Fiddler on the Roof
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Director: Artistic Director, Michael Unger
Choreographer: Yehuda Hyman
Music Director: David Bonofiglio
Oct. 3 - 26, 2025
The award-winning classic, Fiddler on the Roof, returns to the Cabot Stage in an unforgettable way. This masterpiece tells the story of Tevye, a humble milkman, and his struggle to maintain his Jewish traditions amidst a changing world.
This important tale is amplified in Skylight’s production through a powerful partnership with Violins of Hope – a collection of stringed instruments that Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis owned and played before and during the Holocaust.
The collection is being presented in Wisconsin by the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO). Skylight is honored to have been granted permission to feature two of the instruments from this collection in our production.
We will also partner for the first time with performers and technicians from Marquette University, onstage and backstage.
This production explores the universal themes of cultural identity, tradition, and the cost of societal displacement in a nostalgic and moving look at a world in transition at the dawn of the 20th Century.
Recommended for ages 6 and up.
Approximate run time 2 hours 40 minutes including one 20-minute intermission
Warning: Haze, Simulated Violence, Inoperable Firearm.
Learn more about Violins of Hope, their fall residency in Wisconsin, and all the other organizations they'll be partnering with in the link below!
Read the Reviews
"When the stars align and the cast and crew find a magical rhythm, they can breathe new joy into even a familiar musical... so it is with Skylight Music Theatre's season opening production of Fiddler on the Roof."
— Dominique Paul Noth, Urban Milwaukee
"Andrew Varela gives a standout performance as Tevye … Janet Metz matches him beautifully as Golde,"
— Sofia Ascorbe, BroadwayWorld
"Skylight Music Theatre's 'Fiddler on the Roof' a warm, glowing wonder."
— Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Skylight artistic director and the show’s director Michael Unger has assembled a talented ensemble of actors as well as a production team that makes it all work seamlessly given the large cast and stylized dance numbers."
— Harry Cherkinian, Shepherd Express
Cast and Creative Team
Cast:
Tevye — Andrew Varela*
Golde — Janet Metz*
Tzeitel — Erin Fricker
Hodel — Kynkade McLachlan
Chava — Naomi Kriege
Shprintze — Allyson Lindberg
Bielke — Alice Nguyen
Motel — Grayson Buesing
Perchik — Ben Shields
Fyedka — Michael Mingus
Yente — Sara Stern
Lazar Wolf — Chad Larget
Rabbi — John Schneider
Grandma Tzeitel/Rivka — Amanda Satchell
Fruma-Sarah/Yehudit — Jackey Boelkow
Shaindel — SaraLynn Evenson
Constable/Yitzhak — Joseph Green
Mordcha — Thom Cauley
The Fiddler/Yael — Kimberly Hanson
Mendel — Joshua Zientara
Avram/Sasha — Peter Neugent
Kinor — Emmeline Buesing
Davida — Kendall Syslack
Mirala — Audrey Ellis
Peshka — Mia Mannella
Fayge — Brianna Brincks
Yakira/Natan — Shannon Burke
Nachum/Yussel — Nate Rodriguez
Kinor/Simon — Alyssa Tyson
Amnon — Rohan Rhys Degala
Avshalom — Mars Schultz
Creative Team
Director — Michael Unger ***
Choreographer — Yehuda L. Hyman***
Music Director — David Bonofiglio
Scenic Designer — Jonathan Berg-Einhorn
Costume Designer — Michelle Therese Grimm
Lighting Designer — Smooch Medina
Sound Designer — John Tanner
Production Stage Manager — Emily Wright*
Assistant Stage Manager — Malaina Moore
Bottle Dance Consultant — Ali Molaei
Intimacy/Fight Director — Marcee Doherty
*Appearing through an agreement between Skylight Music Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
*** The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
