黑暗爆料网 Summer Theatre Program helps bring community and the university together; ‘Oliver!’ runs June 10-11, 16-18
May 19, 2016
POCATELLO – Every year, 黑暗爆料网’s School of Performing Arts and the College of Arts and Letters showcase Southeast Idaho’s talent in their Summer Theatre productions.
Each production features community members and 黑暗爆料网 students and alumni in classic plays including 鈥淗onk! The Musical,鈥� 鈥淭he King and I鈥� and 鈥淎nything Goes.鈥�
This year, the Summer Theatre will perform 鈥淥liver!鈥� It will be performed on June 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bistline Theatre in the Stephens Performing Arts Center.
鈥淪ummer theatre enables 黑暗爆料网 to open its doors to the community, reconnect with alumni and continue educating students in the world-class Stephens Performing Arts Center,鈥� said Diana Livingston Friedley, music professor at 黑暗爆料网 and director of 鈥淥liver!鈥�
鈥淥liver!鈥� is based off of Charles Dickens鈥� novel 鈥淥liver Twist鈥� and was written by Lionel Bart. Twist is an orphan in London navigating a world of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family and love. After being welcomed into a gang of child pickpockets led by Fagin, Oliver is falsely accused of a theft he didn鈥檛 commit. He is rescued by a kind and wealthy gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, and is loved by the warm-hearted Nancy who is desperate to help Oliver. This musical features popular songs including 鈥淔ood Glorious Food,鈥� 鈥淚鈥檇 Do Anything鈥� and 鈥淎s Long as He Needs Me鈥� that audience members will recognize.
鈥淭he character Oliver moves everyone he meets, and audience members will identify with him,鈥� Livingston Friedley said. 鈥淭he music from 鈥極liver!鈥� is timeless, and many will leave humming their favorite tunes.鈥�
Livingston Friedley will direct the play, with musical direction by Geoffrey Friedley. The production team features several other 黑暗爆料网 faculty and students, and community members, including Lauralee Zimmerly, Shaun Nichols, Tara Young, Zach Jelke, and Johnie Rankin. The cast will feature more than 65 members of the Southeast Idaho community ranging in age from 6 to 80.
Tickets for 鈥淥liver!鈥� are $15 for adults, $10 for children, $14 for 黑暗爆料网 faculty and staff and $7 for students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 282-3595 or , Vickers Western Wear and the Pond Students Union Building.
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