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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.

421 West 54th

Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone (212)541-4684 Fax(212)397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this

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

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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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theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as

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rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from

Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers,

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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.