MHS Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof Opens in Less Than One Week

Morristown, NJ—The award-winning Morristown High School Theatre Program’s spring production of Fiddler on the Roof opens this coming Thursday, March 12, with four performances in total through Sunday, March 15. Tickets are still available, but they are going fast, and some performances may sell out. So, act now to reserve your seats to this beloved musical family musical while you still can.

Those who attend any of the four performances can also enjoy MHS Theatre’s award-nominated lobby presentation, including themed experiences, concessions, and basket raffles. They will also be able to make donations of homemade blankets or supplies for Project Linus via a collection point in the lobby.

Once the longest-running musical in Broadway history, Fiddler on the Roof is packed with comedy, pathos, great characters, and classic songs, including “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “To Life,” “Miracle of Miracles,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” and many more.

Based on Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye stories, Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of a Jewish family in the Pale of Settlement in Western Russia around the turn of the twentieth century, but its themes are universal and somehow seem to become more relevant with each passing year. The show is about the tensions between tradition and progress, isolation and assimilation, acceptance and persecution, and, most overtly, between parents’ love for their children and their need to let them go, to allow them to grow up and live their own lives and make their own decisions.

Even if you’ve seen Fiddler on the Roof before, it will be worth checking out Morristown High School’s production. In addition to the BergenPAC award for Outstanding Overall Musical, last year’s production of Les Mis netted awards for MHS’s pit orchestra (the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Outstanding Orchestra), faculty music director David Gallagher (the BergenPAC High School Musical award for Best Musical Direction), and the student cast as a whole (BergenPAC’s Best Ensemble award). Leading this year’s Fiddler cast as Tevye, in his final MHS production, is senior Jackson Miller, who won BergenPAC’s award for Best Actor in a Male-Identified Supporting Role for playing Javert in Les Mis last year.

“We aren’t merely staging a classic,” faculty director Stephanie Rubin says. “We are presenting a sincere tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that makes the village of Anatevka feel like home for us all.”

MHS Theatre will present four live performances of Fiddler on the Roof on the Morristown High School stage, including three evening shows and one matinee:

• Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 pm
• Friday, March 13 at 7:00 pm
• Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 pm
• Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 pm

Tickets can be purchased at https://mhs.booktix.com.

The student cast of MHS’s Fiddler on the Roof includes:

Tevye • Jackson Miller

Golde • Abby Higgins

Tzeitel • Sanjna Vel

Hodel • Sonia Meli

Chava • Brooks Seibold

Motel • Elliot Eck

Perchik • Ryan Snyder

Fyedka • Gianni Guida

Lazar Wolf • Joshua Crean

Yente • Olivia Montague

Shprintze • Jade Romano

Bielke • Layna Arvanites

Avram • Chase Cotnoir

Grandma Tzeitel • Tessa Niznik

Fruma-Sarah • Davnette McNamara

Constable • Carlo Pedalino

Mordcha the Innkeeper • Chris Miners

Rabbi • Andres Bautista

Nachum • Amelia Corcoran

Mendel • Liam Houston

Yussel • Riley McKinlay

Additional Ensemble: Charlotte Alexander, Ollie Baldassari, Cole Bartlett, Maria Bonczek, Ethan Danysh, Mira Dickman, Helene Gringeri, Caroline Higgins, Caleb Huster, Katherine Matras, Eve Nazarian, Heather Sambrowski, Elenora Skripak, Naja Spence, Julia Vuotto

About the Morristown High School Theatre Program:

Morristown High School Theatre is an award-winning program that prides itself on engaging students in all aspects of the theatrical production process. As a student-run production, Fiddler on the Roof highlights our students’ wide range of talents as actors, musicians, scenic artists, set builders, lighting and sound technicians, costume designers and tailors, hair stylists, makeup artists, backstage crew, producers, managers, and directors.