Consider yourself invited to see `Oliver'.

Byline: The Register-Guard

Fagin is up to his old tricks, trying to lead an innocent young boy down the path to ruin, in Lionel Bart's hit musical "Oliver," which Roosevelt Middle School will present today through Sunday in the South Eugene High School auditorium, 400 E. 19th Ave.

Directed by Judy Wenger, "Oliver" will be double-cast, enabling some 85 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to participate.

Cast 1 includes Asaf Applebaum (Oliver Twist), George Glasser (Fagin), Patrick McCleery (Artful Dodger), Annie Rose Favreau (Nancy) and Neil Fitzgerald (Bill Sykes).

Cast 2 has Katie Henry as Oliver, Tristan Freechild as Fagin, Camille Richey as the Artful Dodger, Sarah Berkley as Nancy and Aaron Pratt as Sykes.

Katy Gilmore is the production's principal dancer.

Cast 1 will perform at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Cast 2 will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The technical staff consists of Carol Sinclair (musical direction), Judith Fernandes (art design), Wendy McClellan (costumes) and Heather Wenger (choreography).

Among the show's familiar songs are "Food, Glorious Food," "Oliver," "Where Is Love," "Consider Yourself" and "As Long as He Needs Me."

Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for students, seniors and children. Tickets are available in advance at the Roosevelt Middle School office and will be sold at the high school box office half an hour before each show.

For information, call 687-3227.