Edwardsburg presenting ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ this weekend

Published 11:44 am Thursday, March 23, 2017

Edwardsburg Public Schools will present “Fiddler on the Roof” for its spring musical.

The musical, with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and based on the book by Joseph Stein, will be performed three times beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.

Additional performances will be at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Edwardsburg Performing Arts Center.

The cast includes Dylan Cour (Tevye), Haley Bumgarner (Golde), Emily Oppman (Tzeitel), Natalie Rarick (Hodel), Chloe Hanstra (Chava), Allison Rakowski (Shprintze) and Ceci Collins (Bielke).

Fiddler on the Roof is set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his daughters, along with other tales by Sholem Aleichem.

Fiddler on the Roof features many songs that people know by heart, including “Tradition,” “Matchmaker” and “If I Were a Rich Man.”

Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

 

Fiddler on the Roof

Additional cast

Villagers

Katelyn Boyer, Carter Goodson, Robert Clark, Andrew Markel, Clay Sidenbender, Tyler Dahms, Jacob Kountz, Khynin McLeish, Shelby Guarino, Amber Barnosky and Tori Hoffman

 

Ghosts

Courtney VanBelle and Kara Tredway.

 

The Russians

Noah Guernsey, Cody Adkins, Cole Walters and Ryan Downer

 

Chorus

Raegan Blue, Julie Shull, Downer, Tredway, Alli Elkins, VanBelle, Isabella Jackson, Vincheska Whitten, Olivia Paulus, Gabrielle Wilcoxson, Jasmine Sindelar and Caitlin Wyant

 

Orchestra

Flute: Madison Hall, Cecilia Smith, Hope Walls and Kailyn Yonker;

Tuba: Britni Rose;

Clarinet: Braden Balding, Patrick Comden, Megan Evans, Jonathan Huffman, Megan Lehman;

Trombone: Oliva Brunner, Noah Carrico, Kelcey Hall, Ashley Hestad, Colin Hochstetler and Abigail Watchorn

Saxophone: Kristina Bellaire, Breanna Webb and David Weglowski;

Percussion: Brady Bushong, Marie Gruver and Kaelle Vernon;

Violin: Andrew Gardner, Eric Liu and Rebecca Pan;

Cello: Jack Whitcomb;

Piano: Justin Hammis

 

Crew

Director: Kyle Rehnlund

Assistant director/choreograph: Catherine Wood

Technical director: Chelsea Rehnlund

Stage manager: Ellie Neuerburg

Assistant state managers: Liv Freshour and Rachelle Shay

Light board operator: Stacey Snodgrass

Spot light operators: Emily Adrina and Thomas Oppman

Sound board technician: Abi Scott

Running crew: Caleb Detweiler, Emma Hurley, Isabel Reed, Tyler Wilcoxson, John Willard and Ashlyn Young