OXFORD – Song, dance and comedy will abound this weekend as the talented young thespians of the Oxford High School Drama Club take to the stage for their production of the Tony award winning Broadway musical, “Hello, Dolly!”

Based on a work by Thornton Wilder, the play follows Mrs. Dolly Levi (Olivia Powell), a “woman who arranges things,” in her quest to marry the Yonkers “half-a-millionaire,” Horace Vandergelder (Peter Ivarson). While Vandergelder is looking for a wife, he already has his eye set on Irene Malloy (Erica DeWispelaere), a New York milliner who secretly hates hats.

When Vandegelder heads to New York for the afternoon to visit Malloy, his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl (Noah Auwarter) and Barnaby Tucker (David Allen), see their chance for a little adventure and board a train as well. What ensues is a hilarious mix of matchmaking, misunderstandings and, of course, music.

The largely veteran cast selected “Hello, Dolly!” as this year’s spring musical, according to director Michael Moren. It will mark Moren’s eleventh show at the school.

For Olivia Powell, who plays Mrs. Dolly Levi, the production will be a poignant one as it will be the senior’s last on the high school stage. But that doesn’t temper her enthusiasm for her role.

“She’s outrageous; she’s loud,” said Powell, who says she identifies in part with her character. She describes Dolly as “very in control of everything,” which she said is a change for a teenager.