They aren't the "Invisiple Players" anymore, but the Drama Department at Farragut High School, now under the direction of Zach Best, is still producing amazing work. As an alumn of the drama department, it is exciting to see the tradition continue.
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What people are saying. From the Press Enterprise:
Farragut High School will present “Oliver!” a musical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel “Oliver Twist,” March 18-21.
“Oliver!” features one of FHS’ largest musical casts and a full student orchestra, and was jointly directed by FHS drama director Zachary Best and choral director Kenton Deitch.
“Altogether, it’s almost 70 students participating,” Best said, including the student musical and acting cast, orchestra and backstage operators.
“It’s extracurricular, so the whole school is invited to audition or participate,” Best said.
The musical cast includes Will Stone as Fagin, Garrison Stallings and Molly Morgan as Oliver, Paul Gary as the Artful Dodger and Robert Wrinkle as Bill Sykes.
“Oliver!” follows the title character of the same name, an orphan, as he escapes abusive caretakers and joins a gang of pickpockets, led by Fagin.
Oliver “is arrested for pick-pocketing … and the gang becomes concerned that Oliver may reveal their location.
“So they set out to recapture Oliver into the pick-pocketing gang, and eventually, his long-lost grandfather finds him,” Best said.
Sophomore Garrison Stallings said he enjoyed the musical aspect of his character more than the acting.
“My favorite thing would probably be the musical numbers, mainly because I’m a singer, not really an actor that much.
“[The songs] have really worked my falsetto range, because I sing tenor in my choir, but this is the part of an 11-year-old boy, so I get to sing soprano,” Stallings said.
Calls to Molly Morgan, who also plays Oliver, were not returned by press deadline.
“Oliver!” is an adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. That includes such well-known songs as “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two,” “Consider Yourself” and “Oom-Pah-Pah.”
“I would say ‘Food, Glorious Food’ would probably be one of the most recognizable songs, and then ‘Oliver,’” Deitch said.
Deitch said there are six lead solos in the musical, but most of the songs are group-led.
The musical debuted in London in 1960 and was later made into a film, which won six Academy Awards.
During the show’s four days of production, FHS will collect school supplies for Holston Home for Children’s Beacon School in Greeneville, Tenn.
Anyone who brings school supplies to a showing will receive a free popcorn.
To see a list of the needed school supplies, visit www.fhsapac.com
Tickets, which can be purchased at the door, are $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.
Show times are at 7:30 p.m., March 18-20, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 21.
Sponsors of “Oliver!” include farragutpress, WFIV, Charter Media, Alphagraphics and Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace. The production is being produced by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.
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