Lyric Stage Presents OLIVER! 6/10-19

Lyric Stage, Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, presents Lionel Bart's OLIVER! June 10-19, 2011 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall. Performances are June 10 & 11 @ 8:00 PM, June 12 @ 2:30 PM, June 16, 17 & 18 @ 8:00 PM and June 19 @ 2:30 PM. Tickets can be Ordered Online @ www.lyricstage.org or by calling the box office @ 972-252-2787.

Charles Dickens' characters are brought to life in this musical adaptation of his novel OLIVER TWIST. "Food, Glorious Food," "I'd Do Anything," "Where is Love?," "Consider Yourself," "As Long as He Needs Me" and "Who Will Buy" are musical theatre classics from Lionel Bart's score.

Founding Producer Steven Jones has assembled a 30 piece orchestra and a cast of 48 for Lyric Stage's production of OLIVER!

Jonathan Beck Reed, last seen at Lyric Stage as Texas in the world premiere of Schmidt and Jones' ROADSIDE, will play Fagin and Jack Vangorden, Louis in Lyric Stage's THE KING AND I and John in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER is Oliver. Catherine Carpenter Cox, one of Lyric Stage's audience favorites, (Eva Peron in EVITA and Rosie in BYE BYE BIRDIE) will portray Nancy. Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mike Gallagher will play Mr. Bumble. The rest of the cast includes Clayton Slee (Artful Dodger), Daylon Walton (Bill Sikes), Gordon Fox (Mr. Soweberry) , Christine Chambers (Widow Corney), Kelley Murphy Perlstein (Mrs. Sowerberry), Cayman Mitchell, Sarah Comley, Tom DeWester, Amber Nicole Guest, Claire Cuny, Dianne Powell, Lindsey Gallegos, Rebekah Wheeler, Vicki Dean, C. Ryan Glenn, Jeff Bailey, Jeff McGee, Keith Warren, Scott Montgomery, Shane Strawbridge, Aivan Broach, Andrew Byerly, Ashton Miramontes, Ashton Morales, Benjamin Byerly, Caleb Atkinson, Caleb Terlouw, Chet Monday, Dawson Holder, Everett Golenski, Hunter Hall, Hunter Martin, Isaac Jarrell, Jacob Matheny, Joey Morris, Kuran Patel, Logan Macaulay, Mark Fisher, Sam Ward, Skyler Halliday, Trevor Haueisen, Ty Taylor, Tyler Rouse and Xavier Carrillo.

The creative team includes director Cheryl Denson, music director Jay Dias, choreographer Ann Nieman, lighting designer Julie Moroney, costume designer Drenda Lewis, sound designer Bill Eickenloff, properties designer Jane Quetin and stage manager Margaret J. Soch.

OLIVER! Runs June 10-19 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving TX. Tickets can be Ordered Online @ www.lyricstage.org or by calling the box office @ 972-252-2787.

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