A Match Made in Heaven: Fiddler on the Roof is coming to HCPAC

(Post sponsored by Tinsley Title, Holt Wrecker, R&R lawn specialists, Gibson Pharmacy.)

Shaydi Clary/HCPAC Board Member

Henderson County Performing Arts Center continues its 2025 Season with the Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof about life among the Jewish community of a pre-revolutionary Russian village.

In 1905, Tevye, a Jewish milkman in the Russian village of Anatevka, introduced the importance of tradition in their precarious lives. When the matchmaker suggests a wealthy butcher, Lazar Wolf, as a husband for Tevye's eldest daughter, Tzeitel, Tevye agrees, but Tzeitel secretly loves Motel, a poor tailor. Tevye ultimately supports their union after concocting a dream to convince his wife, Golde.

Meanwhile, Tevye's second daughter, Hodel, falls in love with Perchik, a radical student, and leaves to join him after he's imprisoned. Tevye's third daughter, Chava, marries a non-Jewish villager against Tevye's wishes and is disowned. Soon after, the Jewish villagers are forced to leave Anatevka due to Russian persecution. As they depart, the fiddler plays, symbolizing their resilience. With iconic songs like “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” this production explores themes of love, tradition, and change.

This classic production is under the direction of Pat Jousan Williams and Liz Foote, sponsored by PJ Ericson, and runs April 24 to May 3. Tickets will go on sale in late March.

The production team for Fiddler on the Roof is proud to present the cast and crew:

• Timm Zitz as Tevye

• T. Gordon Mayhall as Lazar

• Carissa Hunter as Golde

• Maria Ogburn as Yente

• Kalea Richey as Hodel

• Jewel Hood as Tzeitel

• Kaitlyn Martin as Chava

• Patrick Wauschek As Motel

• Chris Clark as Perchik

• E. Robb as Fyedka

• Kristin Stewart as Fruma-Sarah

• PJ Ericson as Grandma Tzeitel

• Hannah Williams as Shprintze

• Vera Worthy as Bielke

• Kara Davis as Leah

• Rebekah Craig as Anna

• Kris Midthun as Shaindel

• Anita Joblin as Rifka

• Denise Irion as Mirala

• Audrey Martin as Little Bird

• Armileigh Schultz as The Fiddler

• Eric Davis as the Rabbi

• Gary Williams as the Constable

• Tony Rives as Avram

• Matt Butterfield as Mendel

• Kyle Johnson as Mordcha

• Trevor Baumgartner as the Russian Soloist

• Chet Healey as Nachum

• Timothy Brewer as Ezra

• Jari Martin as Levy

• Ty Martin as Sasha

• Kent Stevens as Micah

• Reagan Merrifield as Abram

• Mason Harrison as Priest, Yussel

Understudy Roles

• Davette Ligon as Golde

• Denise Irion as Yente

• Kit Weed as Grandma Tzeitel

• Caryssa Cammarn as Hodel

• Audrey Martin as Chava

• Samantha Fenwick as Fruma-Sarah

• Paula Graves as Shaindel

• Natalie Walden as Shprintze

• Elizabeth King as Bielke

• Trevor Baumgartner as Fyedka

• Tony Martin as Nachum

Ensemble:

• Mieriem Silva, Christina Strong, and Timothy Brewer

• Production Team

• Pat Jousan Williams as Director and Music Director

• Liz Foote as Assistant Director/Music Director/Sound

• Beau Humble as Music Director

• Alyce Pine as Stage Manager

• Maria Ogburn as Choreographer

• Renee MacDonald - Costumer

• Remus Wells – Lights

• Wes Akin – Light installation

• Timm Zitz – Creative Consultant and Set Construction and Design

• Eric Davis - Set Construction and Design

• Shaydi Clary – Graphic Design and Publicity

• Allison Martin – Producer