Katie has been busy this summer with rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof. It is at the Scera Shell, an outdoor theater here in Orem. She has had a wonderful time. The director is awesome and the cast is very talented and some of them well known so it's been a great experience for her. She was cast as Hodel, the 2nd daughter. We went to the dress rehearsal to take some pictures so the set isn't quite what it really is now but you get the idea. Sorry but my pictures aren't so great, a bit washed out and a little blurry.
This is from Tevya's dream. It is one of my favorites in the play. The characters are so fun to watch!
Here's Katie during the wedding and one of her solos. She has such a beautiful voice and does a great job in front of a couple of thousand people in the audience.
This is from the wedding scene also when Perchik breaks with tradition and asks which girl will dance with him. Hodel steps forward to be his dance partner.
Intermission is pretty laid back with no audience. Katie came out front to visit us. Jerry Elison is the director and Katie had been telling us how nice he is. When we arrived at dress rehearsal there was an older man sitting in the center of the hill, not far from the stage. I guessed he was the director as he had a pad of paper and other items around him. There were chairs about 5 feet in front of him and off to the right slightly. Nelson went and sat in the chairs and I sat in the grass a little behind who I was guessing was the director. Soon, I noticed my phone ringing (on silent) and I ran up the hill to talk to Caroline. She was going to call me back so I stayed a ways back for a few minutes. Nelson got up from his chair and walked almost right up to the front of the stage, snapping pictures, standing right there in front, walking back and forth, getting a better vantage point, then he sat back in the chair on the hill. Then I saw Jerry leading forward, gesturing to Nelson and I thought, Oh no, is he bothered that he sat almost in front of him and then was right up front taking pictures? When I went back down Nelson said he had told him when Katie would be on stage next and that he should go right up and get some pictures, you have to be really close! Whew, and Wow! He also said if anyone was bothered or wondering why he was doing that Jerry would just tell them he said it's ok. Seriously a nice guy.
Katie in the middle of the hill and the stage in the background.
Katie and Perchik discussing politics...and affection.
Papa says "NO!" to the engagement! Neal Barth first played Tevya 40 years ago and has given over 300 individual performances. Jerry Elison alone has cast him 4 times in this role. He was magnificent!
Hodel is so happy that her papa gave his blessing.
Katie gets a solo as Hodel where she sings "Far from the home I love". SO cool for her. She does a great job. This play has a lot of upcoming events in Katie's life such as meeting a man to marry, getting engaged, moving away from her parents and it was a bit surreal watching her act them all out. She is moving to the dorms in 2 weeks and so her future is right there in my mind lately. She is leaving! I will miss her more than she knows, she is an amazing person.
These next few pictures were taken for publicity a few weeks ago so I can't take credit but they are so fun. What is really fun for Katie is that the other 2 older daughters are her dear friends from Orem High. Hannah plays Tzeitel and Emily plays Chava. This has been so fun for these cute girls!
Singing "Matchmaker". You just gotta love this song. They did such a fabulous job! The play runs until August 18th so I am glad I get to go see it a few more times!
