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And it's not that intimidating because you can head back if you have an audition or something comes up, so there's less of an, 'Oh my God, I'm in Wisconsin,' which is where my last job was. How does it feel to be out of New York City for the summer?ĮDR: If you ask around, you will definitely get mixed reviews, but personally where I am in my life, I am absolutely happy to be out of the city.

That's what's awesome about Equity: They have to have these calls and people book work from them. For the past two seasons I have tried to get appointments to work here through my agents but when I saw that they were doing Fiddler this summer, I knew there was a part for me, so I thought, 'I'm just going to go to cold call this year,' and I booked a lead role.

It's the most perfect summer job that I could have, honestly.

It's so beautiful and you're in the country, away from the city, but we're close enough to go back if we have to or just to visit. Is this your Goodspeed Opera House debut?ĮDR: Yes, but I have wanted to work here for years. As Mary Poppins would say, DeRosa's summer is turning out to be 'practically perfect in every way.'ĭeRosa chats with Playbill contributor Whitney Spaner about landing her dream summer job, bonding with her Fiddler castmates and the popularity that comes with being one of the only members of the cast with a car. So far, DeRosa's been enjoying the time away from the pressures of city life by going on hikes, picking berries and observing a family of Ospreys that, along with the cast of Fiddler, has taken up residence in the Connecticut River town. She is now spending her summer in East Haddam, CT, playing Hodel, Tevye's righteous second-eldest daughter in the Goodspeed Opera House's production of Fiddler on the Roof. This past February, the New Jersey native gave up her New York apartment to star as the sugar-dispensing Disney heroine at Wisconsin's Fireside Theatre. After spending three and a half years understudying the role of Mary Poppins on Broadway, Elizabeth DeRosa decided to take a break from the big city.

Goodspeed opera house fiddler on the roof