The Wizard of OZ ______
a LINX adaptation
GREEN CAST
LINX 141 LINDEN ST. WELLESLEY, MA 01746 (781) 235-3210 [email protected] PROLOGUE [ALL] GLINDA GREETS THE AUDIENCE
[CURTAIN OPENS. Behind the curtain is GLINDA. She looks at the audience with wonder.]
GLINDA_PP What a wonderful audience. So many excited and eager faces. Are we all ready for an adventure? Watch one another’s back now. Things do sneak up on you in Oz. Fortunately, they can be very nice things... (points to back of house) Like that...
1ST SONG - FIREWORK
ACT I, SCENE 1 [PP] IN WHICH DOROTHY IS CALLED BEFORE THE WIZARD.
CHARACTERS: WIZARD, DOROTHY, SCARECROW, LION, TIN MAN
[Head of Wizard hovers before audience. Below, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man tremble in terror. Mid-runner curtain is closed behind them. Also onstage is a booth with a hanging curtain. Thick ducts branch out from the booth.]
WIZARD I am the great and powerful OZ! Who dares approach me?
[Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man shove Dorothy forward. Dorothy looks back at them.]
SCARECROW_PP You got this.
LION_PP We’re right behind you.
[Dorothy turns toward Wizard. Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man shuffle backwards. Dorothy turns to them, noticing the increased distance.]
TIN MAN_PP Right behind you! 2.
WIZARD (to Dorothy) Who are you?
DOROTHY_PP My name is Dorothy. Dorothy Gale.
WIZARD And where do you come from, “Dorothy Gale”?
DOROTHY_PP Kansas.
WIZARD Kansas? (long pause) What is Kansas?
DOROTHY_PP It’s a place. My home - and I so want to return. A tornado picked up my home, picked up me and my little dog - only, he’s not so little anymore. When the house fell - oh! - the most terrible thing happened...
[We hear the sounds of a tornado, a foundation being torn up, a dog yapping as the lights go down. Audience is left in the dark as the sounds play.]
ACT I, SCENE 2 [SL] IN WHICH THE MUNCHKINS DETERMINE IF DOROTHY IS A GOOD WITCH OR A BAD WITCH
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, TOTO, GLINDA, FERÍA, COCO, POWDER, CINNAMON, HONEY, DIP, JELLY, PUMPKIN
[Mid-runner opens. Lights slowly return, revealing a house that has crashed down in the middle of Munchkinland. Beneath the house are two legs wearing striped tights and ruby shoes. Door falls off hinge to reveal DOROTHY. She steps out and looks around.]
DOROTHY_SL Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. 3.
[Enter Toto through doorway. He is also full of wonder. Dorothy has not looked at him yet.]
TOTO_SL You ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie.
DOROTHY_SL (spins around, surprised) Toto! You can talk! And you’re huge!
TOTO_SL Whoa! Look at me! And you understand me!
DOROTHY_SL And you understand me!
TOTO_SL Well, I could always understand you. Isn’t that funny? Animals understand people, but people don’t understand animals. It just goes to show, you people aren’t as highly evolved as you think you are. In fact, now that you understand me, there’s a few things I’ve been wanting to point out...
DOROTHY_SL Toto... Toto... Toto! Now’s not the time.
[While Toto was talking - and Dorothy was trying to get his attention - the Munchkins had been emerging from various spots.]
COCO Are you a good witch?
HONEY Or are you a bad witch?
CINNAMON She’s awfully pretty, Pumpkin
PUMPKIN Yes, Cinnamon. I bet she’s a good witch.
DIP I don’t think she’s any kind of witch.
POWDER She has to be some kind of witch, Dip. 4.
JELLY Powder’s right. Only a witch can kill a witch.
COCO Which brings us back to our first question:
HONEY Are you a good witch?
CINNAMON Or a bad witch?
DOROTHY_SL But I haven’t killed any witch.
PUMPKIN You sure did.
DIP You dropped a house on her head.
POWDER You can see her legs right there.
DOROTHY_SL Oh, dear! How terrible!
JELLY Terrible? Coco! She’s a bad witch!
DOROTHY_SL No!
COCO Then you’re a good witch?
[Enter Glinda and Fería. All the Munchkins murmur in awe.]
GLINDA_SL Hello, dear friends.
FERÍA_SL Perhaps we can help clarify this matter. 5.
[Munchkins all step aside. Glinda glides up to Dorothy. Pause.]
GLINDA_SL Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
FERÍA_SL That helped a lot, Glinda. Thank you.
[Toto marches in front of Dorothy.]
TOTO_SL Listen! She’s not any kind of witch. Witches are old and ugly and gross.
GLINDA_SL I’m a witch.
TOTO_SL (beat) Sometimes it’s nice not being understood. (ducks behind Dorothy)
FERÍA_SL I’m Fería, the Good Witch of the North. She is Glinda. Good Witch of the South. (pointing to legs) That was the Bad Witch of the East.
GLINDA_SL Now then... are you a good witch or a bad witch?
DOROTHY_SL ...Good?
[All the Munchkins cheer.]
MUNCHKINS She’s a good witch! She killed the bad witch! (sing) Ding-dong the witch is dead! Which ol’ witch? The wicked Witch! Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!
[Lightning and Thunder rip across stage. The Munchkins scatter.] 6.
TOTO_SL What was that?
HONEY It’s the Wicked Witch! She’s coming.
TOTO_SL I thought Dorothy killed the Wicked Witch.
DIP She killed the Witch of the East!
CINNAMON That’s the Wicked Witch of the West!
POWDER You’d better hurry and get out of here.
JELLY Here. Take these shoes!
PUMPKIN The ruby slippers. Jelly, you’re a genius.
COCO (to Dorothy) My friend, don’t take those shoes off.
HONEY They have incredible magic!
DIP The shoes will prospect you, Dorothy.
POWDER You mean ‘protect’, Dip.
[Dip nods happily. Another strike of lightning and thunder makes all cower.]
DOROTHY_SL But where should I go? How can I get home?
FERÍA_SL You’ll have to seek the Wizard. 7.
JELLY Oh! The Wizard! He’s wonderful!
CINNAMON Yes! He’ll know what to do!
TOTO_SL But how do we get there?
GLINDA_SL You must follow the Yellow Brick Road. (points over audience) See it there?
DOROTHY_SL It stretches ever so far. Could someone keep us company?
PUMPKIN You mean... leave Munchkinland?
FERÍA_SL Excellent idea. (to the Munchkins) Dorothy needs someone to guide her. Any munchkin that wishes to volunteer, please step forward.
[All Munchkins, except Boq, step back.]
FERÍA_SL Boq! That’s very kind of you.
BOQ_SL What? (realizes what happened) Listen, I’d love to help her. Really! But there’s a problem.
GLINDA_SL Which is?
BOQ_SL I don’t want to.
GLINDA_SL But you are perfect, Boq. You’ve been to the Emerald City. 8.
BOQ_SL Only once — by accident. (eyeing another Munchkin) Someone thought it would be funny to tie me to a Wandering Chicken.
[Toto opens mouth to ask “How” a chicken could pull him all the way to a distant city.]
BOQ_SL (holding up finger to Toto) Don’t ask.
[Toto closes mouth.]
FERÍA_SL Boq, you will lead Dorothy to the Emerald City - or I will turn you into a chicken.
BOQ_SL (eyes grow wide then, to Dorothy, pleasant but nervous) When do we leave?
COCO Don’t worry, Boq. It’s not that dangerous.
DIP Oh, sure it is, Coco. The witch’s servants are everywhere.
CINNAMON And they are terribly mean.
HONEY What Coco was trying to say, you two, was that Boq will make it through okay.
POWDER Right. He’s not going to get gobbled up.
PUMPKIN Or trampled on.
JELLY Or torn into little pieces.
BOQ_SL You can all stop comforting me now. Thank you. 9.
GLINDA_SL Off you go!
MUNCHKINS Follow the yellow brick road! Ha-ha! Follow the yellow brick road! Hee-hee! Follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow the yellow brick road! Oh!
If ever, oh, ever a wiz there was The Wizard of Oz is one because Because, because, because, because, because! Because of the wonderful things he does.
La-la-la la-la-la-la... LA!
You’re off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
[Thunder.]
MUNCHKINS Here she comes!
GLINDA_SL I will stall her.
[Exit.]
FERÍA_SL Glinda, no! She’s become too powerful! Glinda!
ACT I, SCENE 3 [PP] IN WHICH TOTO AND BOQ STEP BEFORE THE WIZARD.
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, WIZARD, LION, SCARECROW, TIN MAN, TOTO, BOQ
[Scene continues with Dorothy before the face of the Wizard. Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man are still behind her. Toto and Boq are now visible in the shadows.] 10.
WIZARD And now you see me. Come forward, dog. You too, Munchkin. Why do you hide?
TOTO_PP I... I wasn’t hiding.
BOQ_PP I was. And he left a puddle in the corner.
TOTO_PP What?! I didn’t!
BOQ_PP You most certainly did.
TOTO_PP (through clenched teeth) The big talking head startled me.
WIZARD Silence! So, Dorothy Gale, you came without meeting the West witch?
DOROTHY_PP Oh, but I did meet the Witch. She caught me on the road.
WIZARD Were you not scared?
BOQ_PP Scared? The dog’s lucky it’s the yellow brick road.
TOTO_PP (clenched teeth again) Would you stop?!
WIZARD What did she say to you? 11.
ACT I, SCENE 4 [CS] IN WHICH DOROTHY FIRST FACES THE WITCH
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, TOTO, BOQ, SCARECROW, WICKED WITCH
[Dorothy walks along the road with Toto and Boq. A SCARECROW rests on a wooden post near an immense tree (the booth turned around). One arm is pointing at the audience.]
TOTO_CS The road splits.
DOROTHY_CS Excuse me, Boq. Which way should we go?
BOQ_CS I was being dragged behind a chicken. You might as well ask that scarecrow.
SCARECROW_CS That way seems nice.
TOTO_CS Did that Scarecrow talk?
BOQ_CS Don’t be silly. Scarecrows don’t talk.
SCARECROW_CS They don’t? I’m sorry.
DOROTHY_CS Oh! You do talk! Do you know the way to the Emerald City?
[Scarecrow nods.]
TOTO_CS Can you tell us?
[Scarecrow shakes head.]
DOROTHY_CS Why not? 12.
SCARECROW_CS (whispers) Scarecrows don’t talk.
TOTO_CS Well, clearly, you do.
SCARECROW_CS I do? Are you sure?
BOQ_CS Is there a brain in that straw head of yours?
SCARECROW_CS I don’t think so.
BOQ_CS Well, be sure to get one.
SCARECROW_CS (coming away from post) How would I get one?
DOROTHY_CS Maybe the Wizard can give you one.
SCARECROW_CS Really! What’s he giving you?
SHOWCASE VOICE: HOME
Thunder booms after song. As they cringe, the Wicked Witch steps out from the trunk of the tree. Dorothy, Scarecrow, Toto and Boq back away from her.]
WICKED WITCH_CS Going somewhere?
TOTO_CS If it’s all the same to you, we’d like to run for our lives.
[Toto starts to run. Wicked Witch waves her hand and Toto trips.] 13.
WICKED WITCH_CS Which of you killed my sister? (to Dorothy) Was it you?
DOROTHY_CS (pleading) No.
BOQ_CS Don’t be modest. Yeah, she killed her! She’s more powerful than Glinda and more powerful than you! Show her, Dorothy. (pause) Any time now... Right NOW.
[Dorothy does nothing. Witch grabs Boq by throat.]
WICKED WITCH_CS I would advise you to keep silent, Munchkin.
BOQ_CS (raspy) Good advice.
[Witch releases Boq.]
DOROTHY_CS It was an accident.
WICKED WITCH_CS (mocking) Oh! It was an accident! (vicious) I can make accidents too!
SCARECROW_CS Can I? (pushes Toto to ground, just as he’s been getting up)
TOTO_CS Hey!
SCARECROW_CS It was an accident. 14.
TOTO_CS No it wasn’t!
SCARECROW_CS Oh, I can’t do anything right.
WICKED WITCH_CS Give me my sister’s ruby slippers.
[Dorothy, scared, reaches for them.]
TOTO_CS Dorothy, no! Remember what Glinda said. They’ll protect you.
WICKED WITCH_CS And what’s going to protect you, fuzz ball?
TOTO_CS (whispers) Dorothy, give me one of the shoes.
WICKED WITCH_CS Two shoes. Four friends. Some of you are going to—OW!
[The Witch bounces her head, as if struck from behind. She spins around, rubbing the back of her head.]
WICKED WITCH_CS (calls off-stage) You! Come out of the shadows, coward! I’ll strike you down once and for all!
[Wicked Witch raises hands to blast the stranger. Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow and Boq cringe.]
DOROTHY_CS Stop! Or—
WICKED WITCH_CS Or what?
TOTO_CS (thinking fast) Or she will use her magic on you. She dropped a house on your sister, she can drop one on you. 15.
WICKED WITCH_CS (looks to sky, afraid, then slowly looks back) This isn’t over, my pretty. I’ll get you — you and your not so little dog too!
[Thunder and lightning. Witch exits into the tree.]
BOQ_CS (to Tip) That person is beckoning us over.
TOTO_CS Can we trust her?
SCARECROW_CS She did just help save us from the Wicked Witch. Seems to me that’s a very good sign.
DOROTHY_CS Agreed. Come, everyone. Maybe she can help lead us to the Wizard.
ACT I, SCENE 5 [PP] IN WHICH THE WICKED WITCH WORRIES OVER DOROTHY’S UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL.
CHARACTERS: WICKED WITCH, NIKKO, GLINDA
[The Wicked Witch paces about her throne room. In a cage stands the lovely Glinda.]
WICKED WITCH_PP Who is she, Nikko? Where did she come from?
NIKKO_PP I don’t know, my lady.
WICKED WITCH_PP What do I keep you for?
NIKKO_PP I... don’t know my lady.
WICKED WITCH_PP Why now? Why? When I am about to strike at the Emerald City? 16.
NIKKO_PP I... don’t—
WICKED WITCH_PP You don’t know! I know!
GLINDA_PP I have tried to explain things to you.
WICKED WITCH_PP Nothing out of you.
GLINDA_PP Good is a force within the world.
WICKED WITCH_PP Then so is bad!
GLINDA_PP So it is.
WICKED WITCH_PP So it is.
GLINDA_PP But Good is stronger. Powers you do not understand have sent this girl.
NIKKO_PP My lady, let my monkeys fetch this ‘Dorothy’. They will keep her from reaching the Emerald City.
WICKED WITCH_PP Perhaps...
GLINDA_PP It will do no good. Princess Ozma will protect her.
NIKKO_PP My queen destroyed your Princess Ozma!
GLINDA_PP Ozma’s spirit lives on.
NIKKO_PP Impossible! She is gone, the Wizard is weak and we will take the Emerald City! 17.
WICKED WITCH_PP Don’t waste your breath, Nikko. Glinda will simply smile in her simple-minded way.
GLINDA_PP It is simple to smile when one has faith in the goodness of the world.
WICKED WITCH_PP Don’t make me throw up. Nikko, send your monkeys. Bring Dorothy to me!
ACT I, SCENE 6 [SL] IN WHICH THE FLYING MONKEYS DISCUSS THE WITCHES
CHARACTERS: DASH, RUMBLE, FLASH, STRIKE, BOUNCE, BOOM, TUMBLE
[Flash and Strike stand before Bounce, Boom, Rumble, Tumble and Dash.]
FLASH Bow your heads. The good witch is dead.
BOUNCE I can’t believe it!
BOOM This is so sudden!
RUMBLE She was always so lovely and kind.
DASH Poor, poor Glinda.
STRIKE Glinda? What are you talking about? The Wicked Witch of the East is dead!
TUMBLE (excited) She is?!
BOUNCE, BOOM, RUMBLE, TUMBLE & DASH Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which ol’ which? The Wicked Witch— 18.
FLASH Stop it! Stop it! How dare you call her Wicked?
BOOM Because... she was?
STRIKE Not to us. To us she’s the good witch.
TUMBLE Which witch?
STRIKE The East Witch.
DASH The East Witch is the good witch.
BOUNCE Which witch is the bad witch?
FLASH The good witch.
TUMBLE The East Witch?
STRIKE Glinda witch!
RUMBLE Thought she was the bad witch.
FLASH She is the bad witch. Now, the Western Witch—
DASH She is a wicked witch!
FLASH She is a great witch.
BOUNCE Which? 19.
STRIKE That’s what she said.
BOUNCE Huh?
FLASH The Wicked Witch— (Boom raises hand to ask question) —of the West (Boom lowers hand) needs us to find Dorothy.
RUMBLE Is she a witch?
STRIKE We believe so.
TUMBLE (like Glinda) Is she a good witch or a bad witch?
FLASH Bad.
[Bounce, Boom, Rumble and Dash cheer.]
FLASH I mean ‘good’.
[They cheer weakly and with a question mark.]
STRIKE We need to snag her.
[They snicker.]
FLASH Not snicker! Snag her! You! Grab her!
[Boom grabs Bounce.]
BOOM Got her! 20.
FLASH Not her! Dorothy!
[Boom looks to Rumble.]
BOOM Are you Dorothy?
STRIKE Dorothy the witch!
DASH (pointing to Rumble) She’s not a witch.
FLASH Fly!
TUMBLE Where?
[They start swatting the air.]
RUMBLE Duck!
BOUNCE Ducks?
BOUNCE, BOOM, RUMBLE & DASH AHHHH!!!!
BOOM Our mortal enemy!
RUMBLE Retreat! Retreat!
[As they run around like lunatics, Strike and Flash shake their heads in disgust.] 21.
ACT I, SCENE 7 [PP] IN WHICH THE WIZARD IS REVEALED
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, SCARECROW, WIZARD, TIP, TIN MAN, LION, TOTO, BOQ
DOROTHY_PP So, you see, if it weren’t for our mysterious friend, Tip, the Witch would have surely captured us.
SCARECROW_PP Or worse!
TIN MAN_PP She might have killed us!
LION_PP Or worse!
[All look at Lion.]
WIZARD Warrior, step forward.
[Tip emerges from the shadows looks around.]
WIZARD From whence do you come?
TIP_PP (ignoring Wizard) This seems... wrong.
TIN MAN_PP The Wonderful Wizard of Oz turns out to be a cranky floating head. Of course it seems wrong.
TIP_PP But I know it’s wrong. As if I’ve been here.
SCARECROW_PP Have you been here?
TIP_PP Have I? 22.
LION_PP (whispering) I’ve learned not to talk to her when she’s like that.
WIZARD Silence! I am addressing you Warrior!
SCARECROW_PP Hey! You can yell at us if you want, but our clothes stay on!
BOQ_PP Not ‘undressing’! Addressing!
TIN MAN_PP Hear that? He’s going to make her into a dressing!
LION_PP How awful! (to Wizard) Though I’d recommend a nice lite ranch, if you’re insisting.
WIZARD Quiet! Warrior, from whence do you come?
TIP_PP I live in the Western Wood. I foil the Wicked Witch when I can.
WIZARD And why have you come to the Emerald City?
TIP_PP I am protecting this girl, Dorothy. I have a good feeling about her.
WIZARD And the rest of you? State your reasons for coming!
[Toto, who was listening to Tip’s idea that ‘this is wrong’ starts sniffing around, getting closer and closer to the curtained booth.]
DOROTHY_PP I would like help getting home.
TIN MAN_PP I would like a heart. 23.
LION_PP I would— (chickens out) You go first.
SCARECROW_PP I would like a train. I mean ‘a brain’. (thinks) A train would be nice too... if you have one.
LION_PP I would like courage.
BOQ_PP And I would like to have nothing more to do with these people.
WIZARD Silence! If you wish to receive even 1 of these things—
[Toto’s enormous head appears behind the Wizard’s, looking around curiously. Wizard grows wide eyed.]
WIZARD (to those watching) One moment. (grabbing Toto’s head and pushing) Excuse me!
[Toto - whose head has been in the curtain, comes stumbling out. He looks at the others curiously.]
WIZARD Pay no attention to the curtain. It’s forbidden to look behind it!
[Toto runs at curtain and jumps through. Suddenly the Head of the Wizard vanishes as Toto tackles him. There is a pause and suddenly Toto’s giant head appears before them all. He looks around.]
TOTO_PP Ha-ha! Look at me! I am the Great and Powerful Oz!
TIN MAN_PP Toto, what in the world is going on? 24.
TIP_PP (understanding) It’s a fake.
SCARECROW_PP A fake? Then where’s the Wizard?
TOTO_PP Let’s ask this guy.
[Toto’s head vanishes and he drags The Wizard out from behind the curtain. Lion grabs Wizard by collar.]
LION_PP Why were you trying to scare us? It’s not nice to scare people.
TIP_PP I think he’s the one who’s really scared. (leaning in to Wizard) It’s a technique of bullies.
WIZARD (looking sidelong at Tip, as if she is familiar) But I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m stuck here!
TIN MAN_PP Stuck?
WIZARD You wouldn’t understand.
TIN MAN_PP Oh, I can tell you a story about being stuck. 25.
ACT I, SCENE 8 [CS] IN WHICH DOROTHY, TOTO, BOQ, TIP, AND SCARECROW MEET TIN MAN AND LION.
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, TOTO, BOQ, TIP, SCARECROW, TIN MAN, LION, TAGNAN
[The group moves cautiously through the forest. It is full of strange noises, creatures. They have not yet noticed Tin Man, frozen and half covered in ivy.]
BOQ_CS I wish Tip wouldn’t scout so far ahead. This forest is much darker than I remember.
DOROTHY_CS Do you think there are any dangerous animals here?
TIN MAN_CS (quietly) Yessss.
SCARECROW_CS Did any of you say that?
[The others shake their heads and, as a result, their bodies start to shake in fear.]
SCARECROW_CS I was afraid of that. (looks around, spots Tin Man, approaches) Did you say it?
TIN MAN_CS Yesssss.
[Scarecrow jumps and runs to others. Dorothy, however, steps forward. She knocks on the Tin Man.]
DOROTHY_CS It’s a man. A tin man! 26.
[She starts to remove ivy. The others help her. When the ivy is cleared away, they stand back, but he does not move.]
TIN MAN_CS Oil... (sounds like I’ll)
SCARECROW_CS (scratching head) You’ll what?
TIN MAN_CS OIL...
TOTO_CS Oil! Oh, look! (grabs nearby oiling can)
BOQ_CS Are you sure that’s a good idea? He has an axe.
[Toto and the others start to pass can and oil him up. Slowly he moves easier and easier, becoming joyous.]
DOROTHY_CS There! You’re perfect!
[Tin Man hangs head.]
SCARECROW_CS Is he broken?
TIN MAN_CS (raises head) I am. Listen. (bangs chest)
[The others tilt their heads and shrug.]
TIN MAN_CS (explaining) No heart. 27.
SCARECROW_CS (thinks hard) Oh! You can come with us to see the Wizard! He’s going to give me a brain. He can give you a heart!
TIN MAN_CS Sure! If we can get out of these woods. Since I rusted there, I’ve seen many large animals enter it.
TOTO_CS H-hungry animals?
TIN MAN_CS Very hungry.
BOQ_CS And here I am a Munchkin. I’m named after a snack!
DOROTHY_CS What’s out there?
TIN MAN_CS Mostly lions, tigers and bears.
DOROTHY_CS Lions?
SCARECROW_CS Tigers?
TIN MAN_CS (nodding) And bears.
DOROTHY_CS Oh, my!
[The trees begin to rustle.]
BOQ_CS Something’s coming. Stand together.
[Boq glances back. All her friends have run and hid at the furthest edges of the stage. Boq, rolling eyes, also hides. The rustling gets closer and closer and then— TAGNAN leaps out of the brush.] 28.
TAGNAN_CS Stand fast, villains!
[Those hiding leap up. Surprised by the number, Tagnan spins about. He levels his sword between Scarecrow’s eyes.]
SCARECROW_CS Was that not fast enough?
TAGNAN_CS (looking from one to the other) State your intentions, by order of the princess!
DOROTHY_CS Which princess?
TAGNAN_CS Princess Ozma. This is her forest - and it is no longer a friendly place. Just now I was hunting a vicious lion.
TIN MAN_CS Vicious?
TAGNAN_CS Malicious.
TIN MAN_CS Malicious!
TAGNAN_CS And Seditious. (beat)
[Cowardly Lion tears through the background, screaming in terror.]
LION_CS Mice! Help! I’m being chased by a mouse! AHHHH!!!!
[Lion exits opposite. All stare at Tagnan.]
TAGNAN_CS (another beat) He’s still a lion! 29.
[Lion races in, now downstage, level with the others. He bumps into Toto. Toto screams. Lion screams. Toto screams. Lion screams. They both scream long screams. Dorothy rushes forward and gives Lion a whack.]
DOROTHY_CS Stop it! You’re scaring him.
LION_CS (starts crying) What did you do that for? He was scaring me first. Am I bleeding?
TIN MAN_CS So much for there being ‘terrible’ beasts in these woods.
LION_CS Oh, but there are terrible beasts! Lions, tigers and bears! Oh, my.
SCARECROW_CS Aren’t you a lion?
LION_CS Isn’t it terrible? I scare myself every time I get a drink in the river. I just see my reflection and AHHH-hh! (sniffles) But the others! They’re so mean!
TAGNAN_CS They’ve gone wild. Without the magic of Princess Ozma, they’re forgetting. Many serve the Western Witch now.
LION_CS Mindless, savage beasts they are.
DOROTHY_CS We are traveling to see the Wizard. Maybe he can help change the animals back.
LION_CS Do you think he can give me some courage?
TIN MAN_CS Probably. He’s going to give me a heart.
SCARECROW_CS And me a train. I mean ‘a brain’. A train would be nice though... if he has it. 30.
TOTO_CS We should hurry, Dorothy. The Western Witch could appear again anywhere.
TAGNAN_CS The Western Witch is after you?
[Dorothy nods.]
BOQ_CS (explaining) She killed her sister.
TAGNAN_CS The Witch of the East? Surely you have great powers!
TOTO_CS Yes. It’s called ‘gravity’.
TAGNAN_CS (handing her a charm from around his neck) Take this. Whisper into it if you ever need us. We Field Mice will hear you. I will tell my soldiers to be prepared.
LION_CS Let’s get out of here before we have to use it.
[The group exits.]
ACT I, SCENE 9 [SL] IN WHICH FIELD MICE ARE TOLD TO PREPARE FOR BATTLE.
CHARACTERS: KITTY, WINTER, ARAMIS, ATHOS, GRIMEY, DART, MILADY, PORTHOS
[Kitty, Porthos, Winter, Grimey and Aramis are onstage, lounging. Porthos, Grimey and Aramis are trying to throw bits of food into one another’s mouths. There is food all about the floor. Aramis again throws one piece too far.]
PORTHOS You’re lucky you’re not an archer. 31.
ARAMIS Wait. Let me try again.
GRIMEY No! It’s my turn!
KITTY Maybe someone should clean up the floor.
PORTHOS That’s what ants are for.
[Enter Athos, Dart and Milady, striding.]
ATHOS All rise! Word has come from the Queen that—
[Athos crashes to the ground, slipping on the food on the floor. Milady and Dart try to help him up and also crash to the ground.]
WINTER (to Aramis, Grimey and Porthos) This is your fault! Help them.
[Aramis. Grimey and Porthos race over, slip and crash into them.]
MILADY Off! Get off!
DART Fools of Field Mice!
[Aramis, Grimey and Porthos stand and salute. Milady, Dart and Athos rise, cleaning their outfits.]
KITTY You had news?
MILADY (still upset) Yes. General Tagnan has called us to be ready.
WINTER Ready for...? 32.
DART Battle.
ARAMIS, GRIMEY & PORTHOS Yes!
[They high-five, then crash to the ground.]
ATHOS Why is this place such a mess?
KITTY (pointing to Aramis and Porthos) Ask them.
ARAMIS We were practicing, Captain Athos.
MILADY What could you possibly have been practicing?
GRIMEY ...Archery?
DART You will make this room spotless.
ATHOS Then you will assemble the troops.
MILADY A new witch has appeared.
DART She destroyed the Witch of the East.
ARAMIS, GRIMEY & PORTHOS Yes!
[They high-five, then crash to the ground.]
ATHOS (rolling eyes) We hope she will move against the West witch next. 33.
ARAMIS, GRIMEY & PORTHOS Our swords are ready.
[They try to rise and pull swords and crash to the ground.]
KITTY (indicating Winter and herself) Our swords are ready.
MILADY Well done, Kitty, Winter. You are hereby promoted to First Lieutenants.
WINTER Thank you, Milady!
[Athos, Milady, Dart, Winter and Kitty exit with heads held high.]
ARAMIS Wait! That’s not fair!
PORTHOS We’re older!
GRIMEY And cooler!
[They try to chase after them, but crash to the ground.]
ACT I, SCENE 10 [PP] IN WHICH GLINDA ESCAPES FROM THE WICKED WITCH’S PRISON.
CHARACTERS: WICKED WITCH, NIKKO, GLINDA
[Enter Wicked Witch and Nikko. Glinda stands in the cage.]
NIKKO_PP I apologize, my lady!
WICKED WITCH_PP Curse them! Curse them down to their little fleas! 34.
NIKKO_PP I don’t know what’s gotten into them.
WICKED WITCH_PP Get them under control!
GLINDA_PP What seems to be the problem, friend?
WICKED WITCH_PP Oh, it’s his flying monkeys.
GLINDA_PP Things not going as planned?
WICKED WITCH_PP You can certainly say so.
NIKKO_PP I found most of them running around like lunatics screaming about flies and ducks!
GLINDA_PP It must be difficult to deal with such incompetence.
WICKED WITCH_PP It is not easy.
GLINDA_PP You must wish you had friends who helped you out of a sense of love rather than minions who help you out of fear.
WICKED WITCH_PP It would be nice to have a look of adoration or even just a little— HEY! I’ll have no mushy mushy fest.
NIKKO_PP Yeah! Don’t try to be her friend. She has no friends.
WICKED WITCH_PP Nikko...
NIKKO_PP Not a single creature in OZ is friends with her! 35.
WICKED WITCH_PP Nikko...
NIKKO_PP Who would want to?
WICKED WITCH_PP Nikko! Shut it.
GLINDA_PP (to Wicked Witch, sympathetic) You have to deal with so many disappointments. The loss of your sister, a new witch who is good, incompetent monkeys, how I managed to open my cage, this castle is drafty, your outfit has no style—
WICKED WITCH_PP Wait. What did you say?
GLINDA_PP Your outfit. It’s rather drab.
WICKED WITCH_PP No, no. About your cage.
GLINDA_PP Oh, yes. I escaped.
NIKKO_PP (pause) You don’t look like you escaped.
GLINDA_PP But I did.
WICKED WITCH_PP No you didn’t.
GLINDA_PP I unlocked the door.
WICKED WITCH_PP Open it then.
GLINDA_PP I don’t want you to feel bad. 36.
NIKKO_PP She won’t feel bad because it’s not open.
GLINDA_PP (to Wicked Witch) You enchanted it very well.
WICKED WITCH_PP I know.
GLINDA_PP It took me a good minute or two to undo.
WICKED WITCH_PP It’s not open!
GLINDA_PP Then come here and prove it.
NIKKO_PP No. She’ll hit you with her wand or something.
GLINDA_PP (to Wicked Witch) My wand by itself would do little against you - and if the door is locked, your enchantment remains and I can do nothing against you.
[Wicked Witch marches up to cage and glares at Glinda. She places a hand on the door. As she pulls to check the lock, Glinda shoves the door - which is unlocked - striking the Wicked Witch with it. The Wicked Witch falls unconscious to the floor. Glinda levels wand at Nikko.]
GLINDA_PP Good witches don’t lie.
[We hear monkeys approaching. Glinda hurries away as Nikko sees to the Wicked Witch.]
END ACT I 37.
ACT II, SCENE 1 [PP] IN WHICH TIP RESOLVES TO RESCUE PRINCESS OZMA
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, WIZARD, TOTO, BOQ, TIP, TIN MAN, SCARECROW, LION, GLINDA
[Dorothy stands over the Wizard. Toto, Boq, Tip, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion are all there.]
LION_PP So... what you’re saying is... you can’t give me courage?
[Wizard shakes head.]
TIN MAN_PP Nor me a heart?
[Wizard shakes head.]
SCARECROW_PP Nor me a brain?
[Wizard shakes head.]
SCARECROW_PP (thinks) Not even a train?
[Wizard shakes head.]
TOTO_PP I suppose there’s no way to get Dorothy and I home.
WIZARD Not with me.
[All hang their heads.]
SCARECROW_PP Wait... are you suggesting there is someone who can get her home?
WIZARD There was. Princess Ozma.
TIP_PP And who is Princess Ozma? 38.
WIZARD Princess Ozma is the rightful ruler of OZ. This whole land is named after her!
DOROTHY_PP Why, I thought it was named after you.
WIZARD No. When Ozma took me in she called me ‘The Wizard of OZ’ because of my clever inventions.
TOTO_PP Inventions? Like what?
WIZARD Well, my good dog, you discovered my grandest: projecting my voice and image from that little booth.
DOROTHY_PP But you’re not a real wizard?
WIZARD My name is Lyman Baum from Nebraska.
DOROTHY_PP Nebraska?!
TIN MAN_PP (in disbelief) Nebraska!! (pause) What’s Nebraska?
TOTO_PP It’s a place near Kansas.
WIZARD I was blown here in an air balloon. This is Ozma’s throne room!
SCARECROW_PP Well, what happened to her?
TIP_PP (mysteriously) She was defeated - by the Wicked Witch. 39.
WIZARD Destroyed, yes. How did you know?
TIP_PP (shrugs, confused) Someone must have told me - at some time.
[Enter GLINDA.]
GLINDA_PP The West Witch was quickly becoming the most powerful witch in OZ. Ozma faced her - alone.
DOROTHY_PP Glinda! Oh, Glinda, thank goodness!
GLINDA_PP Hello, Dorothy. (to them all) Ozma was very noble. She did not wish to risk anyone else’s safety. She walked straight into the West Witch’s castle—
LION_PP And? And? AND???
BOQ_PP And no one ever saw her again.
[Lion starts to bawl.]
TOTO_PP But how do you know she was destroyed?
GLINDA_PP The Wicked Witch told us.
SCARECROW_PP It seems to me - she could still be inside.
GLINDA_PP But the Wicked Witch told us she was destroyed.
TIN MAN_PP Wouldn’t a bad witch lie about it? 40.
GLINDA_PP I suppose. But I did not see Ozma when I was there.
BOQ_PP You were there?!
GLINDA_PP Yes. And the Wicked Witch is quite close to launching her attack against the Emerald City.
WIZARD (jumping up) To arms! Summon the Sparkly Soldiers! Find the Fuzzy Fighters! Call the Cutie- Pie Captains!
BOQ_PP We’re doomed.
TOTO_PP Why don’t you have a better army?
GLINDA_PP Ozma hated violence. She often said you would have to erase her entire memory to make her pick up a sword.
TIP_PP (drawing sword) Well, luckily, we don’t all follow that idea.
LION_PP Are you going to face the Wicked Witch? All by yourself?
TIP_PP No. I’m going to have you with me, Lion.
LION_PP (to others) All by herself. She’s very brave.
TIN MAN_PP Can you use my axe?
[Tip nods.]
BOQ_PP What exactly are you planning on doing? 41.
TIP_PP If Ozma was peaceful and ruled the entire land while two wicked witches lurked in the East and West, then she must be pretty powerful; even if she doesn’t like to use that power.
WIZARD True, true! She wouldn’t have gone against the Wicked Witch if she didn’t believe she COULD stop her.
TIP_PP I say we sneak into the Witch’s castle, find if Ozma’s there and - if she is - free her.
SCARECROW_PP I will go with you.
TOTO_PP I will go with you.
BOQ_PP I will go to Munchkinland.
LION_PP (motioning to Boq) I’m with him.
[Both start to exit. Dorothy cuts them off.]
DOROTHY_PP Oh, but don’t you see? If we don’t do something, things are only going to get darker and scarier. If I must stay here, I don’t wish to stay in a land like that. I need my friends to be safe and happy.
TIN MAN_PP Don’t forget, Dorothy. Ozma could get you back home too.
DOROTHY_PP (thinks sincerely) Well, yes, I suppose she could.
GLINDA_PP I can show you the way.
WIZARD Lead on, Glinda - and let us all hope Ozma is there. 42.
ACT II, SCENE 2 [CS] IN WHICH THE WICKED WITCH TRIES TO STOP DOROTHY WITH JITTERBUGS.
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, LION, TOTO, TIN MAN, SCARECROW, BOQ, WICKED WITCH
[Dorothy enters from S.R. with Lion, Toto, Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Boq. Wicked Witch is S.L., but in her castle, watching the group through a crystal ball.]
WICKED WITCH_CS So... they want to sneak up on me, do they? Fools! Do you not realize how powerful I am? I will be ruler of OZ, but you dare defy me. You wish to dance with the Wicked Witch? Let’s just see your moves.
[She waves her hands and a strange sound begins, first distant, but then drawing closer and closer.]
TOTO_CS (to Boq) Did you just hear what I just heard?
BOQ_CS That noise don’t come from an ordinary bird.
LION_CS It may be just a cricket or a critter in the trees.
TIN MAN_CS It’s giving me the jitters in the joints around my knees.
DOROTHY_CS I think I see a shadow and it’s fuzzy and it’s furry.
SCARECROW_CS I haven’t got a brain, but I think I ought to worry.
TIN MAN_CS I haven’t got a heart, but I feel a palpitation.
LION_CS As monarch of the forest, I don’t like the situation. 43.
TOTO_CS (to Lion) Are you gonna stand around and let them fill us full of horror?
LION_CS I’d like to roar them down... But I think I lost my roarer.
DOROTHY_CS It’s a whosis!
BOQ_CS It’s a whosis?
TIN MAN_CS It’s a whatsits!
LION_CS It’s a whatsits?
TOTO_CS Who’s that?
BOQ_CS Who’s there?
LION_CS Who’s where?
ALL Beware!
SHOWCASE VOICE: JITTERBUG
[As the group contorts and itches from the jitterbugs - and the Witch and Nikko cackle - in races Tagnan carrying a giant circular pads. He begins to batter the group with the pad, raising a cloud of white powder in what looks like an attack against them.]
BOQ_CS Stop! Stop! STOP!
TOTO_CS Why would you do that? 44.
TAGNAN_CS Are you itching anymore?
LION_CS No.
TAGNAN_CS Squirming anymore?
LION_CS Not at all.
TAGNAN_CS Jitterbug powder, developed by the Field Mice generations ago. You’re lucky Tip and the Wizard warned me to be on the lookout. (to Dorothy) You need to blow that whistle when you’re in trouble.
[Dorothy nods and speaks to Tagnan, but we can no longer hear. Our attention has momentarily switched to the Wicked Witch.]
WICKED WITCH_CS Curse that General Tagnan! Come, Flying Monkeys! Attack or I’ll blast you to smithereens!
TAGNAN_CS Pause no longer, Dorothy. The Wicked Witch knows you are coming.
TIN MAN_CS How do you know?
TAGNAN_CS This bug attack was no coincidence, metal man. The Wicked Witch sent them.
LION_CS (giving up) Well, she knows we’re coming. Call off the attack.
TAGNAN_CS The time to move against the Wicked Witch is now. Before all OZ is under her rule.
[The air fills with the sound of monkeys.] 45.
TAGNAN_CS Flying Monkeys! Quick! This way!
[Dorothy’s group follows.]
ACT II, SCENE 3 [SL] IN WHICH THE FIELD MICE HELP DOROTHY AGAIN
CHARACTERS: DOROTHY, GLINDA, FERÍA, BOQ, TOTO, DASH, RUMBLE, STRIKE, BOUNCE, BOOM, KITTY, WINTER, ARAMIS, ATHOS, MILADY, PORTHOS
[Dorothy, Glinda, Fería, Boq, and Toto race in. Dorothy is near tears.]
TOTO_SL There are only five of us left!
GLINDA_SL I’m afraid our attack has gone wrong!
BOQ_SL You think?
FERÍA_SL Poor Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion and Wizard!
DOROTHY_SL Carried off like mice.
BOQ_SL No way the witch is going easy on them.
DOROTHY_SL Wait. Five? Where’s Tip?
FERÍA_SL Oh, dear? Where is the girl?
TOTO_SL (searching around) I don’t see her! (sniffs) Or smell her. I only smell— phew! 46.
[Enter Dash, Rumble, Strike, Bounce, and Boom.]
STRIKE Well, the question has been answered.
DASH (mocking) Is she a good witch or a bad witch?
RUMBLE You ain’t no kind of witch.
BOUNCE You’re just a girl!
TOTO_SL In our defense, we have been saying that from the beginning.
BOOM And now you can say it at the end.
STRIKE OZ belongs to the Wicked Witch.
FERÍA_SL OZ belongs to goodness and goodness will protect it.
DASH Right. Who’s gonna help you now?
BOQ_SL I wish that General Tagnan was around now.
DOROTHY_SL Tagnan! Boq, you’re a genius!
[Dorothy grabs necklace given to her by General Tagnan. She begins blowing it.]
RUMBLE Ooo! A song! I’ll do a little dance.
BOQ_SL Yeah. You keep dancin’. 47.
BOUNCE What is that little thing supposed to do?
BOOM Is it supposed to magically make us disappear?
[Enter Athos, Milady, Porthos, Aramis, Winter and Kitty.]
ATHOS It’s to call for help.
MILADY Wherever it sounds, we will be there.
ARAMIS Wherever there is injustice, we will be there.
KITTY Wherever good is threatened...
WINTER Or evil rears its ugly face...
KITTY & WINTER We will be there.
PORTHOS And wherever there is a complimentary buffet serving breakfast, lunch and dinner—
[All stare at Porthos.]
PORTHOS Well. I’ll be there.
ARAMIS Now back away from the girl you sorry excuse for pigeons.
STRIKE Attack!
BOQ_SL For Narnia! (beat) I mean: OZMA! 48.
FIELD MICE OZMA!
[The Flying Monkeys and Field Mice battle as Dorothy and the others escape.]
ACT II, SCENE 4 [PP] IN WHICH DOROTHY ACCIDENTALLY STOPS THE WICKED WITCH.
CHARACTERS: GLINDA, NIKKO, LION, TOTO, TIN MAN, DOROTHY, TIP, WICKED WITCH, SCARECROW, BOQ, WIZARD, GREEN CAST
[Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion and Wizard tremble before the Wicked Witch and Nikko.]
LION_PP This is all a misunderstanding. We were just out for a stroll.
TIN MAN_PP Yes. And, while we appreciate the lift your monkeys gave us, we’d like to get back to the Emerald City.
SCARECROW_PP Do you think they could carry us there?
WIZARD Highly unlikely, my friend.
WICKED WITCH_PP Quit your blabbering!
LION_PP Is that a ‘no’ then?
SCARECROW_PP If it is, could you at least hand me my legs?
[Nikko picks up Scarecrow’s legs.]
NIKKO_PP Oh! Look at me! I’m a scarecrow! I wouldn’t be in this mess... if I only had a brain!
TIN MAN_PP While I find your impersonation accurate, please return my friend’s legs at once. 49.
[Laughing, Nikko tosses legs at Scarecrow.]
NIKKO_PP Much good it will do you.
WICKED WITCH_PP Soon I’ll destroy your friend and waltz into the Emerald City—
NIKKO_PP Then all OZ will be ours! (evil laugh) (witch stares at him) I mean - yours. (weak evil laugh)
WIZARD I’m afraid the Emerald City is lost. Some caretaker I turned out to be.
TIN MAN_PP Dorothy should flee while she still can.
LION_PP She won’t. I may be a coward, but Dorothy is brave.
SCARECROW_PP (to Witch) I believe in her! She’ll put an end to you! She won’t fall into your trap!
WICKED WITCH_PP Dorothy? You think I want Dorothy?! I’ve realized she’s just a child!
NIKKO_PP She’s no threat to my queen! We don’t need to destroy her.
LION_PP I’m a bit befuddled. A bit confusled.
TIN MAN_PP Yes. Who are you talking about destroying?
WICKED WITCH_PP You blind fools! Do you not realize the truth about who travels with you? (long pause)
TIN MAN_PP ...Boq’s not really a munchkin? 50.
[The door blasts into the room.]
BOQ_PP Knock, knock.
[Enter Glinda, Dorothy, Toto and Boq.]
DOROTHY_PP Oh, Scarecrow! What have they done to you?!
[She races across. Wicked Witch trips her, sending her sprawling onto the floor. Wicked Witch cackles in delight. Nikko jumps up and down with glee. Toto marches between them.]
TOTO_PP You can pick on me... You can pick on the Munchkin...
BOQ_PP She can?
TOTO_PP But don’t you EVER lay a FINGER—
BOQ_PP Or toe.
TOTO_PP Or toe — On MY DOROTHY!
[He launches at the Witch’s leg and bites and holds. Wicked Witch howls. Glinda glides over to cage, opens door.]
GLINDA_PP Boq, if you wouldn’t mind...
[Boq shoves Nikko. Nikko stumbles into cage. Glinda shuts the door.]
NIKKO_PP Let me out of here! Let me out!
BOQ_PP Provide one good reason. 51.
NIKKO_PP (thinks) I’ll give you a candy?
[Boq nods, starts to open door. Glinda shuts it, giving Boq a tsk-tsk. Dorothy has crawled over to Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow.]
DOROTHY_PP Oh, Scarecrow, I’m so sorry this happened to you.
LION_PP They pulled my tail.
DOROTHY_PP Things would have been better for you all if I had never come.
TIN MAN_PP How can you say that? If it weren’t for you, I’d still be rusted in the wood.
LION_PP I never would have had the courage to face a Wicked Witch.
SCARECROW_PP I would still be an empty-headed sack of straw.
TIN MAN_PP Even if the Witch keeps us locked up forever, Dorothy, I wouldn’t trade having met you.
LION_PP It’s the best thing that ever happened to us.
SCARECROW_PP Try not to cry, Dorothy. Good always finds a way.
WICKED WITCH_PP Except today! (kicks Toto away, wheels around to Glinda) Goodbye, Glinda. Parting is such sweet...joy! (suddenly the Witch pitches forward as if hit in the back of the head.)
[Enter Tip swinging sling.] 52.
WICKED WITCH_PP (growling) No...
SCARECROW_PP I told you.
TIP_PP Bad news, Dorothy. I’ve scoured the castle. Ozma is not here.
WICKED WITCH_PP She’s here. But I hope not for long.
TIP_PP If you have her, release her.
NIKKO_PP You’re no match for my queen, warrior!
TIP_PP Let us see if I am or no.
TOTO_PP Don’t do this, Tip.
DOROTHY_PP Just run, Tip. Run while you can.
WICKED WITCH_PP Yes, Tip. Run away. Never come back.
TIP_PP I have followed my heart for as long as I can remember and it has not yet led me astray.
BOQ_PP And what does your heart tell you now, Tip?
TIP_PP It tells me no Witch has power over me.
[The Witch howls and unleashes magical attacks on Tip. Tip deflects them with sword. They are powerful, but Tip manages to keep her feet.] 53.
BOQ_PP (amazed) It’s not possible to deflect magic with a sword... is it?
TOTO_PP (in answer) I’m a dog.
[Suddenly, Tip stumbles and falls. Her sword clatters away.]
WICKED WITCH_PP Now - to finish what I started years ago!
TIN MAN_PP (grabbing axe from near cage) Oh, no you don’t!
WICKED WITCH_PP Rusty-Dusty! Stand your ground!
[Tin Man freezes in place.]
LION_PP Hey! That’s my friend!
[Lion leaps up, roaring. He charges forward.]
WICKED WITCH_PP Sing a ditty, little,Kitty!
[Lion drops to all fours and begins singing Meow Mix song.]
SCARECROW_PP Hey, now! Leave them alone!
[He grabs his own legs and throws them at the Witch.]
WICKED WITCH_PP Double, double, straw is trouble. When fire burns you’re ash and rubble. 54.
[Suddenly, Scarecrow’s arm is ablaze. He waves it all around, trying to pat himself out. Dorothy and the Wizard try to help.]
TOTO_PP Glinda, help him.
GLINDA_PP Cool summer breeze, moving through trees—
WICKED WITCH_PP (interrupting) Keep that trap locked, if you would please.
[Glinda’s mouth claps shut and she stumbles back.]
TOTO_PP Boq, do something!
BOQ_PP (panicked) I pledge allegiance to the Witch Of the united regions of Ozia.
WIZARD Dorothy! There! Water!
[Dorothy races to the bucket.]
WICKED WITCH_PP (racing forward) No! Drop that bucket or, I swear, all your friends will—
[Dorothy heaves the bucket, dousing Scarecrow and the Witch with water. The Witch shrieks in terror.]
WICKED WITCH_PP Nooooo! I’m melting! Melting! (rounding to Tip, she feebly lunges for her, but sinks into her own gown.)
[All stare in bewilderment. Toto cautiously steps on the edges of her gown.] 55.
TOTO_PP She’s gone. (silence)
NIKKO_PP HOORAY!!!
SCARECROW_PP You’re happy?
[Nikko dances about.]
LION_PP Did she know that was her reaction to water? And if she did, why did she have a bucket of it lying around—?
[Tin Man kicks Lion’s shin.]
BOQ_PP You guys know I was just joking about joining the Wicked Witch, right? I was just stalling for time - playing a little ruse!
TIN MAN_PP (to Nikko) Why are you happy if your queen is gone?
NIKKO_PP A curse was laid on the Flying Monkeys years ago. We would never have chosen to serve her. Our minds had been altered. Now we are free.
[Enter all other cast members. There are murmurs of ‘The Witch is gone?’ ‘Dorothy destroyed the witch!’ ‘We’re free.’
GLINDA_PP (smiling at all) Now that the Wicked Witch is gone - all her curses will be lifted.
[Lights begin to flash.]
DOROTHY_PP Oh, goodness! What now? 56.
[First, the audience is continually plunged into darkness, but the flashes of light grow faster and faster until they are nearly strobing. Then suddenly go out.]
BOQ_PP What... was that?
[Lights slowly rise and, though Tip is standing where we last noticed her, she no longer appears the same. She is dressed in a beautiful gown and nearly glitters in the light.]
DOROTHY_PP T-tip?
[Glinda, Wizard, Nikko, Boq, Center Stage, and Spotlight players bow in reverence. The others slowly join them except Dorothy, who steps forward in wonder.]
TIP_PP (in a much more gentle voice) It seems the Wicked Witch was right. I was here.
DOROTHY_PP You’re... Princess Ozma?
TIP_PP I am. I remember now.
LION_PP How did it happen? How did you forget?
TIP_PP When I first faced the Wicked Witch, I offered her the West, if she would live in peace. Rather than accept my terms, she tried to destroy me.
BOQ_PP But our Princess Ozma can’t be destroyed so easily!
TIP_PP The Terrible Spell failed to erase me
GLINDA_PP But it erased your memory. 57.
TIN MAN_PP And now that the Wicked Witch is gone, you’re returned to your proper self.
TIP_PP Thanks to Dorothy. How can I repay you? Ask any wish, and it will be yours.
TOTO_PP Now’s the time, Dorothy. Let’s get home.
DOROTHY_PP (smiles at Toto, ruffles his head) (to Princess Ozma) I would like my friends to receive their gifts. A heart, a brain and courage.
TOTO_PP That’s right. Kansas, here we come—say what?
TIN MAN_PP Dorothy, you need to wish to go home.
SCARECROW_PP Isn’t that what you want?
DOROTHY_PP (with tears in her eyes) I do want to go home - but I can’t ask something for myself when my friends are still in need.
WIZARD Bravo. Spoken like a true GOOD witch.
TOTO_PP Well, the wish to go home would have technically helped me, but - no, no - this, this is good.
TIP_PP Tin Man, I may have forgotten who I was, but I remember being Tip. We traveled together and I learned how great your heart truly is. Say you have no heart no more.
WIZARD And Lion, you journeyed out of your home, stood your ground before my wonderfully frightening projection, faced a Wicked Witch, and risked all when your friend Tin Man was in trouble. Say you have no courage no more. 58.
GLINDA_PP And gentle Scarecrow, you have helped Dorothy nearly every step of the way with insight and intellect. When others were stuck, you saw a way through. Say you have no brain no more.
TIP_PP (to Dorothy) Which leaves a wish still waiting for you.
DOROTHY_PP Then, I do wish to go home, to see my family. But, oh, I’m going to miss you all so.
TIP_PP Of course. They are your family now too. Home and Family are with those who love you - and so I grant your wish. You may journey to your home whenever you wish...
WIZARD Whether it be Kansas...
GLINDA_PP Or here in OZ.
DOROTHY_PP Really? Oh, thank you! Thank you!
TIP_PP You only need to click the ruby slippers, think where you wish to be and say, “There’s no place like home”.
DOROTHY_PP There’s no place like home.
END SONG: WAKE ME UP 59.
CURTAIN CALL SPOTLIGHT WINTER, KITTY PORTHOS, ARAMIS ATHOS, MILADY DASH, RUMBLE, STRIKE BOUNCE, BOOM BOQ, GLINDA, FERÍA DOROTHY, TOTO
CENTER STAGE TAGNAN, LION TIN MAN, SCARECROW BOQ, TOTO DOROTHY, WICKED WITCH
PLATINUM PLAYERS TIN MAN, SCARECROW, LION BOQ, TOTO WICKED WITCH, NIKKO GLINDA, WIZARD DOROTHY, TIP