By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics of the MGM Motion Picture
Screenplay by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
Book adaptation by John Kane from the Motion Picture Screenplay

Performed
June 21-24, June 27-July 1 and July 4-8, 2006
at
The Boal Barn Playhouse

Production Staff

Director	Kim Silverman
Music Director	Eric Brinser
Scenic Designer	Bret Sarlouis
Costume Designer	Amy Silverman
Choreographer	Kim Silverman
Lighting Designer	Susan L. Polay
Audio Designer	Mike Twomley
Technical Director	micah margolis
Stage Manager	Lori Howsare
Apprentice Coordinator	Eric Brinser

About the Show

The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is 106 years old this year and shows no signs of fading in popularity. The first public performance of The Wizard of Oz took place in January 1903. The show opened on Broadway to immediate success. It played 293 performances and road companies toured the show for the next six years. In 1939, MetroGoldWin-Mayer released its movie version, a color extravaganza, which won five Academy Awards. The story has been twisted and bent in such shows as The Wiz, Disney’s Return to Oz, and most recently Wicked. Since its conception, songwriters have used references from The Wizard of Oz in songs. Any vocalist worth noting has a personal version of “Over the Rainbow.” In 2004, “Over the Rainbow” was ranked number one motion picture song of all time by the American Film Institute, and to think, it was almost cut from the movie! (The producers believed it slowed down the opening pace of the movie too much.) Growing up in Iowa, I certainly had a firm grasp on sienna winters, colorful springs, and “tornado season.”  The Wizard of Oz helped us believe that something wonderful could come from these instant destroyers of our lives, and indeed with courage, a brain, and a heart, we could find something wonderful!

Kim Silverman, Director

The Cast

Dorothy Gale	Amberlee Weber
Toto	Rocky
Aunt Em/Glinda	Laura Saxe
Uncle Henry/Emerald City Guard	Mercer Bristow
Zeke/Cowardly Lion	Mark Srock
Hickory/Tinman	Michael Martin
Hunk/Scarecrow	Marcus Comly
Almira Gultch/Wicked Witch	Martha Traverse
Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz	John North
Mayor	Eli Calkins
Barrister	Ben Moser
Coroner	Pierce Guillory
Teachers	Heather Desorcie Page McDonough
Lullaby League	Jessie Brown Ashley Lope Samantha Mullen
Lollipop Guild	Nicholas Christie Alexander Korte Jordan Poole
Munchkins	Michaela Bojan Adam Boone Jordan Glover Emma Kesidis Caitlin Moser Sophie Mullen Emma Rohan Sara Rohan Kedrin Wilson Tristan Wilson
Crows	Luke Edmondson Jordan Poole Tristan Wilson
Apple Trees	Sarah Gamble Amanda Jones Maggie Lee Courtney Lope Alison Morooney Chantal Owens
Poppies	Jessie Brown Heather Desorcie Jordan Glover Emma Kesidis Page McDonough Kizzy Nicholas Emma Rohan Sara Rohan
Winkie General	Lance Baird
Nikko	Adam Boone
Flying Monkeys	Nicholas Christie Pierce Guillory Alexander Korte Kedrin Wilson
Winkies	Luke Edmondson John North Andy Saxe Tristan Wilson
Emerald City Citizens / Jitterbugs	Lance Baird Luke Edmondson Sarah Gamble Amanda Jones Maggie Lee Ashley Lope Courtney Lope Alison Morooney Elise Mortensen Samantha Mullen Kizzy Nicholas John North Chantal Owens Jordan Poole Andy Saxe Tristan Wilson Rhiannon Youngbauer

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