July 5- 6 and 7, 2019

HBTI's production of OLIVER pairs incredibly talented young actors with award winning designers and the results will leave you amazed. "OLIVER!" is directed and choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz, music direction by John Krol, set and projection design by T. Paul Lowry, lighting design by Tom West, sound design by Carlton Guc with costume and prop design by Vanessa Cook.

Oliver features Ben Rakow as Oliver, Hannah Schmidt as Nancy, Eric Feucht as Fagin, Jake Lehner as Bill Sikes and Celia Hawk as Artful Dodger. The entire cast of 28 young actors ( 4th grade through college) brings energy and excitement to all of the characters in this Tony award musical.

Based on the novel OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens, this musical adaptation springs to life with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage; "Food Glorious Food", "Where Is Love", "Consider Yourself" and "As Long As He Needs Me" to name just a few of the songs that earned Lionel Bart the Tony for Best Original Score.  OLIVER is one of the few musicals to win an academy award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actor and audiences alike.

The streets of Victorian England are full of hustle and bustle as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes a neglected apprentice of an undertaker.  Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance among a group of petty thieves and pickpockets lead by elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr Brownlow, takes him in.  Fearing for the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, leaving Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of family in jeopardy.

Three more performances are in the Ahuja Auditorium at Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Blvd., Shaker Hts. OH., 44122 on Friday July 5th and Saturday July 6th at 7:30 PM. Also Sunday July 7th at 2 PM. Tickets prices are General Admission $15, Student or Senior Adult $13 and Children under 12 $11. Tickets can be purchased on-line by clicking OLIVER Tickets  Tickets can also be purchased at the door or by calling the HBTI box office at 216.932.4214 x 7270. 

Lionel Bart's OLIVER is presented by special arrangements with Music Theatre International. All Authorized performance material are also supplied by MTI.   

For more information email HBTI at bkatz@hb.edu or call the box offce