Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 3- Fiddler #2

25 | Lyric Opera of Chicago PRINCIPALS STEVEN SKYBELL | TEVYE Lyric debut Skybell most recently appeared off-Broadway in the New York premiere of Karen Hartman’s play The Lucky Star . He starred for two years as Tevye in Joel Grey’s acclaimed production of Fiddler on The Roof in Yiddish, for which he received the 2019 Lucille Lortel award for Outstanding Performance by Lead Actor in a Musical. Broadway credits include Fiddler On The Roof , Pal Joey , Wicked , The Full Monty , Love! Valour! Compassion! , Cafe Crown , and Ah, Wilderness! Off-Broadway appearances include Babette’s Feast , Cymbeline , and Antigone in New York (Obie Award). Other credits include: Camelot (Helen Hayes nomination), Broken Glass and Caucasian Chalk Circle (both Connecticut Critics Circle nominations), and Henry V (Shakespeare’s Globe, London). Skybell’s numerous TV and film credits include The Good Fight , Blue Bloods , Elementary , Chicago PD , Cradle Will Rock , and Simply Irresistible . DEBBIE GRAVITTE | GOLDE Lyric debut A Tony Award winner and Emmy nominee, Gravitte made her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song , and went on to appear in Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk nomination), Blues in the Night , Ain’t Broadway Grand , Zorba , Chicago , Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), and Les Misérables . Off-Broadway credits include Carnival , The Boys from Syracuse , and Tenderloin . Gravitte has performed with more than 175 orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, and has recorded four solo CDs. She has performed her nightclub act worldwide, and is one of the voices in Disney’s The Little Mermaid film. Television credits include Trial and Error , Pursuit of Happiness , and several specials for PBS, including a solo show premiering this fall. LAUREN MARCUS | TZEITEL Lyric debut The Glencoe native appeared on Broadway as Brooke Lohst in Be More Chill and most recently in Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter at The Atlantic. Regional credits include Little Shop of Horrors , The Humans , Company , and Love in Hate Nation . She recently made her feature film debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick…Boom! A writer as well, Marcus was a recipient of Penn State’s NewMusical Theatre Initiative Commission, and has developed work with Two River Theater in New Jersey as well as at New York Stage and Film. AUSTEN DANIELLE BOHMER | HODEL Lyric debut Bohmer was an understudy for the title role of Diana on Broadway. Off-Broadway credits include Days of Rage , and regional credits include performances with Sacramento Music Circus, Barrington, Goodspeed, and St. Louis Rep. She was seen on TV in FBI: Most Wanted , and performs and records her original music under the name Plain Austen. MAYA JACOBSON | CHAVA Lyric debut Jacobson appeared Off-Broadway in the production of Fidler Afn Dakh ( Fiddler On The Roof in Yiddish) directed by Joel Grey and in Amerike: The Golden Land . She originated the role of Myra Nadell in A Walk on the Moon at George Street Playhouse. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Jacobson was a 2013 Regional Winner and National Finalist in the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Competition. DREW REDINGTON | MOTEL Lyric debut Redington recently appeared as Riff in Marriott Theatre’s production of West Side Story . Broadway credits include Mean Girls , The Prom , and Holiday Inn . Regional highlights include Tulsa ( Gypsy ), Chip ( Jerome Robbins’ Broadway ) and Mark ( A Chorus Line ) at The Muny, and roles at TUTS in Houston. Redington has also been featured on TV on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , The Best of Broadway (NBC), Good Morning America and The Macy’s Parade. This marks his fourth production of Fiddler on the Roof . ADAM KAPLAN | PERCHIK Lyric debut Kaplan recently appeared as Simon Lovewell on the TV series The Big Leap (Fox/Hulu). He starred on Broadway in A Bronx Tale , and other credits include Kinky Boots (Charlie Price), Newsies (Jack Kelly u/s), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic and PBS), and numerous shows at Goodspeed, Flat Rock Playhouse, and Music Theatre Wichita. Other television credits include Deception (ABC) and the upcoming series Up Here (Hulu). MICHAEL NIGRO | FYEDKA Lyric debut Nigro was featured as Patrick in the national tour of Radio City Christmas Spectacular . He played Friedrich Von Trapp in NBC’s Sound of Music Live and Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island at the Fulton Theater; he reprised that role and also played Barnaby Tucker in Hello Dolly! at Maine State Music Theater. DAVID BENOIT | LAZAR WOLF Lyric debut Benoit most recently appeared as Bob Mattey in Seattle Rep’s Bruce , about the making of the movie Jaws . He appeared in the Broadway and national tours of Les Misérables (Thenardier), Avenue Q (Nicky/ Trekkie), Jekyll and Hyde (Bishop/Spider), and Dance of the Vampires . Additional national tours include Phantom of the Opera (Firmin), All Shook Up (Sheriff Earl), Young Frankenstein (Inspector Kemp/ Blind Hermit), Forbidden Broadway , and Forbidden Hollywood . Off-Broadway appearances include Forbidden Broadway: Summer