Photo Flash: Kentwood Players Presents OLIVER!

Kentwood Players production of "Oliver!" runs from March 16 to April 21, 2012, with performances on Friday and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90045. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, and based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, this much-loved British musical won several Tony Awards on Broadway. The production is directed by Harold Dershimer, with musical direction by Catherine Rahm, choreography by Anna Rubin, and produced by Rocky and Victoria Miller by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.

About the show: "Oliver!" vividly brings to life Dickens' timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. After running away from the orphanage run by the heartless Mr. Bumble, Oliver meets the Artful Dodger and is recruited to pick pockets for Fagin. There, Oliver finds a friend in Nancy, but neither she nor the boy is fit for a life of crime. The sensational score is full of Lionel Bart's irresistible songs including "Food Glorious Food," "Consider Yourself," "You've Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two," "I'd Do Anything," "Oom Pah Pah," "As Long As He Needs Me" and many more.

Featured in the "Oliver!" cast are Melanie Ball, Elizabeth Bouton, Erika Brauer, Patricia Butler, Candice Courtney, Martin Feldman, Jackie Fiske, Drew Fitzsimmons, Logan Gould, Logan Hannig, Lawrence Hatcher, Dillon Hensel, Osric Holt, Kathleen Jequinto, George Kondreck, Ben Lupejkis, Victoria Miller, Lawrence A. Moreno, Kolaiah Newkirk, Joseph Olivas, Jaren Rhodes, Jennifer Richardson, Judy Rosenfeld, Ethan Schyman, Isaiah Suber, Miller Vaughn, Joseph West, Jack Winnick, and Marcus Alan Wynn.

Tickets are $23.00 with a $2.00 discount for seniors, students, and servicemen. To purchase tickets, please call (310) 645-5156 during box office hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 4-7 PM. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express accepted, with a $1.50 convenience fee added per ticket charged to a credit card. You may also purchase tickets online at www.kentwoodplayers.org. For group ticket sales, please call the box office.

For more information about Kentwood Players including our current production, upcoming auditions, and our Kentwood Kids Children's Theatre Classes, please visit the Kentwood Players website at www.kentwoodplayers.org. And you can also sign up and be a Kentwood Players friend on Facebook.

To meet the "Oliver!" production team and learn more about Kentwood Players and what goes on at the Westchester Playhouse, the public is invited to attend our general membership meetings, which are free and held on the third Wednesday of each month at 8pm at the Westchester Playhouse located two blocks west of the San Diego Freeway and two blocks north of Manchester at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045

Photo Credit: Liz Reinhardt

Ben Lupejkis, Logan Gould, Joseph West, Jaren Rhodes, Dillon Hensel, Ozric Holt, Logan Hannig, Ethan Schyman, Miller Vaughn, Kolaiah Newkirk, Isaiah Suber and Joseph Olivas

Elizabeth Bouton, Ben Lupejkis and Drew Fitzsimmons

Miller Vaughn, Joseph West, Kolaiah Newkirk, Dillon Hensel, Ben Lupejkis, Logan Hannig, Ethan Schyman, Elizabeth Bouton, Drew Fitzsimmons, Logan Gould, Jaren Rhodes, Joseph Olivas, Ozric Holt and Isaiah Suber

Joseph West