Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 7:30pm
or
Monday, January 7, 2019 at 7:30pm
Callbacks: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:30pm
Directed by Jan Isaacson
Choreographed by Jan Isaacson
Musical direction by David Williams
Opens Friday, March 1, 2019
Nothing entertains on stage like a well-crafted tale, and OLIVER! is just such a show. Based on the Charles Dickens novel, it engages you with its pathos and drama, while delighting you with its outstanding musical numbers. Food, Glorious Food, I’d Do Anything, Where is Love?, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, Who Will Buy and Reviewing the Situation are musical theatre classics It will leave you saying ‘Please Sir, May I have some more?’
Role | Description |
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Oliver | Strong boy soprano, loving, sad, hopeful. |
Fagin | Character actor, must sing well, houses and trains pickpockets, miserly, welcoming |
Nancy | Strong belter, rough, kind, strong-will, sympathetic, Bill Sykes girlfriend |
Mr. Bumble | Legit Tenor, workhouse boss, mean, over bearing, pompous |
Widow Corney | Strong character actress, workhouse mistress, domineering, fussy, proud, sharp-tounged |
Artful Dodger | Fagin’s brightest pupil, friendly, optomistic |
Bill Sykes | Baritone-Bass, must sing, a villain who associated and does business with Fagin, rough, brutish, glowering, violent |
Bet | Idolizes Nancy, pretty, sweet, strong-willed |
Mr. Sowerberry | Character role, funeral home owner, grim, formal, graceful |
Mrs. Sowerberry | Character actress, Funeral home owner’s wife, sour, middle-aged woman, mean |
Charlotte | Daughter of Funeral home owner, lazy, mean, sour-faced |
Noah Claypole | Lazy, shop keeping apprentice, mean, taunting, coward |
Mr. Brownlow | Wealthy gentleman, Oliver’s unknowing grandfather, kind, mannerly, sympathetic |
Mrs. Bedwin | Brownlow’s housekeeper, kind, motherly |
Dr. Grimwig | Aristocratic doctor for the wealthy, friendly |
Charlie Bates | 2nd in command of Fagin’s boys |
"Who Will Buy?" Sellers | Men and women legit singers. |
Fagin's Boys | Must sing and move well (8 boys cast as Fagin’s Boys, not including Oliver and Artful Dodger) |
Large Adult Ensemble | Singers and dancers |
Children's Ensemble | (Boys & Girls) Which will include: Workhouse children, “Consider Yourself”, “Who Will Buy” |