Broadbent Theatre Past Production: Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

by L Frank Baum; adapted by Frank Gabrielson

with Music and Lyrics from the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen & E Y Harburg

directed by Beverley Anthony & Juliana Hogg

Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls of her age, often dream of what may lie over the rainbow. One day a tornado hits her home and town and carries her away to picturesque Munchkinland and the other end of the rainbow.

The Munchkins fete Dorothy as a hero because, in landing, her house accidentally killed the Wicked Witch of the East, who had long tormented them. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas and seeks help from the kind Sorceress of the North. Only the great Wizard of Oz, says the Sorceress, can help Dorothy get back to Kansas.

Dorothy persuades three friends to accompany her on the trip to the Emerald City to see the Wizard. They are the Scarecrow, who believes he lacks a brain, the Tin Woodman who has no heart and the Cowardly Lion who would like some courage.

The Wicked Witch of the West, sister of the witch killed by Dorothy's arrival, vows vengeance on Dorothy and does all she can to stop Dorothy and her new friends from getting to the Emerald City and meet the Wizard.

The Wizard will only help them if they kill the Wicked Witch of the West - an apparently impossible task. They do, however succeed: they all get their wishes and the Wizard accompanies Dorothy back to Kansas in a rocket ship.

Cast
Dorothy	Caroline Anthony
Scarecrow	Rachel Hogg
Tin Woodman	Hannah Strawson
Lion	Leo Spowage
Aunt Em	Emma Tuplin
Uncle Henry	Sam Nutting
Farm Hands	Robert Doughty, Stephen Doughty
Sorceress	Siobhan Hustler
Mayor	Phoebe Nicholls
Farmer	Luke Tuplin
Coroner	Hannah Bows
Wizard	James Hall
Growlie	Stephen Doughty
Private	Robert Doughty
Gloria	Hannah Bows
Lady of Oz	Amelia
Girls of Oz	Jessica Whitlam, Jade Truswell
Soldiers	Sam Nutting, Aaron Spowage, Rob Dennis, Stephen Doughty, James Hall, Luke Tuplin, Phoebe Nicholls
Wicked Witch of the West	Louise Cutler
Tibia	Helen Baker
Witches	Pollyana Gough, Verity Smith
Cat	Amy Freeman
Mice	Duncan Hack, James Freeman, Liam Tuplin, Jessica Readman, Phoebe Nicholls
Ghosts	Steph Horstead, Louise Hogg, Emma Tuplin
Munchkins and Citizens	Members of the Cast

Crew
Assistant Directors	Robert Dennis, Charlotte Broughton, Katherine Boyce
Vocal Coach and Choreography	Pam Reaney
Stage Manager	Louise Hogg
Stage Assistants	Emma Major, Emma Tuplin
Set Design and Construction	David Broughton, Tina Speck
Lighting	Charles Spowage, Aaron Spowage
Sound	David Potter
Front of House	Charlotte Broughton, Katherine Boyce
Box Office	John Anthony
Stills	John Anthony
Prompt	Mel
Make-Up	Juliana Hogg

Acknowledgements
Sue Freeman for costumes; Caroline, Luke and Rachel for Promotion, Birdbook Promotional Products for Ribbons and Medals; Vicki Makin for Costumes and Props; Peter Rhodes for the Hoover; Auntie Daph for Costumes and Props and all the other parents, friends, patrons and sponsors who contributed towards the production.