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Article: Rockbridge Academy stages 'Oliver'
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2008
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Rockbridge Academy invites the public to its production of the
hit musical "Oliver!" at the Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds
Lane in Brooklyn Park.
The musical, adapted from Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist,"
tells the story of a young orphan boy whose half-starved early years
are spent in a workhouse run by the comically tyrannical Mr. Bumble.
The show is full of both pathos and humor and features a memorable
musical score.
Under the direction of headmaster Mike McKenna, "Oliver!" stars
ninth-grader Gilbert Horst as Bill Sikes, 11th-grader Stephen Horst
as Fagin, eighth-grader Noah Sheir as the Artful Dodger, third-
grader Jonathan Brenninkmeyer as Oliver, and senior Colleen ...