SIDNEY — The Fairlawn Drama Deptartment is presenting their spring musical, “Oliver!,” on April 8, 9 and 10, 2016. Tickets are available from the school office or at the door. The cost for the tickets is $6 for students and $8 for adults. The doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and show will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Times for Sunday is doors open at 1:15 p.m. and show will begin at 2 p.m.
“Oliver!” is a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist. The story is of a young orphan boy who starts his life in an orphan workhouse and is then sold as an apprentice to the local undertaker and his wife. He escapes from them and runs away to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, his fellow pickpocket gang, and their elderly criminal leader, Fagin.
Dickens writes an unromantic tale of the often sordid lives of these criminals and also focuses on the cruel and inhumane treatment of orphans during this time in London. It is a satire of the hypocrisies of Dickens’ time that included child labor, the recruitment of children as criminals and the inescapable truth of the life of street children. However, this age old story of good versus evil rewards us with a happy ending for Oliver as he is returned to his family and a better life than living on the street.
The cast of characters are: Oliver Twist, Marcus Berger; Mr. Bumble, Christian Porath; Fagin, Brendan McKnight; Mr. Sowerberr,y Chase Myers; Artful Dodger, Abbey Goins; Bill Sykes, Thomas Lochard; Mr. Brownlow, Samuel Walls; Mr. Grimwig, Isiah Elsass; Noah Claypole, Dawson Davis; Charles Bates, Isiah Elsass; Boy, Hayden Ball; Night Watchman, Chase Myers; Widow Corney, Annie Stemen; Mrs. Sowerberry, Kelsey Zircher; Charlotte, Brynn Thomas; Nancy, Kami Hamilton; Bet, Mya Elsass; Old Sally, Jacklin Phinney; Old Lady, Lola Chambers; Mrs. Bedwin, Lola Chambers; Pauper’s Assistants, Jacklin Phinney, Lola Chambers, Samuel Walls, Dawson Davis; Orphans, Olivia Barga, Shannon Schoffner, Chase Myers, McKinlee Broaddrick, Katie McKenzie, Delany Rice, Rayanna Couchot, Jocelyn McDonald, Olivia Ambos, Laney Marvin, Darcy Maxson, Brynn Thomas, Elizabeth Pestke, Hayden Ball and Isiah Elsass; Pickpockets, McKinlee Broaddrick, Olivia Barga, Shannon Schoffner, Hayden Ball, Jocelyn McDonald, Laney Marvin, Darcy Maxson, Katie McKenzie, Rayanna Couchot, Brynn Thomas, Delany Rice, Olivia Ambos and Isiah Elsass.
