When the national touring company of "Fiddler on the Roof!" takes the stage Saturday, March 24, at the Classic Center in Athens, audience members may find that the lead actor, John Preece as Tevye, looks familiar. Preece was a theater major at Piedmont College in Demorest, graduating in 1971. Now in his 10th National Tour of "Fiddler on the Roof!," Preece has performed in the show some 3,400 times, more than 1,780 of those performances as Tevye.
Piedmont alum Preece stars in Fiddler on the Roof!