PRESENTS

Based on the famous children’s story by Frank Baum (Premiere 2013 Charleston Ballet Theatre)

MAY 22, 2021 - 2:00 PM MAY 22, 2021 - 7:30 PM MAY 23, 2021 - 1:00 PM MAY 23, 2021 - 4:00 PM THE TARKINGTON AT THE CENTER FOR THE PEROFRMING ARTS

CHOREOGRAPHY JILL EATHORNE BAHR THE WIZARD OF OZ SYNOPSIS

ACT I Dorothy Gale lives on a farm with her Auntie Em, Uncle Henry and Cairn Terrier, Toto. One day, Toto bites their neighbor Miss Almira Gulch on the leg, leading her to obtain a sheriff's order to have him euthanized. Miss Gulch takes Toto away, but he escapes and returns to Dorothy. She decides she must run away to save him. While preparing to flee, she and Toto are caught up in a tornado. As Dorothy seeks shelter in her bedroom, the window is blown in and hits her on the head, knocking her unconscious.

The house is sent spinning into the air and Dorothy awakens to see various figures fly by, including Miss Gulch, who has transformed into a witch! The tornado carries the house all the way into Munchkin Country in the magical Land of Oz.

Dorothy meets the Munchkins and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. She learns her house has fallen upon, and killed, the Wicked Witch of the East. This frees the Munchkins from her power, and they treat Dorothy as their heroine. The Wicked Witch of the West (who oddly resembles Miss Gulch) arrives to claim her sister's magic ruby slippers and vows to avenge her death. Glinda has already put the slippers on Dorothy's feet, further infuriating the witch.

All Dorothy really wants is to go home to Kansas. The Munchkins tell her that the Wizard of Oz will know what to do. She starts off towards the Emerald City to ask the Wizard to send her home.

ACT II Dorothy and Toto meet three strange traveling companions, each of whom needs help: The Scarecrow, whose head is full of straw, the rusty Tin Man, whose chest is empty and the Cowardly Lion, who is afraid of his own tail. Dorothy invites them all to join her to see if the Wizard can help them as well.

As they travel, The Wicked Witch of the West threatens the companions. She creates a beautiful field of poppies, but their scent is poisonous. The friends grow tired as they breath in the poison. Fortunately, Glinda rescues comes to the rescue by covering the poppies with snowflakes! No matter what she tries, the Wicked Witch fails to intimidate Dorothy into giving up the ruby slippers. THE WIZARD OF OZ SYNOPSIS

ACT III The Fearless Foursome finally reach the Emerald City. They are washed, combed and buffed by the citizens of Emerald City, but the Wizard refuses to meet them. The Wicked Witch makes another ominous appearance, and the Lion wishes more than ever for courage. Finally taken to see the fearsome Wizard, the four friends are given a quest to prove themselves worthy of his assistance: they must bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. Unfortunately, the only way to retrieve the broomstick is to kill her.

The friends hastily leave for the Wicked Witch's castle. While attempting to steal the broom, the Wicked Witch attacks the Scarecrow with fire. Dorothy throws a bucket of water at him to put out the fire. In the process, she accidentally douses the Wicked Witch, who melts away into nothing. The travelers have finally defeated the Wicked Witch!

Glinda appears and tells Dorothy that the power to return home was inside of her all along. All she has to do is click her heels together three times and chant: "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home".

Dorothy says goodbye to her new friends, takes Toto into her arms, knocks her heels together three times and waves goodbye as she heads back home to Kansas. CENTRAL INDIANA DANCE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: THE WIZARD OF OZ - 2021

Auntie Em Olivia Doan [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] Rebecca Wacker [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] Dorothy Gale Hanna Polster [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] Ava Juleen [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] Almira Gulch/ Wicked Witch of the West Anna Beringer The Tornado Claire Barbour Ava Gwin Alison Bishop Ella Heincker Elena Caldwell Madelynn Neff Gretchen Greener Glinda/ Good Witch of the North Riley France Lullaby League Sophia Cahn Lucy McNary Abigail Groves Sienna Paquette Natalie Keyser Alayna Shea Madeline Linton Haley Sims Lollipop Kids Lyla Hash Kathryn Vandeventer Kate Hayden Julia Warner Thomas Hilbish Kendall Williams Annabelle Pedde Citizens of Munchkinland Lidia Lima Claire McNary Guilia Mann Tierney Schroeder Cecilia Maroney Isla Walter Kinsey Marx

Maizy Brien Margaret Lutes Joy Chen Eleanor Richarz Reagan Kuester Danielle Smith Lilly Graham

Grace Abisi Arianna Maurini Ada Bishop Ella O’Brien Maggie Franzo Myla Williams Lilah Haag CENTRAL INDIANA DANCE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: THE WIZARD OF OZ - 2021

The Scarecrow - Jesse Zhang with a head full of straw The Tin Man - Anneliese Stapert with an empty chest The Cowardly Lion - Caroline Smith [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] afraid of his tail Lucy Devenney [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] The Citizens of the Emerald City Karedis Araujo Olivia Hilbish Lucy Chen Dorothy Long Ava Davis Elizabeth McPhillips Maria DeLong Reese Roudebush Katie Fuhrmann Stella Roudebush Alivia Harpenau Katherine Westra The Flying Winged Monkeys Oriana Gonzalez Gabriella Linton Lily Guntz Charlotte Van Dyke Lucy Devenney [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] Ava Juleen [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] Rebecca Wacker [Sat 2p/Sun 4p] Olivia Doan [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] Hanna Polster [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] Caroline Smith [Sat 7:30p/Sun 1p] The Soldiers Caroline Brundage Ashley Mae Middler Marlen Castro Sydney Poetz Julianna Conner Caroline Ringenberg Lauralyn Keyser Eliana Williamson Stella Luce

“Wizard of Oz” c. 2014 choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr. All rights reserved. BEHIND THE SCENES

Choreography and Concept Jill Eathorne-Bahr Executive Director Suzann DeLay Co-Artistic Directors Michael Casey Clark Ashley Jacobs Assistant to the Artistic Directors Jillian Godwin Youth Company Director Rochelle Paquette Communication & Production Coordinator Caitlin Sloan Stage Manager Brian York Head Flyman Ash Ritchhart Audio Heath Hunt Lighting BJ Schnettler Music Collages Costumes Don Cantwell Claudia Folts CIDE Costume Mistress Mandy Polster Umbrella Design Patricia Cantwell Set Design Theatre World Backdrops Wizard of Oz Chair Kathleen Poetz Photography Paul Retzlaff

THANK YOU

To The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts for allowing us to use the Performing Arts Center. To Mandy Polster and her crew for their countless hours of altering, mending and adorning costumes. To Paul Retzlaff for continuing to snap excellent photos. To EVERYONE who assisted in making our production a success. Words cannot express our gratitude. Ava, You have worked so hard and we are beyond proud of you! Hope you enjoy every moment of this weekend. Performing on stage again and getting to watch you is so exciting and we won’t take that for granted one second! We love you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Riley, Charlie and Oliver Stella, We so love watching you dance, and we are so proud of the way you handled the challenges of 2020. You will always be our favorite ballerina, and we are so excited to watch you as a soldier!

We love you, Dad, Mom, Lucy and Freddie

To Our Natalie and Lauralyn:

We wish you both a wonderfully magical and delightfully memorable performance in The Wizard of Oz, as part of the Lullaby League and as a Solider! Our own cohort of “munchkins” will be cheering you on as you dance down that Yellow Brick Road!

Love, Mom, Dad, Jack, Flynn, Juliet, Aurora, Belle, Marcello & Dougray We are so proud of you, Eleanor

Sienna, Luna (and the rest of us) are so proud of the beautiful dancer you have become. Keep following your dreams! Love, Mom, Dad, Jayson and Luna xo

Katherine, We love watching your magical slippers lead you home--on stage! Love, Mom, Dad, Andrew & Michael

We can’t to see you on the Now those magic slippers will take yellow brick road. you home in two seconds!"-Glinda Love, Your Fan Club Alivia, Your smile is infectious, your laughter is contagious and your resilience is magical! We are so proud of you and how far you have come to fulfill your dreams. We love you always and hope you never stop reaching for the stars!!!! Love, Mom, Dad, Dane, Cayden and Feeby (woof!) To our lovely Dancer Mae,

You shine like a bright star and we are so proud to call you daughter.

, ophia ar S De

Have fun dancing in the Lullaby League! Love, Mom, Dad, Aaron & Kiara!

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Voltaire Loving Grandparents Haley,

Have a great performance! Can’t wait to watch you in The Wizard of Oz!

Love Mom, Dad, Alex and Jonathan

We’re so happy to be watching you both dance! You’re amazing, and we love you. Feel the joy!

Love, Your Fan Club

Maggie, we are so proud of you! Your dreams of pretending to be in The Wizard of Oz are coming true! May you never forget “There’s no place like home!”

We love you! Mom, Dad, Drew and Claire H a n n a , y o u d i d i t !

Y o u r d e v o t i o n i n s p i r e s u s a l l . W e a r e s o p r o u d o f a l l y o u h a v e a c c o m p l i s h e d i n 8 y e a r s w i t h C I A D . C o n g r a t s o n B u t l e r B a l l e t . W e c a n ' t w a i t t o s e e w h a t ' s n e x t !

L o v e , M o m , D a d , L i l y , & R o x i e !