THE WIZ

(In Order of Appearance)

Yellow Brick Road - Rachel Borczuk, Jen Creamer, Caroline Gold, Molly McGinty, Keesha Pina, Liz Riedel
Aunt Em – Amari Veale
Toto - Tsoureki
Dorothy – Jackie Dowling
Uncle Henry – Harry Teplow
Tornado Dancers - Charlotte Allard, Kaelyn Anderson, Melanie Anthony, Shyan Brown, Lilia Chang, Carrie Coote, Christiana Dryden, Samantha Gordon, Anabel Grob, Isabel Kardon, Laura Kee, Marie McMann, Jackie Morris, Hadley Parker, Kristen Sands, Shalini Sreedhar, Mikaela Thompson
Tornado House Movers – Katherine Binney, Jacqueline Chen, Jacob Levin
First Munchkin – Sam Marchiony
Second Munchkin – Kate Silberberg
Third Munchkin – Leo Hattabaugh
Fourth Munchkin - Will Anderson
Fifth Munchkin – Bejeana Breneville
Addaperle – Isabel Kardon
Scarecrow – Brenton Caesar-Allen
Crows – Lilia Chang, Anabel Grob, Bea Kelly, Hannah Knight, Mia Shaver
Tinman – Alex Camp
Lion – Clark Eglinton
Poppies – Melanie Anthony, Mia Casey, Donya Potter, Samantha Gordon, Jaclyn Morris, Kyra Spaulding
First Mouse – Robyn Stix
Second Mouse – Caroline Kaye
Field Mice – Katherine Binney, Shyan Brown, Jacqueline Chen, Hadley Parker, Joanna Tao, Mikaela Thompson, Lexi Welch
Gatekeeper – Molly Johnson
First Citizen – Charlotte Allard
Second Citizen – Kristen Sands
Third Citizen – Savaughn Dickerson
Fourth Citizen – Chris Symonds
Ballet Citizens (Emerald City Ballet)- Armen Avakian, Katherine Binney, Bejeana Breneville, Michael Brown, Lilia Chang, Jacqueline Chen, Natalie Colangelo, Mary Devlin, Savaughn Dickerson, Kirsten Errick, Madison Garland, Ainsley Gilbard, Charlie Gold, Leo Hattabaugh, Molly Johnson, James Joutras, Caroline Kaye, Laura Kee, Libby Lichter, Irene Liew, Shannon McCormack, Jackie Morris, Jessica Mosher, Eliza Peters, Otto Plank, Gabrielle Rodowicz, Kristen Sands, Chloe Smith, Becca Spellman, Shalini Sreedhar, Robyn Stix, Chris Symonds, Joanna Tao, Harry Teplow, Willow Trodden, Lexi Welch
The Wiz – David Helfer
Evillene – Annie Burkus
Lord High Underlings – Armen Avakian, Charlie Gold
First Winkie – Madison Garland
Monkeys (Funky Monkey) – Charlotte Allard, Kaelyn Anderson, Will Anderson, Melanie Anthony, Ashley Brown, Shyan Brown, Caroline Bryson, Mia Casey, Olivia Chase, Amanda Chen, Carrie Coote, Christiana Dryden, Cameron Ebel, Samantha Gordon, Anabel Grob, Sammy Hooper, Isabel Kardon, Bea Kelly, Hannah Knight, Jacob Levin, Srishti Lulla, Lily Macnamara, Sam Marchiony, Caroline Mattoon, Marie McMann, Zoe Morris, Alli Nemrow, Hadley Parker, Maddie Piccione, Donya Potter, Mia Shaver, Caroline Sikes, Kate Silberberg, Kyra Spaulding, Olivia Spaulding, Alexandra Taylor, Mikaela Thompson, Amari Veale
Soldier Messenger– Madison Garland
Winged Monkey Leader – Sammy Hooper
Glinda – Margot Wynant

Munchkins (He’s The Wiz), Winkies (No Bad News, Brand New Day), Citizens (Y’all Got It) - Charlotte Allard, Ally Anderson, Kaelyn Anderson, Will Anderson, Melanie Anthony, Katherine Binney, Bejeana Breneville, Ashley Brown, Michael Brown, Shyan Brown, Caroline Bryson, Mia Casey, Lilia Chang, Olivia Chase, Amanda Chen, Jacqueline Chen, Natalie Colangelo, Carrie Coote, Mary Devlin, Savaughn Dickerson, Christiana Dryden, Cameron Ebel, Kirsten Errick, Madison Garland, Ainsley Gilbard, Samantha Gordon, Anabel Grob, Leo Hattabaugh, Sammy Hooper, Molly Johnson, James Joutras, Caroline Kaye, Laura Kee, Bea Kelly, Hannah Knight, Jacob Levin, Libby Lichter, Irene Liew, Srishti Lulla, Lily Macnamara, Sam Marchiony, Caroline Matoon, Shannon McCormack, Marie McMann, Zoe Morris, Jacyln Morris, Jessica Mosher, Allison Nemrow, Hadley Parker, Eliza Peters, Madeline Piccione, Otto Plank, Donya Potter, Gabrielle Rodowicz, Kristen Sands, Mia Shaver, Caroline Sikes, Kate Silberberg, Chloe Smith, Kyra Spaulding, Olivia Spaulding, Becca Spellman, Shalini Sreedhar, Robyn Stix, Chris Symonds, Joanna Tao, Alexandra Taylor, Harry Teplow, Mikaela Thompson, Willow Trodden, Lexi Welch

DIRECTOR – Aidan O’Hara
MUSICAL DIRECTOR – Deanna Leedy
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – Abraham Mills
CHOREOGRAPHER – Lynn Frederiksen
COSTUME DESIGNER – Meg Cowe

The Wiz is a musical by Charlie Smalls, later adapted by William F. Brown as a book. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture.

While similar in plot to “The Wizard of Oz”, The Wiz transforms the traditional show into a more fun, funky modern version. Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas is blown by a tornado into Munchkinland in the Land Of Oz. While there she meets the Scarecrow, the Tinman & the Cowardly Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. She defeats the evil witch and goes to see the powerful Wizard who turns out to be a phoney. However, he is able to convince Dorothy that she can do anything she wants if she just believes in herself. Dorothy also realizes the importance of home and her family.