A local performance of Fiddler on the Roof, produced by the Hope Springs Eternal Holocaust Project, featured several people with IUP connections.
The pit orchestra included (as pictured l-r) David Ferguson (trumpet), assistant dean, College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs; and alumni Josh Brumbaugh (trombone), Dan Hutton (flutes), Angela Brumbaugh (violin, AKA the Fiddler on the Roof), Jake Kearney (clarinet), Megan Hall (percussion), and Mari Grace Lingenfelter (conductor/musical director).
The cast also included Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance professor Laura Ferguson (Yente).
The cast presented three sold-out performances at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus on November 1 and 2, 2024.