Actor Tyler Wold feels lucky to be stepping out onto the Monticello Opera House’s stage this month for their production of “On Golden Pond,” and it’s not just because he was once the voice of The Florida Lottery. Wold placed his acting career on hold for 13 years while serving as an announcer for the state’s lottery drawings, but it wasn’t long before the theater bug bit him again. 

In 2010, he got back onstage at Theatre Tallahassee in “Witness for the Prosecution” and “Cabaret.” During the day, Wold works in the radio business as the Key Account Manager at Cumulus Media. His last show, pre-COVID, was playing the Stage Manager in the Opera House’s production of “Our Town.”

“Theater has been the center of my social and personal life outside of work,” says Wold. “I missed all of the people and the connection that you can have with your audiences. It’s very satisfying to turn in a good performance and do something that people enjoy and put their hard-earned money out there to see. It’s very rewarding in that way.” 

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