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Oliver!

“Oliver! is truly a masterpiece and shows off the talents of Lionel Bart at his best. As one reviewer put it, “With this show, the audience whistles the tunes as they COME IN to the theatre.”


The curtain opens on the sinister interior of the workhouse with a bare dining table. Pale-faced wretches can be seen peering through the bars of the door at the back. The door opens and the boys file in to the table singing “Food, Glorious Food”. Widow Corney, who runs the workhouse, and Mr Bumble, the parish beadle, enter to serve gruel to the boys. Alone amongst them Oliver takes the bowl to Bumble and asks, “Please, Sir, I want some more.” Bumble is outraged. Oliver must go and so he hawks Oliver through the streets of London singing “Boy For Sale.” Oliver is sold to Mr Sowerberry, the undertaker. Alone, plaintive and surrounded by coffins, Oliver sings, “Where Is Love?” He runs away and meets the Artful Dodger who sings “Consider Yourself At Home”. Oliver is taken to a hideout to meet Fagin and the apprentice thieves – they welcome Oliver with “You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket Or Two”. Nancy, Bill Sykes girl, and Bet arrive and sing “It’s A Fine Life”. Next morning Oliver goes with the boys and is arrested by the police, not for picking pockets but simply for looking guilty.


 In Act 2 Nancy sings “Oom-pah-pah”. Fagin’s boys tell of Oliver’s arrest by the police but that, as he has been found to be innocent, he is now safe in the house of a kindly, rich gentleman. Fagin and Sykes despatch Nancy to get Oliver back. Meanwhile, Oliver has become a well-cared for little lad. Seeing London street-traders from his bedroom window he sings “Who Will Buy?”, a plea that his good fortune will become permanent. However, outside the house he is captured by Nancy and she returns him to Fagin. Fagin sings “Reviewing the Situation” and thinks of going straight. Bumble and Mrs Corney, now married, discover that Oliver is the heir to a rich family and try to get him back. A regretful Nancy plans to return Oliver to his benefactor. She is fearful of Sykes yet sings, “As Long As He Needs Me”. Sykes stalks and kills her, grabs Oliver and, after a chase, is shot dead. Oliver is restored to his benefactor who, as it turns out, is his own grandfather. Fagin, now minus the boys, home and money, reprises “Reviewing the Situation”.  


MARK HENNESSY, DIRECTOR

JASON CELAYA, CHOREOGRAPHER

DAVID DYER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR

JAMIE ESPELAND, ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER



CAST OVERVIEW  

Oliver Twist  - Kyle Donalson 

Artful Dodger - Parker Donaldson 

Fagin - Curt Haws 

Bill Sykes - Rhett Breedlove 

Nancy - Sage Albrecht 

Mr. Bumble - Greg Allen 

Widow Corney - Jocelyn Moore 

Mr. Sowerberry - Scott Kosiba 

Mrs. Sowerberry - Kim Buchanan 

Charlotte - Megan Anspach 

Noah Claypole - Jaxon Buchanan 

Bet - Jamie Espeland 

Mr. Brownlow - Ian McCusker 

Old Sally - Spoken 

Mrs. Bedwin - Mae Oram

Adult Ensemble - Logan Bing, Tillie Dibben

Quartet - Sabrina Donalson, Adrianna Ruby, Chayla Saxton 

Fagin’s Gang/Orphans - (Children Ensemble) Reuben Allen, KaLee Bohnet, Miranda Bousman, Eva Collins, Zeman Collins, Adrianna Daniels, Noah Daniels, Delaney Day, Travis Donaldson, Mia Haws, Adrienne Jones, Nolan Orm, Sydney Wise, Konner Ziegler 

Dr. Grimwig - Matt Daniels  


MUSICAL NUMBERS 

 1.  Food, Glorious Food – The Boys 

2.  Oliver! – Mr. Bumble, Mrs Corney, Oliver, Boys 

3.  I Shall Scream – Mrs Corney, Mr. Bumble 

4.  Boy For Sale – Mr. Bumble 

5.  That’s Your Funeral – Mr Sowerberry, Mr. Bumble, Mrs Sowerberry

6.  Where Is Love? – Oliver 

7.  Consider Yourself – Artful Dodger, Oliver, Crowd 

8.  You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket or Two – Fagin, Oliver, Boys 

9.  It’s a Fine Life – Nancy, Bet 

10. I’d Do Anything – Artful Dodger, Nancy, Oliver, Bet, Fagin 

11. Be Back Soon – Fagin, Artful Dodger, Oliver, Boys 

12. Oom-Pah-Pah – Nancy, Company 

13. My Name – Bill Sikes 

14. As Long as He Needs Me – Nancy 

15. Where Is Love? (reprise) – Mrs Bedwin 

16. Who Will Buy? – Oliver, Chorus 

17. It’s a Fine Life (reprise) – Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin, Boys 

18. Reviewing the Situation – Fagin 

19. Oliver! (reprise) – Mr. Bumble, Mrs Corney 

20. As Long As He Needs Me (reprise) – Nancy 

21. Reviewing the Situation (reprise) – Fagin 

22. Finale: Food, Glorious Food/Consider Yourself /I’d Do Anything – Full Company

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