Pantochino Teen Theatre is designed to give young actors, age 13 to 18,  the opportunity to work with professionals in learning, rehearsing and performing a fully realized production, outside of the school or academic situation. Weekly Saturday (and a few Sunday) rehearsals are fast-paced and intensive, giving young actors the experience of a professional rehearsal schedule.  Past productions have included “The Prom,” “We Will Rock You,” “Grease,” “Bat Boy, “ “The SpongeBob Musical,” “Runways,” “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “Bubble Boy,” “Young Frankenstein,” "Go-Go Beach," Urinetown," "Starmites," "Into the Woods Jr.," "Zombie Prom," “Xanadu Jr.” and “Godspell Jr.”  Pantochino Teen Theatre begins rehearsal each year just after the holiday season. Pantochino's Summer Teen Theatre is a two-week program providing the same intensive, professional experience.

PANTOCHINO SUMMER THEATRE THEATRE 2026

LIONEL BART’S OLIVER!

PLEASE NOTE: SUMMER TEEN THEATRE HAS REACHED CAPACITY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM PLEASE EMAIL US AT PANTOCHINO@GMAIL.COM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITLIST.

The award-winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens novel springs to life with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to grace the stage.

Consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart's classic musical based on the Charles Dickens novel, 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 come to life 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. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.

Oliver! is a musical theatre masterpiece, perfectly showcasing the talents of a large ensemble cast as they bring these classic characters and score to life. Rehearses at Pantochino Studios on the lower level of the Connecticut Post Mall with performances at ACES ECA Arts Hall in New Haven.

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