The Park Players & COGS will be holding auditions for “Oliver”
@ Church of the Good Shepherd
1576 Palisade Ave.
Fort Lee NJ 07024
on Mon & Tues , October 8th & 9th @ 7-9:30 pm.
For more info call 201- 941-6030 or visit our web-site @ www.parkplayers.com.
“Oliver!”
Book, Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Based on a Novel by Charles Dickens
Young Oliver is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the villain, Fagin, and his loyal apprentice, The Artful Dodger. Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing, Oliver steals away with an unexpected treasure...a home and a family of his own.
Opened roles:
Oliver Twist, the protagonist of the story. He is a lonely orphan boy born in the workhouse.
Nancy, Bill Sikes's lover. She takes a liking to Oliver and treats him like her own child, but is eventually murdered for the steps she takes in behalf of him.
Mr. Brownlow, Oliver's grandfather, a kind man of wealth and breeding.
Bill Sikes, Nancy's brutal and abusive lover, a burglar and her eventual murderer.
The Artful Dodger, the cleverest of Fagin's pickpockets, he introduces Fagin to Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry, the insensitive couple who take in Oliver and use him in their funeral business.
Charlotte Sowerberry, the rude but also flirtatious daughter of the Sowerberrys.
Noah Claypole, The Sowerberrys' apprentice, he bullies Oliver about his mother and enjoys a flirtatious relationship with Charlotte.
Dr. Grimwig, foppish doctor and friend of Mr. Brownlow. He assesses Oliver's condition at the beginning of Act II, deeming him fit to go outside.
Bet, Nancy's friend [or younger sister, in some productions], one of Fagin's former pickpockets.
Charley Bates, one of Fagin's pickpockets. He is Dodger's sidekick.
Mrs. Bedwin , house-servant to Mr. Brownlow and caretaker of Oliver
Orphans & Fagin's Boys ( Boys & Girls )
