Production Meeting Notes
Scenery by Randy Dockendorf
Lighting by Kelly Parker
Sound by Joe Taylor
Props by Cori Burkett
Vocal Direction by Edgar Sierra
Choreography by Joe Taylor
Musical Direction by Jared Ebhan
Auditions at the beginning of fall semester, Tuesday after labor day. leads enrolled in opera; chorus cast later in fall and don't enroll in opera in the spring. Opera do a night of arias at the end of the fall. Work only on leads solos and duets in the fall plus blocking those scenes. Work on chorus numbers and choreography in the spring. Cori comes in and teachers character development in opera in the fall. Someone from the Jewish Temple to come in and teach about Judiasm. Maybe tap Gail Wade who played for a synagogue every Saturday for 20 years. Opera budget will pay for orchestra.
https://edelweisspatterns.com/blog/the-fiddler-on-the-roof-movies-costume-study/?srsltid=AfmBOopt-FfdigiReC1g7mXdlrr-YHW3Cd2Au_U7Q2h7wrEWUNKc0GNG
Lighting by Kelly Parker
Sound by Joe Taylor
Props by Cori Burkett
Vocal Direction by Edgar Sierra
Choreography by Joe Taylor
Musical Direction by Jared Ebhan
Auditions at the beginning of fall semester, Tuesday after labor day. leads enrolled in opera; chorus cast later in fall and don't enroll in opera in the spring. Opera do a night of arias at the end of the fall. Work only on leads solos and duets in the fall plus blocking those scenes. Work on chorus numbers and choreography in the spring. Cori comes in and teachers character development in opera in the fall. Someone from the Jewish Temple to come in and teach about Judiasm. Maybe tap Gail Wade who played for a synagogue every Saturday for 20 years. Opera budget will pay for orchestra.
https://edelweisspatterns.com/blog/the-fiddler-on-the-roof-movies-costume-study/?srsltid=AfmBOopt-FfdigiReC1g7mXdlrr-YHW3Cd2Au_U7Q2h7wrEWUNKc0GNG
Character List:
- Tevye, a poor milkman with five daughters. A firm supporter of the traditions of his faith, he finds many of his convictions tested by the actions of his three oldest daughters.
- Golde, Tevye's sharp-tongued wife.
- Tzeitel, their oldest daughter, about nineteen. She loves her childhood friend Motel and marries him, even though he's poor, begging her father not to force her to marry Lazar Wolf.
- Hodel, their daughter, about seventeen. Intelligent and spirited, she falls in love with Perchik and later joins him in Siberia.
- Chava, their daughter, about fifteen. A shy and bookish girl, who falls in love with Fyedka.
- Motel Kamzoil, a poor but hardworking tailor who loves, and later marries, Tzeitel.
- Perchik, a student revolutionary who comes to Anatevka and falls in love with Hodel. He leaves for Kyiv, is arrested and exiled to Siberia.
- Fyedka, a young Christian. He shares Chava's passion for reading and is outraged by the Russians' treatment of the Jews.
- Lazar Wolf, the wealthy village butcher. Widower of Fruma-Sarah. Attempts to arrange a marriage for himself to Tzeitel.
- Yente, the gossipy village matchmaker who matches Tzeitel and Lazar.
- Grandma Tzeitel, Golde's dead grandmother, who rises from the grave in Tevye's "nightmare".
- Fruma-Sarah, Lazar Wolf's dead wife, who also rises from the grave in the "nightmare".
- Rabbi, the wise village leader.
- Constable, the head of the local Russian police, a Christian.
ABT's Like Water for Chocolate
Joe's inspiration for Fruma Sarah. It's a giant crinoline built into a rolly cart. She stands up front, the driver is behind her and there are two more performers who are underneath her train, puppeteering it accross the stage, and helping it to billow out.
