Frank Baums classic 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'.

“There’s a lot of magic, and the costumes and make-up are amazing,” Ballard says. Integrate literature and music with this musical readers theater of L. Ballard says the sets will be enhanced by numerous changing projections that bring to life key moments in the story, including the twister, Miss Gulch’s transformation into the Wicked Witch, the flying monkeys and more. The music is directed by longtime Theatre Baton Rouge contributor and Red Magnolia Theatre Company co-founder Beth Bordelon. The show features numerous big dance numbers, all choreographed by Hope Vaughan Carline. “It’s been so much fun training Penny to do a lot of fun tricks.” Brenley Murry as Glinda the Good Witch and Molly Kate Skupian as Dorothy. “I’m a massive dog person, and so is Caty and everyone in the cast,” Ballard says. And Dorothy’s plucky dog, Toto, is played by real life pooch, Penny, who is also Steward’s pet. Louis Muni version of THE WIZARD OF OZ, we jumped at the opportunit. Glinda the Good Witch is played by Brenley Murry. When our good friends at Orange Lutheran High School told us they were producing the St. Elizabeth Porche plays the Cowardly Lion Adler Rice, the Tinman and Simone Sharp, the Scarecrow.

Some have come back to work with us as adults.”ĭorothy is played by Molly Kate Skupien and the Wicked Witch of the West is played by Molly Bush. “It’s wonderful to have seen so many kids go on to do this in college and as a career. “YAP is a training academy for young performers to gain the skills to do this professionally if they so choose,” Ballard says.

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