Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the Whitbread Award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, Coram Boy is a Dickensian tale of human trafficking, and the salvation of music and faith. In 18th-century England, a slave-trader takes advantage of impoverished parents and young mothers facing unwanted pregnancies. Meanwhile, orphan children—at the Coram Hospital for Foundling Children—and upper-class choirboys alike struggle for the freedom to pursue their dreams, from finding families to following in the footsteps of composer George Frideric Handel. This “play with music” incorporates portions of Handel’s Messiah as well as four original songs. 8-11 men and 9-12 women will be cast.