Theatre Center, Arena Stage, The Alliance, Cleveland Play
House and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to name a few. Her
awards include a 2009 IRNE Award for Best Lighting for Fences
at The Huntington, a Backstage Garland Award for Magic Fire at
OSF, and an AUDELCO nomination.
John Armour
Violence Director
John has been choreographing violence for more than 20 years.
He is based in Portland, Oregon, where he choreographs for
many local theater companies and teaches throughout the
region at colleges, high schools and middle schools. John’s work
has been seen regularly on stage at the Portland Opera,
Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theater, Oregon
Children’s Theater, Miracle Theater and many others in the
Portland metropolitan area. John’s work has twice been
recognized within the Portland theater community for best
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fight design.
Music Theatre International
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over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60
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SPONSOR STATEMENTS I Fiddler on the Roof
Viridian Reclaimed Wood
Viridian Reclaimed Wood and Portland Center Stage share a
commitment to our beloved City, sustainability, and bringing
amazing stories to life in unexpected ways. Every stick of wood
we reclaim tells a tale of its rough-and-tumble past. Thus, it is
most befitting (and we are honored!) to support PCS’
production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Nancy & Andy Bryant
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Fiddler on the Roof always has been one of our favorite works.
Part of the brilliance of the play lays in how several generations
of theater goers all seeing the play at the same time each
believes the play represents their views of tradition &
family. We are delighted to be able to help Portland Center
Stage bring this wonderful production of Fiddler on the Roof to
the Portland community.
Hort-Sachs Family
I first saw Fiddler on the Roof in 1965, when the Broadway
touring company came to San Francisco, and I went to see a
performance with my maternal grandparents. I remember
watching the tears stream down my grandfather’s face as Zero
Mostel brought to life the story of Tevye the dairyman. You see,
Tevye’s story was very much like my grandfather’s story, and
there it was, right on the stage, being told with humor, anguish,
and empathy to that cheering Gentile audience. I have since
come to understand that Fiddler on the Roof is not simply a
Jewish story, nor simply an immigrant story. It is an American
story. And more than that, it is a story of human hope that
America, in her best moments, offers as a beacon of inspiration
to the entire world. It is a story about believing in a place where
we can be free to live in ways that serve both the traditions of
our ancestors and the dreams of our descendants. I hope that
this Portland Center Stage production of Fiddler on the Roof will
honor that vision for you, as Fiddler once honored that vision
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for my grandfather, Yeshua “Charles” Sachs, to whose memory
I lovingly dedicate this sponsorship.
Helen & Jerry Stern
"Tradition" is the most memorable song in Fiddler on the Roof.
And like many other customs it has become our tradition by
now--and our pleasure to sponsor the Opening Night Musical
for Portland Center Stage and the Gerding Theater.