Oliver Twist

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Laura Connors Hull & Ellen Selby
Music by Matt Conner
Lyrics by Stephen Gregory Smith
Born into a life of poverty and a bleak future in the workhouse, young orphan Oliver journeys to London seeking a better life, but unwittingly falls in with the city’s criminal element.
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Oliver Twist
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Adapted by Laura Connors Hull and Ellen Selby
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Music by Matt Conner
(50%)
 
Lyrics by Stephen Gregory Smith
(50%)
 
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
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Oliver Twist
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One Act
1 hour, 10 minutes
PG
Cast/Characters
29+ Total Cast
Pauper Woman
Old Sally
Oliver's Mother
Oliver Twist
Workhouse Boys
Mr. Bumble
Conclave Members
Mr. Lumbkins
Mr. Sowerberry
Mrs. Sowerberry
Charlotte
Noah Claypole
Little Dick
Jack Dawkins (Artful Dodger)
Charley Bates
Fagin
Fagin's Boys
Police Officers
Mr. Fang
Mr. Brownlow
Bookseller
Bill Sikes
Nancy
Bet
Mrs. Bedwin
Toby Crackit
Giles
Brittles
Housemaid
Cook
Widow Corney

REVIEWS

"Not to be confused with the popular Broadway musical Oliver!, Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theatre production of Oliver Twist is much more condensed and dramatic. Where Oliver! is more playful, Oliver Twist faces the seriousness of Dickens’ original novel head-on, and does not seek to sugar-coat its subject matter."

​- DC Metro Theater Arts
"Laura Connors Hull and Ellen Selby streamline the lengthy novel into a fast-moving script that retains the emotional range of the story. Matt Conner provides compelling music that complements Stephen Gregory Smith’s sometimes darkly comic, sometimes melancholy lyrics."

-Maryland Theatre Guide
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