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As T e vy e (M r. Ron

B illin g s le y ) re a s o n s

with himself, Hodel (Kate

Vacca) and Perchik (Richard

Joseph) anxiously wait to see When the fine arts departm ent decided to perform

if Tevye gives his blessing on F i d d l e r o n th e R o o f for the spring musical, they had

their marriage. Richard said, no idea the dram a that would unfold. After a great

“My favorite part of working

“ H e r e is a opening performance, the next morning Mr. Ron
on Fiddler was actually per­

forming, since this was my g r e a t Billingsley became very sick with laryngitis and

first production.”

e x a m p le bronchitis. With two shows that day, the cast and

S ara R iddle p a tie n tly crew were worried. Kate Vacca said, “The worst part
o f th e
w aits as M elea Corbett of Fiddler was [that] Thursday morning, not know­

adds makeup to her. Before c o m m u n it y

every performance, the ing if we were going to have a performance that
w o r k i n g

makeup crew spent two hours night.” Although the Thursday evening show was

transforming the cast into the t o g e t h e r cancelled, director Dr. Robert Cundiff remarkably

characters they played.
f o r th e
found a rep lacem en t for Tevye, M ichael

b e n e f it o f
Schwartzberg, for Friday and Saturday evening per­

th e a r t s formances . “Here is a great example of the commu­

a n d nity working together for the benefit of the arts and

e d u c a tio n . ” education,” Dr. Cundiff said. Mr. Schwartzberg also

became ill during the production, but Mr. Billingsley

r e c o v e r e d

enough to per­ A month

form in the clos­ into pro­

ing production. duction,

Mike

Rambo

was called

to active

duty, and

C hava (M a llo ry A le x ­
David Prince filled the

ander) tries to conceal

the anger toward her father roleofAvram. "Everyone

for disregarding the man she chipped in above and be­

loves as Golde (Dr. Frame) yond what they needed

and Tzeitel (Laura Bowen)

look on. Mallory said, “I en­ to make me feel wel­

joyed making new friendships come, and they helped

and getting to know others me so much" Dave said.

better. When you spend

hours on end with the same

group of people, you get to

know them VERY well.”

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