Fiddler on the Roof Cast
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Lewis J. Stadlen (Tevye)Mr. Stadlen made his professional debut in 1967, playing Mendel the rabbi’s son in the National Company of Fiddler On The Roof. He played Max Bialystock over seven hundred times in The Producers, in the National Company and on Broadway. He garnered early attention portraying Groucho Marx in Minnie’s Boys; Voltaire, Dr. Pangloss, etc., in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. (Tony® Nomination); Ben Silverman in The Sunshine Boys. He has originated roles in three other Neil Simon plays: Forty Five Seconds From Broadway, Laughter On The 23rd Floor and the female version of The Odd Couple. Other Broadway roles include Senex in the revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Nathan Lane (Tony® nomination); Banjo in The Man Who Came To Dinner and Krinsky in The People In The Picture. He played Nathan Detroit in the national company of Guys & Dolls; Harry the Hoofer in The Time of Your Life, starring Henry Fonda. Other favorite roles include Azdak in The Caucasion Chalk Circle; Trigorin in The Seagull; Horace Vandergelder in Hello Dolly and The Matchmaker; Glogaurer in Once In a Lifetime; Potofsky in The Pillowman; Applegate in Damn Yankees; Mr. MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie; Willie Clark in The Sunshine Boys; title roles in The Miser; Semmelweiss; S.J. Perelman in Person and Mizlansky/ Zilinsky. Some of his better films: “The Verdict”; “Serpico”; “To Be or Not to Be” and “In & Out”. He has appeared on television on “Smash” and “The Sopranos.” He is the author of the juicy theatrical memoir, “Acting Foolish,” available on Amazon.com. |
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Susan Cella (Golde)Ms. Cella is thrilled to be back as Golde, a role she played opposite Theodore Bikel, Topol and Harvey Fierstein. PCLO: Gypsy, Bye Bye Birdie, Most Happy Fella, 42nd Street and Me and My Girl. Broadway: The Graduate, Crazy He Calls Me, Me and My Girl, Evita, On the 20th Century and Allegro and Lady in the Dark. Tours: Fiddler, Hairspray, 42nd Street, La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl. Regional: Noises Off, Gaslight, Hollywood/Ukraine, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Full Monty, Mame, Sideman, Taking Leave, Company, Voir Dire, Time and Again, Jake’s Women. Film and TV: “Law and Order,” “The Sopranos,” “The Tavern,” “The Astronaut’s Wife,” “Hi Honey I’m Home,” “A Sondheim Celebration” and “Follies” for PBS. |
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Tim Hartman (Constable)Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow, A Tale of Two Cities. Regional: Man of LaMancha, Annie, Fantasticks and The Sound of Music. Others: A Funny Thing Happened…, Henry IV, Shadowlands, Camelot, Funny Girl, Annie and The Cotton Patch Gospel. Film: “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Piano Lesson,” “The Mothman Prophecies” and “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.” Tim also performs award-winning assembly programs for children. www.timhartman.com |
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Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (Fyedka)Mr. Herdlicka recently starred on Broadway as Henrik in A Little Night Music, opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, followed by Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. Selected credits include Othello and Fiddler on the Roof (as Motel) with the Utah Shakespearean Festival, The Tempest (Ariel) with Dallas Theater Center, as well as 3 seasons with the West Virginia Public Theater. Hunter is a 2009 graduate of Carnegie Mellon. Please visit |
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Jeff Howell (Mordcha)Mr. Howell was recently seen in Tigers Be Still (City Theatre); Pittsburgh CLO shows include Jesus Christ Superstar (Annas), Jekyll and Hyde (Poole), A Musical Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit), Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), Bells are Ringing (Dr. Kitchell) and The Pajama Game (Prez); other credits include Candide (Dr. Pangloss), Chicago (Billy Flynn) and Tribute to Lerner and Loewe with Marvin Hamlisch and the PSO. |
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Anne Markt (Chava)Ms. Markt is thrilled to be a part of her first production at Pittsburgh CLO! She is a University of Michigan graduate with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Since graduating, Anne has performed as the Female Standby in The Fantasticks off-Broadway and as a Swing on the National Tour of Hair! Anne has also performed in many Regional Theatres across the country, including the St. Louis MUNY, Cain Park, and Great Lakes Theatre Festival. www.annemarkt.com |
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David Perlman (Motel)Mr. Perlman is thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut. Credits include Baby It’s You! (Stanley standby) on Broadway, Yank! (Rotelli) Off-Broadway, and Madagascar Live! (Melman) at Radio City Music Hall. David has also performed in shows without exclamation points in their titles, like the European tour of Hair (Woof) and Prospect Theater Company’s Iron Curtain (Murray). TV credits include “30 Rock” and “Law and Order.” More info can be found at www.David-Perlman.com. |
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Joel Robertson (Lazar Wolfe)Mr. Robertson feels complete as a true villager of Anatevka, first playing Fyedka in the National Tour with Herschel Bernardi and now playing Lazar Wolf, the Butcher; and considers himself blessed to be part of the season at Pittsburgh CLO. Broadway Credits: Fiddler on the Roof, Cats, Les Misérables, Parade and Jekyll and Hyde, as well as his dream job of playing Santa Claus in Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular in Chicago dancing with those world famous Rockettes. |
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Gene A. Saraceni (Rabbi)Since 1980 Gene appeared in over two dozen Pittsburgh CLO presentations, performing his favorite roles, the Congressional Secretary in 1776 and Doc in West Side Story multiple times. His regional credits include the PICT productions Tartuffe and Hamlet and City Theatre’s Temptation. Early in his career he toured the US and Canada in Shakespearean repertory. “Doc” Saraceni also taught at Seton Hill University for 37 years. |
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Emily Shoolin (Tzeitel)Direct from her Broadway debut as Emily Osborn in Spiderman, Emily is thrilled to be debuting at Pittsburgh CLO! Recent credits: Annie (Pioneer Theatre Company); Enter Laughing (York Off-Bway); Fiddler on the Roof (National Tour opposite Harvey Fierstein and Theodore Bikel); The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout Off-Bway); Nerds (Philadelphia Theatre Co). She is most proud of her one-woman show, Perfect Isn’t Easy. |
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Brandon Taylor (Mendel)This is Brandon’s first season performing with Pittsburgh CLO! Originally from Orlando, FL., he is now a Junior Musical Theatre major and Dance minor at Point Park University where he just wrapped up A Chorus Line and the World Premiere of M33. www.BrandonTaylor.net |
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Nick Verina (Perchik)Mr. Verina is thrilled to be working with Pittsburgh CLO. Recent: Broadway revival of Follies starring Bernadette Peters. National Tours: Grease, Forbidden Broadway: SVU. New York/Regional: Follies, Altar Boyz, That Time of the Year, Wallenberg. Nick has studied with Second City in Chicago and UCB in New York. www.nickverina.com |
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Kay Walbye (Yente)Broadway: Urinetown, Titanic, The Secret Garden, Run For Your Wife (original companies), The Rose Tattoo (Circle in the Square). Encores!: Juno, Bye Bye Birdie. Regional: Damn Yankees (Helen Hayes nomination, Arena Stage), Damn Yankees (IRNE nomination, North Shore Music Theatre), How I Learned To Drive (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), A Christmas Memory (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Pygmalion (Alley Theatre), Oklahoma (Sacramento Music Circus), The Front Page (Williamstown). |
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Lauren Worsham (Hodel)NY/Tours: Amy in Where's Charley (City Center Encore's!), Lisa in Dog Days (NYCO's VOX); Pitti-Sing in The Mikado (Carnegie Hall); Cunegonde in Candide (NYCO); Olive in Spelling Bee (1st National Tour). Regional: Lili in Carnival! (Goodspeed); Cinderella in Into the Woods (KC Rep); Sophie in Master Class (Paper Mill); Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Weston Playhouse). Concert work: Oregon Bach Festival, Joe's Pub, Galapagos Art Space. |
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Denée Benton (Ensemble)Ms. Benton is a rising junior Musical Theater major at CMU and is thrilled to be a part of Pittsburgh CLO for the first time. |
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Callan Bergmann (Bottle Dancer, Ensemble)Mr. Bergmann is honored to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO for his fourth season! He comes directly from the Off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical. Other NYC: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores!) and Lucky Guy (Off-Broadway). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, The Muny and NSMT. Proud graduate of PPU. |
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Sal Bucci (Ensemble)Mr. Bucci is thrilled to return to his hometown this summer to make his debut with Pittsburgh CLO! Credits: Kiss Me, Kate!, Rent, and Peter Pan with Penn State Centre Stage. Upcoming: Sweeney Todd (Penn State Centre Stage, Dir. Susan H. Schulman). BFA-Penn State University, 2013. |
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Max Clayton (Sasha, Bottle Dancer, Ensemble)Pittsburgh CLO debut! Regional: NSMT, Palace Theatre and MTWichita. Max is a rising junior at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. CCM: Spring Awakening (Melchior) and Oklahoma! (Dream Curly). |
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Sarah Ellis (Grandma Tzeitel, Ensemble)Ms. Ellis is overjoyed to be part of the Pittsburgh CLO family! Favorite Credits: U/S Eliza in My Fair Lady (North Shore) and Amber in Hairspray (West Virginia Public). PSU Credits: Lois in Kiss Me, Kate!, Maureen in Rent and Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Penn State Class of 2012! |
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Chandler Farren (Ensemble)Ms. Farren is honored to be joining Pittsburgh CLO for the 2012 summer season! Chandler most recently finished her BA in Dance at Point Park University. |
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Lucas Fedele (The Fiddler, Ensemble)Mr. Fedele is excited to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO, after last appearing in 2009’s Joseph... Regional credits include Arena Stage, Kansas City Starlight, WVPT, and City Theatre. Native yinzer. Point Park Graduate. Proud member AEA. |
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Allison Griffith (Fruma-Sarah, Ensemble)Ms. Griffith is thrilled to be making her Pittsburgh CLO and Equity debut here at the Benedum! Allison, a BFA Musical Theater Major at Point Park University, was most recently seen in the Pittsburgh Playhouse production of Dark of the Moon. |
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Joe Jackson (Ensemble)Mr. Jackson is overjoyed to return to the Benedum with Pittsburgh CLO. Past favorites have included Oliver!, The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde and Jesus Christ Superstar. |
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Julia Johanos (Rivka, Ensemble)Ms. Johanos couldn’t be more excited to be spending this summer with the Pittsburgh CLO! Previous roles include Florence in Chess (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater), Serena in Legally Blonde and Laurey in Oklahoma! (CCM). |
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Daniel Krell (Nachum, Ensemble)Mr. Krell has appeared in over 30 Pittsburgh CLO productions. Additional credits include: Pittsburgh Public, City Theatre, Quantum, Bricolage, PICT and The Rep; regionally at Clarence Brown Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory and Gateway Playhouse among others; and in several films, commercials, industrials, and voice-overs. Up next: Pittsburgh Public’s Born Yesterday. |
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Justin Lonesome (Bottle Dancer, Ensemble)This marks Justin’s 3rd Pittsburgh CLO season! PCLO: Oliver!, Curtains and Jesus Christ Superstar. PPU: No Place To Be Somebody, Parade, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Antigone. BA Musical Theatre, Point Park University. |
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Trevor McQueen (Ensemble)Mr. McQueen is pleased to return to Pittsburgh CLO! Broadway: Annie Get Your Gun (Little Jake) with Bernadette Peters. Regional: ‘S Wonderful (PCLO). Studying Music Theatre at Carnegie Mellon University. |
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Connor McRory (Bottle Dancer, Ensemble)Mr. McRory is a rising sophomore at Penn State University, BFA Musical Theatre. He is thrilled to be a part of the Pittsburgh CLO summer season. Regional Credits: The Who’s Tommy, Singin’ in the Rain and A Musical Christmas Carol (PCLO). |
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Kara Mikula (Shaindel, Ensemble)Ms. Mikula recently played Lita Encore in Ruthless! The Musical at the CLO Cabaret. PCLO: The Sound of Music and Oliver! Others: The Music Man, Boys from Syracuse, Grease, On the Town and City of Angels. BA-PPU, AEA. karamikula.com |
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J. Alex Noble (Avram, Ensemble)Mr. Noble is excited to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut. He has been seen on stage with Stage Right!, PMT, WVPT and The REP. Alex is a recent graduate of Point Park University. |
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Gabriella Sorrentino (Ensemble)Ms. Sorrentino is a native New Yorker and graduate of Point Park University (BFA Dance). She attended Professional Performing Arts High School/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in NYC where she trained. |
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Lauren Zapko (Ensemble)This Pittsburgh girl is delighted to return to the Benedum Stage for her third summer season. She has performed at the Maltz Jupiter, North Carolina Theatre, and has appeared in numerous commercials and films. www.LaurenZapko.com |
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Fiddler on the Roof Children
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Alexis Feldman (Schprintze)Ms. Feldman is excited to return to Pittsburgh CLO! Previously seen in Oliver! and Annie, she portrayed Ngana in the USCHS production of South Pacific and was a finalist in the 18th annual Shakespeare Contest. |
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Ellie Tongel (Bielke)Ms. Tongel makes her CLO debut this summer in Annie and Fiddler on the Roof. She is an 8 year old GATE student at Pivik Elementary in Plum Boro who has been a dancer and gymnast since age 2. |
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ChildrenVictoria Carswell, Jake Curtis, William Davis, Michael Kovacich, Joshua Mann, Maximus Martier, Ruby Paul, Alex Stripsky, Stefanee Sybo, Lucia Williams |
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Creative Team
Jack Allison (Director)Mr. Allison returns to Pittsburgh CLO after directing over 20 productions during CLO’s time at Heinz Hall. Regional directing credits: Walnut Street Theatre, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Cincinnati Opera, North Shore Music Theatre, California Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight, St. Louis MUNY, Casa Manana. New York: Manhattan Theatre Club and Circle Repertory Company. He staged Cabaret and A Funny Thing… at the National Theatre of Belgium. He is the recipient of three Florida Carbonell Awards, three Boston Globe Awards and three KC Star Awards. He is a member of SDC and currently is on the musical theatre faculty at Point Park University. |
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Mark Esposito (Choreographer)PCLO: Brigadoon, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, The Music Man, Tommy, Carousel, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! Mark has performed in over 16 Broadway and National Tours and choreographed for numerous regional theaters, the York and Signature Theater Companies in NYC and The Hollywood Bowl. He has choreographed Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and has served as associate director/choreographer for the Radio City Christmas Show and for Disney Global Casting. |
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Tom Helm (Music Director)Mr. Helm happily returns for his 17th Pittsburgh CLO season, having conducted more than 60 productions. His other adventures include conducting the Broadway productions of the Brigadoon revival, Cats, Me and My Girl, Les Misérables and Souvenir. Tom was musical director of the first national tour of Cats, Radio City’s 5-6-7-8 Dance!, and television productions of Mornings at Seven and Crazy For You. Tom supervised touring productions of Me and My Girl, Dora the Explorer, Diego Live, Rugrats and Madagascar. He has also been music director of some 50 Paper Mill Playhouse productions, among other regional and national theatres. |
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John McLain (Lighting Designer)Credits: major musicals, ballet, opera, Las Vegas, Broadway, road shows, ice shows, and many international productions. Coming to Pittsburgh CLO in 1988 with The Wizard of Oz, this will be his 24th season here. He is greatly appreciative of his associates Jeffrey Small and Amanda Demczuk - without whom he could not create the lighting for PCLO productions. He lives in New York City and Connecticut. |
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