On March 17 St. Regis drama students put on the most ambitious play they’ve ever produced.

“We had lighting, 27 music tracks, a 13 channel sound board, 15 set changes, and a cast of 26 students ranging from grade school through grade 12,” explained drama teacher, Derek Larson.

The performances, which were held Thursday and Friday, went really well said Larson. He also said that he received extremely positive feedback and audiences were very appreciative with some patrons attending both performances.

The lead character, Tevye, was played by Connor Dunlap, who had some previous experience from  being in plays with the Missoula Children’s Theatre.

Larson said that in addition to the actors, they had an excellent stage, and lighting crew, as well as sound board technicians. It was an inaugural performance with all new equipment with very little overall rehearsal time explained Larson and given all the factors, the play went on without a hitch.

Larson said that they will definitely be doing performances in the future, but probably not this ambitious. This one was also expensive, with just the copyright for the play being $800, plus materials. He said it was also difficult given the number of students on stage and the wide variety of age groups.

Fiddler on the Roof’

cast and crew

Tevye: Connor Dunlap

Golde: Zianna King

Tzeitel: Chloe Goss

Hodel: Anna Sanford

Chava: Madison Kelly

Shprintze: Krystina Thompson

Bielke: Macy Hill

Yente: Shelly Larson

Motel: Noah Salem

Perchik: Robert Dahl

Lazar Wolf: Brock Cantrell-Field

Mordcha: Dillion Morales

Rabbi: Travis Jaquez

Mendel: Ian Farris/Carter Jasper

Avram: Eric Eslick

Constable: Derek Larson

Fyedka: Travis Jaquez

Yussel: Carter Jasper

Fiddler: Amy Farris/Shelly Larson

First Woman: Jasmine Jones

Russian Soldiers: Eric Eslick, Nic Day, and Trevor Lowry

Priest: Trevor Lowry

Curtains: James Morales

Stage Crew: Emma Hill, Makynna Lowry, Emma Goss

Lighting: Courtney Cheesman

Soundtrack: Kylee Thompson

Sound: Ebon Jones