The St. Cyril Theatre Guild's 1998 Summer Musical, The Wizard of OZ,
was presented in July at Rice University's Hamman Hall.
Dorothy and Toto made their way to meet the Wizard
with the help of Glinda, The Munchkins, The Scarecrow, The Tin
Man, and The Cowardly Lion.
The cast was challenged to stretch their singing, acting, and dancing abilities
to develop their extremely familiar characters into the Director's vision
of OZ and have the result be a recognizable, yet innovative interpretation
of Frank L. Baum's classic story. After adding the music,
set, and technical effects, what was originally thought to be a "very ambitious
undertaking for community theatre" evolved into a very successful production.
The show choreographed by Lisa Ortiz. Our Vocal
Director was Emily Gorman and our Orchestra Director
was Robert Peri.
The Wizard Of OZ
...Directed by Jill Aufill
Music by Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, and Herbert Stothart
Based on the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
....Produced by Bret Detillier
The Songs
- Over The Rainbow
- Come Out, Come Out...
- It Really Was No Miracle
- We Thank You Very Sweetly
- Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
- As Mayor Of The Munchkin City
- As Coroner, I Must Aver
- Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise)
- The Lullaby League
- The Lollipop Guild
- We Welcome You To Munchkinland
- Follow The Yellow Brick Road
- You're Off To See The Wizard
- If I Only Had A Brain - (extended version)
- We're Off To See The Wizard - (duo)
- If I Only Had A Heart - (extended version)
- We're Off To See The Wizard - (trio)
- If I Only Had The Nerve
- We're Off To See The Wizard - (quartet)
- Optimistic Voices
- Merry Old Land Of Oz, The
- If I Were King Of The Forest
The Cast
- Bill Ortiz as The Scarecrow
- Toni Walsh as the Tin Man
- JoAnn Vallot as Dorothy
- Mike Midler as The Cowardly Lion
And Toto too!!!!
- Gilbert Buentello as Toto
- Kayleen Clements and Tim Mueller as The Wizard
- Kevin Hames as the Wicked Witch
- Rae Lynn Cuddihy as Glinda
A huge ensemble made up the folks from
Kansas, crows, trees, guards, Munchkins, Winkies, and OZians.
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