Join Off Square Theatre for our 2024 Thieme Youth Musical, where Jackson’s youth star on the main stage!
Consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart’s classic musical based on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike.
The streets of Victorian England will come to life in Jackson as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. Adventures are in store for Oliver and his friends in this coming-of-age classic.
Run time approximately 120 minutes with a 10 minute intermission.
Check out the ‘Show Schedule’ tab for dates of ASL interpretation, the Rising Star Soirée, and more. For additional accommodation information and requests, email sadie@offsquare.org.
Off Square Theatre produces the Mike and Jean Louise Thieme Youth Musical annually. The Youth Musical is an opportunity for young theatre artists to put what they learn into practice on stage with a professional production team and to share the joyful magic of theatre with audiences from Teton County and beyond.
Please contact sadie@offsquare.org to request accommodation details.
SHOW ADVISORY
Off Square Theatre does not proactively offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact us at info@offsquare.org or 307-733-3021.
Dena DeMarco is pleased to be designing /creating costumes for my 6th youth musical with OSTC! She began her costuming career in 2008 in San Diego and has worked on about 40 productions. She has an amazing job and a great team to work with and is looking forward to seeing the kids bring it all together and shine on the stage!
Melissa Elliott is a musician and teacher from Jackson, WY. She is thrilled to be assisting in her 5th Off Square production as a music director, previous shows include The Sound of Music, Matilda, Jr., Richard III, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Melissa graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz and Commercial Music in 2019 and has been sculpting a musical life in her hometown since. She teaches private and group music lessons at Teton Music School, performs in various bands in the community, and is a singer/songwriting producing music under her alias, ‘Missy Jo.’ In the fall of 2023, Melissa performed in Off Square’s 25th Anniversary show and was seen as ‘Nina’ in Jackson Community Theater’s production of “Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike.” Melissa continues to hone in on her musical craft and is grateful to still be growing up in the Jackson Hole music and arts community.
Sadie Frank is a Jackson-based actress, director, and producer and is honored to make her Off Square directing debut with Oliver! With Off Square, credits include The Thanksgiving Play (Logan); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck); and The Revolutionists (Charlotte). Other performance highlights include creating an original translation of Chekhov’s Seagull and playing Nina; Alice in Arden of Faversham; and an operatic performance as the titular role in Offenbach’s La Périchole. Her training includes a B.A. in drama from Vassar College and a semester of study at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia.
All the way from sunny South Florida, Jaclyn Hansen-Kaufman is a recent graduate of Long Island University Post where she received her BFA in Musical Theatre. She has performed in numerous productions with the Post Theatre Company, Post Concert Dance Company, and more recently apart of the production of Annie Get Your Gun at the Jackson Hole Playhouse. She is delighted to be working with Off Square Theatre Company this Winter and is thrilled to be spreading the joy of live theatre in Jackson!
Lindsay Larson received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of Wyoming in 2013. While earning her degree, she found a love for lighting design under the direction of Sharon Huizinga and served as a designer/electrician for the Snowy Range Summer Theatre Festival. Lindsay has enjoyed working with Off Square on many productions over the last few years including Thin Air Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Music Man, Jr., Roald Dahl’s Matilda, The Musical, Jr., The Sound of Music and A Chorus Line. Lindsay continues her creative career as the Marketing Director for a business consulting firm.
Molly Moon Thorn - A local "Wilson kid”, Molly grew up performing on the Pink Garter, Playhouse, Walk Festival Hall and JHHS stages. In search of something completely different, sight unseen Molly attended the University of the South in Sewanee, TN where she obtained a BFA in Theatre Arts. An avid skier, rafter and wilderness wanderer, she returned to the Tetons to further explore this vast and glorious playground we are so blessed to call home. Molly is grateful to work, once again, with her brilliant and talented friends at Off Square Theatre.
2024 is Nanci's tenth year working with Off Square Theatre in many different capacities. Working with kids and being part of the annual Youth Musical is what makes her heart sing. Nanci is a published author of four novels for young people and besides children she loves wildflowers, trees, mountains, reading, and animals, especially her rescue dog Sufi, her Arabian horse, Dallas, and her super-special kitty named Kitty. Oh, and her two grown sons, as well.
February 22 | Rising Star Soirée
February 23 | ASL Interpretation Provided
Rising Star Soirée
February 22 | 5:30pm | The Center Lobby
The night before OLIVER! opens to the public, a special preview performance of the show will be the highlight of the Rising Star Soirée. This glamorous evening also features drinks and appetizers in the Center Lobby and more. Please join us to support theatre arts education in Teton County.
Each ticket ($100) includes:
- Admission to the Soirée
- Food and drink – appetizers, beer, and wine
- Special preview performance of Lionel Bart’s OLIVER!
