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Belcon, Burgoyne, Lerner, et al. Cast in WPPAC’s Oliver!

Natalie Venetia Belcon
Natalie Venetia Belcon

Full casting has been announced for White Plains Performing Arts Center’s production of Oliver!, to run November 20-December 14. Luke Yankee will direct.

Based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale of the orphan boy who asked for more, Lionel Bart’s musical features such popular songs as “Food, Glorious Food,” “I’d Do Anything,” “Consider Yourself,” and “As Long As He Needs Me.”

The cast will star Sidney J. Burgoyne as Fagin, Natalie Venetia Belcon as Nancy, and David Gabriel Lerner as Oliver, with Cyrilla Baer (Widow Corney), Jason Edward Cook (Artful Dodger), Alex Covington (Charlotte), John P. Geraghty (Workhouse Boy), Christopher Gray (Workhouse Boy), Steven Hauck (Mr. Brownlow), Geoff Lutz (Noah Claypole), Benjamin Milan-Polisar (Workhouse Boy), Jan Neuberger (Mrs. Sowerberry/Mrs. Bedlow), Alex Pasieka (Workhouse Boy), Gabriel Rush (Workhouse Boy), Roland Rusinek (Mr. Bumble), William Ryall (Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig), Noah Silverman (Workhouse Boy), Rochelle Smith (Bet), Travis Taber (Knife Grinder), and Christian Whelan (Bill Sykes).

The production will feature choreography by Melissa Rae Mahon and Sean McKnight, musical direction by Christopher D. Littlefield, scenic design by Michael Hotopp, costume design by T. Michael Hall, lighting design by Thom Weaver, and sound design by Wallace Flores.

For more information, visit wppac.com.

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Closed: December 14, 2008