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THE WIZARD OF OZ

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Company Numbers - 1st and 2nd Graders - Prologue (on stage) - Munchkinland - Off to See the Wizard 1 - Optimistic Voices 2 - Poppies - Merry Old Land of Oz - Winkie Song (Yo-He-Oh) - Merry Old Land of Oz Reprise - Finale

Company Numbers - 3rd, 4th, 5th Graders - Munchkinland - Off to See the Wizard 1 - Optimistic Voices 2 - Poppies - Merry Old Land of Oz - Jitterbug - Merry Old Land of Oz Reprise - Finale

PROLOGUE SCENE 1

SONG: FOLLOW THE YELLOW DOROTHY BRICK ROAD - Children's Choir Only Oh Jeepers! My heart’s thumping so (Music Track 1) loud I can’t hardly breathe. Oh, Toto! No need to be scared Children's Choir anymore. She ain’t followin’ us. Did FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK she hurt you? She tried to, didn’t ROAD! she? She must be the meanest old FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK woman that ever was. Let’s go tell ROAD! Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. They’ll take care of her. Come on Toto. FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, DOROTHY FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK Aunt Em! Aunt Em! Aunt Em! Just ROAD. listen to what Miss Gultch did to FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK Toto! She— FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK AUNT EM ROAD. (counting baby chickens) Fifty seven... fifty eight... Dorothy, YOU’RE OFF TO SEE THE please! We’re trying to count! WIZARD THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ DOROTHY YOU’LL FIND HE IS A WHIZ OF A Oh, but Uncle Henry, she hit him— WIZ’ IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS. UNCLE HENRY IF EVER, OH EVER, Don’t bother us now honey. You A WIZ’ THERE WAS, see, this old incubator’s gone bad THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE and we’re likely to lose a lot of our BECAUSE chicks. BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE,…. DOROTHY BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL Oh, -- oh, the poor little things. Oh, THINGS HE DOES…. but Aunt Em, Miss Gultch hit Toto YOU’RE OFF TO SEE THE right over the back with a rake just WIZARD, because she says he gets in her THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF garden and chases her nasty old cat OZ. every day! But he doesn't do it every day -- just once or twice a week.

UNCLE HENRY Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always get yourself into a fret over nothing.

AUNT EM SCENE 2 Now, you just help us out today and find yourself a place where you won’t MISS GULTCH get into any trouble. (Em and Henry exit) I want to see you and your wife right away about Dorothy. DOROTHY Some place where there isn’t any UNCLE HENRY trouble. Do you suppose there is Dorothy? Why, what has Dorothy such a place, Toto? There must be. done? Not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away – behind MISS GULTCH the moon – beyond the rain – What’s she done? I can barely walk from the bite on my leg! That dog’s a SONG: OVER THE RAINBOW menace to the community. (Music Track 2) DOROTHY Dorothy That’s not true. SOMEWHERE, OVER THE RAINBOW, WAY UP HIGH, MISS GULTCH THERE’S A LAND THAT I HEARD I’m taking that dog to the Sheriff and OF ONCE IN A LULLABY. make sure he’s destroyed. SOMEWHERE, OVER THE RAINBOW, SKIES ARE BLUE DOROTHY AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU Destroyed? Toto? Oh, you can’t! DARE TO DREAM REALLY DO You mustn’t! Uncle Henry! Auntie COME TRUE. Em! You won’t let her will you? He didn’t know he was doing anything SOMEDAY, I’LL WISH UPON A wrong. I’m the one that ought to be STAR punished. You can send me to bed AND WAKE UP WHERE THE without supper – CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME. WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE MISS GULTCH LEMON DROPS, If you don’t hand the dog over now, AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY I’ll bring a legal suit that’ll take away TOPS, your whole farm! There’s a law THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME. protecting folks, against dogs that bite! SOMEWHERE, OVER THE RAINBOW, BLUEBIRDS FLY, AUNT EM BIRDS FLY OVER THE RAINBOW How would it be if she keeps him tied WHY THEN – OH, WHY CAN’T I? up? He’s really gentle – with gentle folk that is. IF HAPPY LITTLE BLUEBIRDS FLY BEYOND THE RAINBOW MISS GULTCH WHY, OH, WHY CAN’T I? Well, that’s for the Sheriff to decide. Here’s his order allowing me to take

him. Unless you want to go against AUNT EM the law. Come inside, honey.

AUNT EM DOROTHY We can’t go against the law, I’m not going anywhere with you. If Dorothy. I’m afraid poor Toto will you really loved me, you wouldn’t’ve have to go. let Toto go.

MISS GULTCH AUNT EM Now you’re seeing reason. She had an order from the Sheriff, Dorothy. What did you expect us to DOROTHY do? Wave a wand and make it No! disappear? (Em and Henry exit)

MISS GULTCH DOROTHY Here’s what! I’m taking him in – so You still could’ve tried at least. Toto he can’t attack me again. was the only friend I had in the world. Now I got no one to talk to, DOROTHY no one to play with. And I’ll never Oh please, please Aunt Em…… see him again as long as I live. (running off stage) Oh, Toto! (sees Toto coming on stage) Toto? Toto, darling! Oh, you came back! SCENE 3 You got away from that horrible woman, you wonderful dog. But AUNT EM she’ll be coming back for you any Almira Gultch, just because you own minute. We’ve got to get away! half the county doesn’t mean you We’ve got to run away! We need have the power to run the rest of us! food for me and a bone for you and For twenty-three years I’ve been then we’ve got to get far, far away dying to tell you what I thought of from here. And we’re never, ever you! And now… Ohhh I can't say it! comin’ back.

UNCLE HENRY SCENE 4 Well I can. So if you don’t want to hear it, you better pedal yourself off UNCLE HENRY my land. It’s a twister!! And it's heading straight for us!! MISS GULTCH AUNT EM I don’t take kindly to that kind of talk, Dorothy! I can’t find Dorothy, Henry! Henry Gale. Just you remember, I have friends in high places. UNCLE HENRY You can't look for her now! Come UNCLE HENRY on, in the storm cellar! Then why don’t you climb on your broomstick and go visit ‘em. AUNT EM We can’t leave her out here, Henry!

UNCLE HENRY DOROTHY There’s nothing else we can do. But I’ve already told you, I’m not a Come inside, Em! witch at all. Witches are old and ugly. DOROTHY Auntie Em!... Auntie Em!... Auntie MUNCHKINS Em!... Where is everybody? (they laugh) He, he, he, he, he, he (She passes out and falls to the floor) DOROTHY What was that? SCENE 5 GLINDA DOROTHY The Munchkins. They’re laughing Toto – I have a feeling we’re not in because I am a witch. I’m Glinda, Kansas anymore. We must be over the Witch of the North. the rainbow! (seeing Glinda) Now I – I know we’re not in Kansas. DOROTHY You are! I beg your pardon! But I’ve GLINDA never heard of a beautiful witch Are you a good witch, or a bad before. witch? GLINDA DOROTHY Only bad witches are ugly. The Who, me? I – I’m not a witch at all. Munchkins are happy because you I’m Dorothy Gale, from Kansas. have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East. GLINDA Oh! Well, is that the witch? DOROTHY Oh. But – if you please, what are DOROTHY Munchkins? Who, Toto? Toto’s my dog. MUNCHKINS GLINDA (they laugh) He, he, he, he, he Well, I’m a little muddled. The Munchkins called me because a new GLINDA witch has just dropped a house on The little people who live in this land. the Wicked Witch of the East, and This is Munchkinland, and you are there’s the house, and here you are, their national heroine, my dear. It’s and those legs are all that’s left of all right – you may all come out and the Wicked Witch of the East. And thank her. so, what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a good witch or a bad witch?

SONG: MUNCHKINLAND IT LANDED ON THE WICKED (Music Track 3) WITCH IN THE MIDDLE OF A DITCH Glinda WHICH COME OUT, COME OUT, WAS NOT A HEALTHY SITUATION WHEREVER YOU ARE FOR AND MEET THE YOUNG LADY, THE WICKED WITCH. WHO FELL FROM A STAR. (Munchkins walk forward) Munchkins THE HOUSE BEGAN TO PITCH. SHE FELL FROM THE SKY, THE KITCHEN TOOK A SLITCH. SHE FELL VERY FAR, AND IT LANDED ON THE WICKED KANSAS, SHE SAYS, WITCH IS THE NAME OF THE STAR. IN THE MIDDLE OF A DITCH, WHICH Munchkins WAS NOT A HEALTHY SITUATION KANSAS, SHE SAYS, IS THE FOR NAME OF THE STAR. A WICKED WITCH, WHO BEGAN TO TWITCH, Glinda AND WAS REDUCED TO JUST A SHE BRINGS YOU GOOD NEWS. STITCH OR HAVEN’T YOU HEARD? OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE WHEN SHE FELL OUT OF KANSAS WICKED WITCH! A MIRACLE OCCURRED. Munchkins Dorothy WE THANK YOU VERY SWEETLY, IT REALLY WAS NO MIRACLE. FOR DOING IT SO NEATLY. WHAT HAPPENED WAS JUST THIS. YOU’VE KILLED HER SO THE WIND BEGAN TO SWITCH, COMPLETELY THE HOUSE, TO PITCH, THAT WE THANK YOU VERY AND SUDDENLY THE HINGES SWEETLY. STARTED TO UNHITCH. JUST THEN THE WITCH, TO Glinda SATISFY AN ITCH, LET THE JOYOUS NEWS BE WENT FLYING ON HER SPREAD THE WICKED OLD BROOMSTICK, THUMBING FOR A WITCH AT LAST IS DEAD. HITCH. All Munchkins HOORAY!! AND OH, WHAT HAPPENED THEN WAS RICH. DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD, THE HOUSE BEGAN TO PITCH. WHICH OLD WITCH, THE KITCHEN TOOK A SLITCH. THE WICKED WITCH. DING DONG!

THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. All WAKE UP, YOU SLEEPY HEAD, FROM NOW ON YOU’LL BE RUB YOUR EYES, HISTORY GET OUT OF BED, YOU’LL BE HIS- WAKE UP, YOU’LL BE HIS- THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. YOU’LL BE HISTORY SHE’S GONE WHERE THE AND WE WILL GLORIFY YOUR GOBLINS GO, NAME BELOW, BELOW, BELOW, YO HO, YOU WILL BE A BUST, LET’S OPEN UP AND SING, BE A BUST, BE A BUST, AND RING THE BELLS OUT. IN THE HALL OF FAME DING DONG! THE MERRY-O SING IT HIGH, SING IT LOW TRA LA LA LA LA LA LET THEM KNOW TRA LA LA TRA LA LA THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. TRA LA LA LA LA LA LA TRA LA LA LA LA LA Lullaby League (and all girls TRA LA LA onstage) TRA LA LA WE REPRESENT TRA LA LA LA LA LA LA…… THE LULLABY LEAGUE, THE LULLABY LEAGUE, (Wicked Witch appears and THE LULLABY LEAGUE, Munchkins run behind their houses AND IN THE NAME OF screaming) THE LULLABY LEAGUE WE WISH TO WELCOME YOU TO SCENE 6 MUNCHKINLAND. DOROTHY Lollipop Guild (and all boys onstage) I thought you said she was dead. WE REPRESENT THE LOLLIPOP GUILD, GLINDA THE LOLLIPOP GUILD, That was her sister – the Wicked THE LOLLIPOP GUILD Witch of the East. This is the AND IN THE NAME OF Wicked Witch of the West. And THE LOLLIPOP GUILD, she’s worse than the other one was. WE WISH TO WELCOME YOU TO MUNCHKINLAND. WEST WITCH Who killed my sister? Who killed the All Wicked Witch of the East? WE WELCOME YOU TO MUNCHKINLAND DOROTHY TRA LA LA LA LA LA It’s my fault. I’m so sorry. My house TRA LA LA TRA LA LA dropped on her. TRA LA LA LA LA LA LA.

WEST WITCH WEST WITCH You dropped your house on my Give me back those slippers! I’m the sister? How could anyone be so only one that knows how to use unbelievably clumsy? them. They’re of no use to you. Give them back to me. Give them GLINDA back! Look closer. GLINDA (Witch hurries to see the shoes (to Dorothy) Keep tight inside of under the house.) them. Their magic must be very powerful or she wouldn’t want them WEST WITCH so badly. Aargh! (She's disgusted by the striped socks). WEST WITCH You stay out of this, Glinda, or I’ll fix GLINDA you as well! You recognize her then. GLINDA WEST WITCH Oh, fiddle-faddle! You have no Of course I recognize her. Who else power while I’m here. Be gone, would wear ruby slippers... with before somebody drops a house on those socks? (pause, getting an you, too! idea) The Ruby Slippers! Little girl, you have done me a service. I shall WEST WITCH wear the ruby slippers, which will Very well, I’ll bide my time and as for make my power greater than ever. you, my fine lady, it’s true I can’t attend to you here and now as I’d (Wicked Witch of the East's ruby like. So you best try to stay out of slippers are taken away.) my way. Just try! I’ll get you, my pretty… And your little dog, too! WEST WITCH (Evil laugh as she exits) The ruby slippers! They’re gone! What have you done to them? GLINDA It’s all right. You can get up. She’s GLINDA gone. I’m afraid you’ve made rather See for yourself. Step forward a bad enemy of the Wicked Witch of Dorothy. the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you’ll sleep, WEST WITCH my dear. Give them back to me or I’ll .... ! DOROTHY GLINDA Oh, I’d give anything to get out of Oz It’s too late! There they are, and altogether. My Auntie Em is missing there they’ll stay! me. She may even be ill. But – which is the way back to Kansas? I can’t go the way I came.

GLINDA DOROTHY No, that’s true. The only person who My! People come and go so quickly might know would be the great and here! wonderful Wizard of Oz himself! MUNCHKINS DOROTHY (laughing) He, he, he, he, he The Wizard of Oz? Is he good, or is he wicked? DOROTHY Follow the Yellow Brick Road... GLINDA Follow the yellow brick road? Oh, very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Emerald City, and SONG: OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD 1 that’s a long journey from here. Did (Music Track 4) you bring your broomstick with you? LULLABY LEAGUE DOROTHY Follow the Yellow Brick Road! No, I’m afraid I didn’t. LOLLIPOP GUILD GLINDA Follow the Yellow Brick Road! Well, then, you’ll have to walk. The Munchkins will see you safely to the LULLABY LEAGUE border of Munchkinland. And Follow the Yellow Brick Road! remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, LOLLIPOP GUILD or you will be at the mercy of the Follow the Yellow Brick Road! Wicked Witch of the West. Munchkins DOROTHY FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK But – how do I start for the Emerald ROAD! City? FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD! GLINDA It’s always best to start at the FOLLOW, FOLLOW, beginning – and all you do is follow FOLLOW, FOLLOW, the Yellow Brick Road (starts to exit) FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. DOROTHY FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK But – what happens if I – FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK GLINDA ROAD. Just follow the Yellow Brick Road. (exits) YOU’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD MUNCHKINS (wave bye to Glinda) THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Goodbye! Goodbye! YOU’LL FIND HE IS A WHIZ OF A WIZ’

IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS. DOROTHY IF EVER, OH EVER, Why, you did say something, didn’t A WIZ’ THERE WAS, you? Are you doing that on purpose, THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE or can’t you make up your mind? BECAUSE BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, SCARECROW BECAUSE, BECAUSE,…. I haven’t got a brain, only straw. So I BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL ain’t got a mind to make up. THINGS HE DOES…. YOU’RE OFF TO SEE THE DOROTHY WIZARD, Well, how can you talk if you haven’t THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF got a brain? OZ. SCARECROW MUNCHKINS I don’t know. But some people Goodbye! Goodbye! without brains do an awful lot of (Waving goodbye to Dorothy.) talking, don’t they?

SCENE 7 DORTHY Yes, I guess you’re right. Can’t you DOROTHY get down? Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Well now, which way do we go? SCARECROW Down? No, you see, I’ve got a pole SCARECROW stuck up my back. Pardon me. That way is a very nice way. DOROTHY Is there any way I can help you? DOROTHY Who said that? SCARECROW Well, of course, I’m not very bright (TOTO barks) about doing things, but if you’ll just bend the nail down in back maybe I’ll DOROTHY slip off. Don’t be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don’t talk. DOROTHY I’ll certainly try. It’s an awful stiff nail. SCARECROW It’s pleasant down that way, too. SCARECROW Ohhh! Whoops! There goes some DOROTHY more of me again! That’s funny. Wasn’t he pointing the other way? DOROTHY Oh. Does it hurt you? SCARECROW Of course, people do go both ways!

SCARECROW Scarecrow Oh, no. I just keep picking it up and IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN. putting it back in again. OH, I COULD TELL YOU WHY THE OCEAN’S NEAR THE SHORE DOROTHY Let me help you. Dorothy YOU COULD THINK OF THINGS SCARECROW YOU NEVER THUNK BEFORE My! It’s good to be free! (spins and falls) Scarecrow AND THEN I’D SIT – DOROTHY AND THINK SOME MORE. Ohhh! I WOULD NOT BE JUST A NUFFIN’ SCARECROW MY HEAD ALL FULL OF STUFFIN’ Did I scare you? MY HEART ALL FULL OF PAIN…

DOROTHY I WOULD DANCE AND BE MERRY No, no. I – I just thought you hurt LIFE WOULD BE A DING-A-DERRY yourself. IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN!

SCARECROW Dorothy But I didn’t scare you? OH, YOU COULD TELL ME WHY THE OCEAN’S NEAR THE SHORE. DOROTHY YOU COULD THINK OF THINGS No, of course not. YOU NEVER THUNK BEFORE. AND THEN HE’D SIT SCARECROW AND THINK SOME MORE. I didn’t think so. GOSH, IT WOULD BE AWFUL SONG: IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN PLEASIN’ (Music Track 5) TO REASON OUT THE REASON FOR THINGS YOU CAN’T Scarecrow EXPLAIN. I COULD WHILE AWAY THE HOURS Scarecrow (music slows down) CONFERRING WITH THE THEN PERHAPS I’D DESERVE YA’ FLOWERS AND BE EVEN WORTHY ERVE YA’ CONSULTING WITH THE RAIN IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN.

Dorothy DOROTHY WITH THE THOUGHTS YOU’LL BE That was wonderful. Why, if our THINKIN’ YOU COULD BE scarecrow back in Kansas could do ANOTHER LINCOLN that, the crows’d be scared to pieces! And I want to get back there so badly, I’m going all the way to

Emerald City to get the Wizard of Oz SCARECROW to help me. Hooray! I’m going to get me a brain! Let’s go. (spins and falls) SCARECROW You’re going to see a Wizard? DOROTHY You’re not starting out very well. DOROTHY Mm-hmm. SCARECROW Oh, I’ll try! Really, I will! SCARECROW Do you think if I went with you this DOROTHY Wizard would give me some brains? To Oz!

DOROTHY SCARECROW I couldn’t say. But even if he didn’t, To Oz! you’d be no worse off than you are now. SONG: OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD 2 (Music Track 6) SCARECROW Yes, that’s true. Dorothy and Scarecrow WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD DOROTHY THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ But maybe you’d better not. I’ve got WE HEAR HE IS A WHIZ OF A WIZ’ a Witch mad at me, and you might IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS. get into trouble. Dorothy SCARECROW IF EVER OH EVER A WIZ’ THERE Witch? Huh! I’m not afraid of a WAS. Witch! I’m not afraid of anything… THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE oh, (whispers) except a lighted BECAUSE match. Scarecrow DOROTHY BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, I don’t blame you for that. BECAUSE, BECAUSE…..

SCARECROW Dorothy But I’d face a whole box full of them BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL for the chance of getting some THINGS HE DOES…… brains. (kneeling) Look – I won’t be any trouble, because I don’t eat a Dorothy and Scarecrow thing, and I won’t try to manage WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, things, because I can’t think. Won’t THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF you take me with you? OZ.

DOROTHY Of course I will!

SCENE 8 TINMAN (Tinman is standing on stage, rusted, No, it feels wonderful. I’ve held that frozen with axe in air) axe up for ages!

DOROTHY DOROTHY Why, it’s a man! A man made out of Oh, goodness! How did you ever get tin! like this?

TINMAN TINMAN (through the corner of his mouth) Well, one day I was out cutting down Oil can! Oil can! some trees when I got caught in a terrible rainstorm. Not too long after, DOROTHY I started to rust up. And I’ve been Did you say something? here ever since.

TINMAN DOROTHY Oil can! Well, you’re perfect now.

DOROTHY TINMAN Here it is. Where do you want to be My – my neck, my – my neck. oiled first? Perfect? Just bang on my chest if you think I’m perfect. Go ahead – TINMAN bang on it! My mouth – my mouth! SCARECROW SCARECROW (He bangs 3 times on Tinman’s He said his mouth! The other side! chest, we hear 3 echoes from piano) Beautiful! What an echo! DOROTHY Yes – there. TINMAN It’s empty. The tinsmith forgot to TINMAN give me a heart. Me…e…me….e…. M—m – my, my, my my goodness, I can talk again! DOROTHY & SCARECROW Oh – oil my arms, please – oil my No heart! elbows. Oh! Oh! TINMAN DOROTHY No heart! All hollow. Here. SONG: IF I ONLY HAD A HEART TINMAN (Music Track 7) Oh! (dropping his arm with the axe) Tinman DOROTHY WHEN A MAN’S AN EMPTY Did that hurt? KETTLE HE SHOULD BE ON HIS METTLE

AND YET I’M TORN APART. DOROTHY JUST BECAUSE I’M PRESUMIN’ Perhaps you can visit the tinsmith THAT I COULD BE KIND-A- again and ask him to give you a new HUMAN, heart. IF I ONLY HAD A HEART. TINMAN I’D BE TENDER, I’D BE GENTLE, Oh, no. He went out of business a AND AWFUL SENTIMENTAL long time ago. REGARDING LOVE AND ART, I’D BE FRIENDS WITH THE DOROTHY SPARROWS Then why don’t you come with us to AND THE BOY THAT the Emerald City and ask the Wizard SHOOTS THE ARROWS, of Oz for a heart? IF I ONLY HAD A HEART. TINMAN PICTURE ME – A BALCONY, Suppose the Wizard wouldn’t give ABOVE A VOICE SINGS LOW, me one when we got there?

Dorothy DOROTHY WHERE FOR ART THOU ROMEO? Oh, but he will! He must! We’ve come such a long way already. Scarecrow I HEAR A BEAT SCENE 9

Dorothy WEST WITCH (appears on stage) HOW SWEET! You call that long? Why, you’ve only JUST TO REGISTER EMOTION, just begun! JEALOUSY, DEVOTION, AND REALLY FEEL THE PART. TINMAN YOU COULD STAY You! You're the one who put the YOUNG AND CHIPPER, spell on my axe! AND YOU’D LOCK IT WITH A ZIPPER WEST WITCH IF YOU ONLY HAD A HEART. Well it certainly chopped you down to size, didn't it? Helping this little Tinman lady along, are you, my fine OH, I MAY BE PRESUMING gentlemen? Well, stay away from THAT I COULD BE KIND-A- her or I’ll stuff a mattress with you, HUMAN. Scarecrow. And you Tinman! I’ll IF I ONLY HAD A HEART use you for a bee-hive!

DOROTHY SCARECROW Are you all right? I’m not afraid of you!

TINMAN I’m afraid I’m a little rusty yet.

WEST WITCH SCARECROW That just proves you don’t have a To Oz? brain. Just remember Scarecrow, helping that girl reach the Emerald TINMAN City could be your last burning To Oz! ambition.(exits laughing wickedly) SONG: OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD 3 SCARECROW (Music Track 8) I’m still not scared of her. I’ll see you get safely to the Wizard now, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman whether I get a brain or not! Stuff a WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WZARD mattress with me – Hah! THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ WE HEAR – HE IS A WHIZ OF A TINMAN WIZ’ I’ll see you reach the Wizard, IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS whether I get a heart or not. Bee- IF EVER – OH EVER hive, -- bah! Let her try and make a A WIZ’ THERE WAS bee-hive out of me! THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE BECAUSE DOROTHY BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, Oh, you’re the best friends anybody BECAUSE, BECAUSE, ever had. And it’s funny, ….But I BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL feel as if I’d known you all the time. THINGS HE DOES, But I couldn’t have, could I? WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF SCARECROW OZ! I don’t see how. You weren’t around when I was stuffed and sewn SCENE 10 together, were you? DOROTHY TINMAN I don’t like this forest! It’s – it’s dark And I was standing over there and creepy! rusting for the longest time. SCARECROW DOROTHY Of course, I’m not very bright, but I I wish I could remember but it really think it’ll get darker before it gets doesn’t matter. We know each other lighter. now, don’t we? DOROTHY SCARECROW Do – do you suppose we’ll meet any That’s right. wild animals?

TINMAN TINMAN We do. Mmm – we might.

SCARECROW Animals that – that eat straw?

TINMAN LION – some – but mostly lions, and Oh, scared, huh! Afraid, huh? Hah! tigers, and bears. How long can you stay fresh in that can? Come on, get up and fight, you DOROTHY shivering junk yard! Put your hands Lions! up, you lop-sided bag of hay!

SCARECROW SCARECROW And tigers! That’s getting personal, Lion.

TINMAN TINMAN And bears! Yes, get up and teach him a lesson.

Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman SCARECROW LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS! Well – what’s wrong – with you OH, MY! teachin’ him?

Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman TINMAN LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS! I – well – well, I hardly know him. OH, MY! LION Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman Well, I’ll get you anyway, Pee-Wee. LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS! (Lion chases Toto in a circle until OH, MY! Dorothy smacks him on his nose. Lion cries) Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS! DOROTHY OH, MY! Oh, shame on you!

Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman LION LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS! (crying) What did you do that for? I OH MY! didn’t bite him.

LION (jumps out and scares them) DOROTHY Hah! Put ‘em up! Put ‘em up! No, but you tried to. It’s bad enough Which one of you first? I’ll fight you picking on a straw man, but when both together if you want. I’ll fight ya’ you go around picking on poor little with one paw tied behind my back! dogs… I’ll fight ya’ standin’ on one foot! I’ll fight ya’ with my eyes closed! Oh, LION pullin’ an axe on me, eh? Sneakin’ (crying) Well, you didn’t have to go up on me, eh? Why! and hit me, did you? Is my nose bleedin’? (crying) TINMAN Here – here. Go away and let us alone.

DOROTHY LION Well, of course not. My goodness, Gee, that – that’s awfully nice of you. what a fuss you’re making! Naturally when you go around picking on DOROTHY things weaker than you are --- why Oh, well, it’s all right now. The you’re nothing but a great big Wizard’ll fix everything. coward! LION LION At least you’ll be safe if I come with You’re right, I am a coward! I you. haven’t got any courage at all. I even scare myself. Look at the TINMAN circles under my eyes. I haven’t How’s that? slept in weeks. LION TINMAN No self-respecting wild animal will Why don’t you try counting sheep? come anywhere near me.

LION SONG: IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE That doesn’t do any good – I’m (Music Track 9) afraid of ‘em. Lion SCARECROW LIFE IS SAD, BELIEVE ME, MISSY Oh, that’s too bad. Don’t you think WHEN YOU’RE BORN TO BE A the Wizard could help him, too? SISSY, WITHOUT THE VIM AND VERVE DOROTHY BUT I COULD CHANGE MY I don’t see why not. Why don’t you HABITS, come along with us? We’re on our NEVER MORE BE way to see the Wizard now. To get SCARED OF RABBITS him a heart. IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE.

TINMAN I’M AFRAID THERE’S NO DENYIN’ And him a brain. I’M JUST A DANDY-LION, A FATE I DON’T DESERVE DOROTHY BUT I COULD SHOW MY I’m sure he could give you some PROWESS courage. BE A LION NOT A MOWESS, IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE. LION Well, wouldn’t you feel degraded to Dorothy be seen in the company of a OH YOU’D BE IN YOUR STRIDE cowardly lion? I would. A KING DOWN TO THE CORE YOU COULD ROAR THE WAY DOROTHY YOU NEVER ROARED BEFORE No, of course not!

Lion IF EVER, OH EVER, A WIZ’ THERE AND THEN I’D RUFF WAS AND ROAR SOME MORE THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE BECAUSE, I WOULD SHOW THE BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, DINOSAUROUS BECAUSE, BECAUSE, WHO’S KING AROUND THE BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL FORES’ THINGS HE DOES. A KING THEY BETTER SERVE WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, WHY WITH MY REGAL BEEZER THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF I COULD BE ANOTHER CAESER OZ! IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE SCENE 11 I’D BE BRAVE AS A BLIZZARD – WEST WITCH Tinman Ah! So you wouldn’t take the warning I’D BE GENTLE AS A LIZARD – would you? When I get those ruby slippers my power will the greatest in Scarecrow Oz! (to the poppies) And now my I’D BE CLEVER AS A GIZZARD – beauties... Something with poison in it, but attractive to the eye – and Dorothy soothing to the smell! (walking IF THE WIZARD IS A WIZARD WHO through the poppies) Poppies! WILL SERVE. Poppies will put them to sleep, sleep... Poppies... Sleep poppies... Scarecrow Poppies... Sleep poppies... Now THEN I’M SURE TO GET A BRAIN they'll sleep!

Tinman DOROTHY A HEART – This Yellow Brick Road seems to go on forever. Dorothy A HOME – SCARECROW If you’re tired Dorothy we can take a Lion short cut. THE NERVE. TINMAN SONG: OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD 4 The road curves round this Poppy (Music Track 10) field. We can cut through and pick it up on the other side. Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion OH, WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE SCARECROW WIZARD Let’s go. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. WE HEAR HE IS A WHIZ OF A WIZ’ IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS….

SONG: OPTIMISTIC VOICES 1 SCARECROW (Music Track 11) Don’t cry – you’ll rust yourself again! This is a spell, this is! Glinda YOU’RE OUT OF THE WOODS, TINMAN YOU’RE OUT OF THE DARK, It’s the Wicked Witch! What’ll we YOU’RE OUT OF THE NIGHT. do? HELP! HELP!

STEP INTO THE SUN, SCARECROW STEP INTO THE LIGHT. It’s no use screaming at a time like this. Nobody will hear you! HELP! KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD HELP! HELP! HELP! FOR THE MOST GLORIOUS PLACE (All on stage freeze except Glinda) ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH OR THE SKY. GLINDA I hear you, Scarecrow. And though I DOROTHY can’t undo the magic of the Wicked Oh – oh – what’s happening? What Witch, perhaps a little magic of my is it? I can’t walk anymore. I’m so… own will save the day. (she walks … sleepy. (falls to the floor) through the poppies putting a good spell on them) SCARECROW Here, give us your hands and we’ll SCARECROW pull you along. It’s snowing!

DOROTHY LION Oh, no, please. I have to rest for just (waking up) Unusual weather we’re a minute. You lie there, Toto. We having, ain’t it? can have a little sleep together. SCARECROW SCARECROW Oh, no, he’s rusted again! Give me Oh, you can’t rest now. We’ve got to the oil can, quick! (they oil Tinman) go on. TINMAN LION Dorothy, you’re awake. Come to think of it, forty winks wouldn’t be a bad idea. (falls back (Witch enters and all freeze on the with legs frozen up in the air) stage)

SCARECROW WITCH Don’t you start too! Cursed, cursed! Someone always helps that girl, but shoes or no shoes TINMAN I’m still brave enough to conquer her It’s the poppies. That’s what’s doing and to all that tries to stop me. To it. the emerald city as fast lighting.

GLINDA IF EVER, OH EVER, A WIZ’ THERE My white magic has done its work. WAS Journey’s end is now in sight. THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE (All on stage unfreeze) BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, DOROTHY BECAUSE, BECAUSE, The Emerald City! Oh, we’re almost BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL there at last! At last! THINGS HE DOES. WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, SONG: OPTIMISTIC VOICES 2 THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF (Music Track 12) OZ!

Glina, Poppies, Children's Choir SCENE 12 HOLD ONTO YOUR BREATH, HOLD ONTO YOUR HEART, DOROTHY HOLD ONTO YOUR HOPE. Have you ever seen anywhere so YOU’RE OUT OF THE WOODS, beautiful? YOU’RE OUT OF THE DARK, YOU’RE OUT OF THE NIGHT. SCARECROW STEP INTO THE SUN, The walls are so high. STEP INTO THE LIGHT. TINMAN DOROTHY Ring the bell, Scarecrow. Let them It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Just like I knew know we’re here. it would be. He really must be a wonderful Wizard to live in a city like SCARECROW that! (goes to the door and rings bell) Okay. Here goes. SCARECROW Well, come on, then. GUARD Who rang that bell? TINMAN What are we waiting for? DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW,LION We did. ALL To Oz! GUARD Can’t you read? SONG: OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD 5 (Music Track 13) SCARECROW Read what? Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion OH, WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE GUARD WIZARD The Notice! THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW,LION WE HEAR HE IS A WHIZ OF A WIZ’ What Notice? IF EVER A WIZ’ THERE WAS….

GUARD GUARD It’s on the door – as plain as the Uh… So she is! Well, bust my nose on my face! It’s a –oh –oh… buttons! Why didn’t you say that in the first place? That’s a horse of a GUARD different color! Welcome to Emerald Just a minute. City!

DOROTHY SCENE 13 Bell out of order – please knock. SONG: MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ GUARD (Music Track 14) Well, that’s more like it. Now, state your business. All (Including Ozians) HA – HA – HA! DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW,LION HO – HO – HO! We want to see the Wizard. AND A COUPLE OF TRA-LA-LAS THAT’S HOW WE LAUGH GUARD THE DAY AWAY Oh, -- oh – the Wizard? A – but IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ. nobody can see the great Oz! Nobody’s ever seen the great Oz! BUZZ – BUZZ – BUZZ! Even I’ve never seen him! CHIRP – CHIRP – CHIRP! AND A COUPLE OF LA-DI- DOROTHY DAS…THAT’S HOW THE Well then, how do you know there is CRICKETS CRICK ALL DAY one? IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ.

GUARD WE GET UP AT TWELVE AND (sings) Because, because, because, START TO WORK AT ONE, because, because – (Speaks) he’s – TAKE AN HOUR FOR LUNCH AND um because – well… if there wasn’t THEN AT TWO WE’RE DONE. a Wizard… um… why would you be JOLLY GOOD FUN! here? HA – HA – HA! DOROTHY HO – HO – HO! Oh – oh, please. Please Sir. I’ve AND A COUPLE OF TRA-LA-LAS, got to see the Wizard. The Good THAT’S HOW WE LAUGH Witch of the North sent me. THE DAY AWAY IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ! GUARD Prove it! WE GET UP AT TWELVE AND START TO WORK AT ONE, TAKE SCARECROW AN HOUR FOR LUNCH AND THEN She’s wearing the ruby slippers she AT TWO WE’RE DONE. gave her! (Dorothy shows her shoes)

Dorothy, Tinman, Scarecrow, Lion THAT CERTAIN AIR JOLLY GOOD FUN! OF SAVOIR FAIRE (say: SAV-WAH FAIR) IN THE MERRY OL' LAND OF OZ! Dorothy, Tinman, Scarecrow, Lion HA – HA – HA! All (Including Ozians) HO – HO – HO! HA – HA – HA! AND A COUPLE OF TRA-LA-LAS, HO – HO – HO! THAT’S HOW WE LAUGH AND A COUPLE OF TRA-LA-LAS, THE DAY AWAY THAT’S HOW WE LAUGH IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ! THE DAY AWAY WITH A HO – HO – HO Stuffers HA – HA – HA! PAT, PAT HERE IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ! PAT, PAT THERE AND A COUPLE OF BRAND NEW (All look up to the sky, scared, to see STRAWS, the Wicked Witch writing something) THAT'S HOW WE KEEP YOU YOUNG AND FAIR LION IN THE MERRY OL' LAND OF OZ. Who’s her? Who’s her?

Polishers DOROTHY RUB, RUB HERE It’s the Witch! She’s followed us RUB, RUB THERE here! WHETHER YOU'RE TIN OR BRASS. SCARECROW THAT'S HOW WE KEEP YOU IN What’s she doing with all that REPAIR smoke? IN THE MERRY OL' LAND OF OZ. TINMAN Beauticians She’s writing with it. WE CAN MAKE A DIMPLE SMILE OUT OF A FROWN LION What it say? What it say? Dorothy CAN YOU EVEN DYE MY EYES TO DOROTHY MATCH MY GOWN? Surrender Dorothy.

BEAUTICIANS FELICITY Uh - huh! Dorothy? Who’s Dorothy?

Dorothy SAPPHIRE JOLLY GOOD TOWN! The Wizard will explain it!

Manicurists JADE CLIP, CLIP HERE To the Wizard! CLIP, CLIP THERE WE GIVE THE ROUGHEST CLAWS

OLIVE makes a difference. All of you wait To the Wizard! here – I’ll announce you at once!

ALL SCARECROW To the Wizard! -- etc.! Did you hear that? He’ll announce us at once! I’ve as good as got my (Everyone on stage takes a step brain! towards the Guard.) TINMAN GUARD I can fairly hear my heart beating! Here – here! Everything is all right. The Great and Powerful Oz has got DOROTHY matters well in hand – I hope – and I’ll be home in time for supper! you can all go home! And there’s nothing to worry about! Get out of LION here now – go on! (Ozians go to In another hour, I’ll be King of the leave and turn back in disbelief)- -- Forest. Long live the King! Didn’t you hear me. I said, “Go home!” Ozians leave muttering to SONG: KING OF THE FOREST themselves) (Music Track 15)

DOROTHY Lion That’s what I’m trying to do, sir. IF I WERE KING OF THE FOREST, That’s why we have to see the NOT QUEEN, NOT DUKE, Wizard right away. All four of us. NOT PRINCE… MY REGAL ROBES OF THE GUARD FOREST…WOULD BE SATIN, NOT Orders are – Nobody can see the COTTON, Great Oz! Not nobody – not nohow! NOT CHINTZ.

DOROTHY I’D COMMAND EACH THING, Oh, but – but please. Please! BE IT FISH OR FOWL… WITH A WOOF AND A WOOF TINMAN AND A ROYAL GROWL – WOOF. You said you’d take us to him. AS I’D CLICK MY HEEL GUARD ALL THE TREES WOULD KNEEL, Not nobody – not no how! AND THE MOUNTAINS BOW, AND THE BULLS KOWTOW… SCARECROW AND THE SPARROW You just gotta make him see, WOULD TAKE WING. Dorothy. ‘FI – ‘FI – WERE KING!

GUARD DOROTHY Dorothy? Did you say, “Dorothy”? Your Majesty, if you were King, you The Witch’s Dorothy? Well, -- that wouldn’t be afraid of anything?

LION SCARECROW Not nobody, not nohow! Looks like we came a long way for nothing. TINMAN Not even a rhinocerous? DOROTHY Oh, and I was so happy! I thought I LION was on my way home. Imposserous! TINMAN DOROTHY Don’t cry, Dorothy. We’ll get you to How about a hippopotamus? the Wizard somehow.

LION SCARECROW Why, I’d thrash him from top to We certainly will. bottomous! DOROTHY DOROTHY Auntie Em was so good to me, and I Supposin’ you met an elephant? never appreciated it. Running away – and hurting her feelings. it’s all my LION fault. I’ll never forgive myself! Never I’d wrap him up in celophant! – never – never!

SCARECROW GUARD What if it were a brontosarurus? Please don’t cry anymore. I’ll get you into the Wizard somehow. LION I’d show him who was King of the DOROTHY Fores’! Oh, thank you.

DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW GUARD How? That’s alright. I knew an Aunt Em myself once! This way. Follow me. LION How? Courage! What makes the LION elephant charge his tusk in the Wait a minute, fellows. I was just midsty mist, or the dusky dusk? thinkin’ ---- I really don’t want to see What have they got that I ain’t got? the Wizard this much. I better wait for you outside. DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW Courage! TINMAN What’s the matter? The Wizard’s GUARD going to give you some courage. The Wizard sayssssssss go away! LION DOROTHY,TINMAN,SCARECROW,LION I’d be too scared to ask him for it. Go away?

DOROTHY OZ Oh, come on Lion, we’ll be scared You dare to come to me for a heart, together. do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous LION junk! Ohhhh! (scaring himself when pulling his own tail) TINMAN Ohhh – yes… yes, sir, -- Y-Yes, Your SCARECROW Honour. You see, a while back we What happened? were walking down the Yellow Brick Road, and… LION Somebody pulled my tail! OZ Quiet! SCARECROW Oh, you did it yourself! TINMAN Ohhh! LION I ---- oh ---- I’m such a butterpaws. OZ And you, Scarecrow, have the SCENE 14 affrontary to ask for a brain ---- you billowing bail of bovine fodder! OZ (using a megaphone) SCARECROWY I am Oz, the great and powerful. Yes ---- yes, Your Honor ---- I mean, Who are you? Your Excellency – I – I mean ---- Your Wizardry! DOROTHY I ---- if you please, I – I am Dorothy… OZ the small and meek. We’ve come to Enough! Uhhh – and you ask you… Lion…Well?

OZ (Lion passes out on the stage and Silence! Dorothy runs to him)

DOROTHY DOROTHY Ohh – Jiminy Crickets! You ought to be ashamed of yourself – frightening him like that, when he OZ came to you for help! The Great and Powerful Oz knows why you have come. Step forward OZ Tin Man! Silence whippersnapper! The beneficent Oz has every intention of TINMAN granting your requests! Ohhhh! (Lion wakes up)

LION rips off all the petals) I hate, hate, What’s that? What’d he say? hate, her. Now I understand why the poppies failed me. Fate ordained DOROTHY that Oz himself should deliver the Are you all right? little baggage into my territory. But how to bring her here before me. LION Winkies! Winkies, come forth. Just a little deaf? What’d he say? General, Winkies and Children's Choir DOROTHY YO-HE-OH! YO-HO! YO-HE-OH He’s going to help us after all. YO-HO! YO-HE-OH! YO-HO!

OZ WITCH But first, you must prove yourselves Enough! Silence! Quiet!! Why do worthy by performing a very small you always sing that loathsome task. song?

SCARECROW GENERAL A small task? Is that all? Since you put your foot through our drum, how else can we keep in step? TINMAN You name it and it’s half done. WITCH What does it mean anyway? OZ Bring me the broomstick of the Witch GENERAL of the West. You mean…

TINMAN General, Winkies and Children's Choir B-B-B-But if we do that, we’ll have to YO-HE-OH! YO-HO! YO-HE-OH kill her to get it! YO-HO! YO-HE-OH! YO-HO! (Winkies and General exit) OZ Bring me her broomstick and I’ll WITCH grant your requests. Now, go! Nikko! Nikko!

LION (Niko the Monkey enters making But – but what if she kills us first? noises and going crazy)

OZ WITCH I said… …….. GO! All right, all right. I’ll conjure up a spell to take the fight out of her. SCENE 15 Now which of my creepy-crawlie creations shall I send to plague her. WITCH The Flibberty-gibbet? (Nikko shakes (holding flowers)I hate her. I hat her his head no) No! The Fly-by-night? not. I hate her. I hate her not. (She (Nikko shakes his head no) No! Aha, I have it. The Jitter-bug!

(Nikko goes crazy in “yes” mode) SCARECROW There is no more infectious bug in We passed a notice a while back. my book of spells. Once bitten, they can never stop dancing till they drop. TINMAN Fly! Fly! Fly! Bring me that girl and You mean the one that said, her dog! Soon those darling little red “Welcome to the Haunted Forest.” slippers will grace my dainty feet. SCARECROW SONG: WITCH JITTERBUG No- The one that said, “If you’ve got (Music Track 16) this far, you’re lost!”

WHO’S THAT HIDING DOROTHY IN THE TREETOPS? Here’s another notice. IT’S THAT RASCAL, THE JITTERBUG. TINMAN I hope it says something a little more SHOULD YOU CATCH HIM reassuring. BUZZING ROUND YOU, KEEP AWAY FROM THE ALL JITTERBUG. (reading the sign) “I’d turn back if I were you.” OH THE BEES IN THE BREEZE AND THE BATS IN THE TREES LION HAVE A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE Fine. Ohhhhh (scared). BUZZ. BUT THE BEES IN THE BREEZE DOROTHY AND THE BATS IN THE TREES I believe there’re spooks around COULDN’T DO WHAT THE here. JITTERBUG DOES. TINMAN SO, JUST BE CAREFUL That’s ridiculous! Spooks! That’s OF THAT RASCAL. silly. KEEP AWAY FROM THE JITTERBUG... LION (leaving the stage) THE JITTERBUG I do believe in spooks. I do believe THE JITTERBUG in spooks. I do – I do – I do – I do – I (loudly and obnoxiously) THE do believe in spooks. I do believe in JITTERBUG! spooks! I do – I do – I do – I do – I do! SCENE 16 DOROTHY LION So do I! Does anyone know where any of us are?

SONG: JITTERBUG Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman (Music Track 17) THE JITTERBUG. THE JITTERBUG. Dorothy THE JITTERBUG WHO’S THAT HIDING IN THE TREETOPS? (DANCE BREAK) IT’S THAT RASCAL, THE JITTERBUG. Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman OH THE JITTER SHOULD YOU CATCH HIM OH THE BUG BUZZING ROUND YOU, OH THE JITTER BUG KEEP AWAY FROM THE I’M A TWITTER JITTERBUG. IN THE THROES OH THE CRITTERS OH THE BEES IN THE BREEZE GOT ME DANCING ON A AND THE BATS IN THE TREES THOUSAND TOES HAVE A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE THERE SHE BLOWS BUZZ. BUT THE BEES IN THE BREEZE All (including Jitterbug dancers) AND THE BATS IN THE TREES SO BE CAREFUL COULDN’T DO WHAT THE OF THAT RASCAL, JITTERBUG DOES. KEEP AWAY FROM THE JITTERBUG, Scarecrow THE JITTERBUG, SO, JUST BE CAREFUL THE JITTERBUG, OF THAT RASCAL. JITTERBUG, JITTERBUG, KEEP AWAY FROM THE LOOK OUT FOR THAT BUG JITTERBUG. (Jitterbugs exit and Monkeys appear) Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman THE JITTERBUG! DOROTHY OH THE BEES IN THE BREEZE What’s happening? AND THE BATS IN THE TREES HAVE A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE LION BUZZ. Look at the size of them birds! BUT THE BEES IN THE BREEZE AND THE BATS IN THE TREES DOROTHY COULDN’T DO WHAT THE They’re not birds, they’re monkeys! JITTERBUG DOES. ALL Dorothy Flying monkeys! SO, JUST BE CAREFUL OF THAT RASCAL. TINMAN KEEP AWAY FROM THE Go away now! JITTERBUG.

SCARECROW DOROTHY Help! Help! What are you going to do with Toto?

DOROTHY WEST WITCH Oh – Help! – oh! Help! (Monkeys We're going to drop him in the river if take Dorothy away and other you don't hand over those slippers! Monkeys surround Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion) DOROTHY But the Good Witch of the North told LION me not to. They’re getting away with Dorothy. WEST WITCH DOROTHY Very well. Throw that dog in the Help! Help me! deepest point of the river and drown him. TINMAN Fine job we did of protecting DOROTHY Dorothy. Let’s go find her! No! No – No! Please... (crying) You can have the slippers yourself! I SCARECROW don’t want them, -- just give me back That’s right. And the lion will lead Toto! us. WEST WITCH LION That’s a good little girl, I knew you’d All right, I’ll do it for Dorothy – see reason! (she reaches for the Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch – slippers and they zap her) guards or no guards – I’ll tear ‘em apart. Ruff! Ruff. There’s only one DOROTHY thing I want you fellows to do. Run Toto, run Toto run… … As far as you can. TINMAN & SCARECROW What’s that? WEST WITCH Catch him, you fool! LION Talk me out of it. (He starts walking DOROTHY the other way and the Tinman and He got away! He got away! Scarecrow pull him back- they all exit) WEST WITCH Which is more than you will ever do. SCENE 17 Fool that I am. I should have remembered ---- those slippers will WEST WITCH never come off, as long as you’re I trust you had a pleasant flight. It's alive! (goes over to hour glass) You so nice of you to visit me in my see this? That’s how much longer loneliness. you’ve got to be alive! And it isn’t long, my pretty, it isn’t long.

DOROTHY WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE How can anyone be so nasty, mean LEMON DROPS and cruel? AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS WEST WITCH THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME. Lots and lots of practice., I can’t wait SOME WHERE OVER THE forever to get those shoes… (exits) RAINBOW BLUE BIRDS FLY… DOROTHY (crying) Oh, I’m frightened. I’m DOROTHY frightened, Auntie Em, -- I’m so The sand’s almost run out and then frightened! the witch’ll come for me.

AUNT EM SCARECROW (appears on stage) Dorothy, (shouting from offstage) Dorothy, are Dorothy-- where are you! It’s me ---- you in there? it’s Auntie Em. We’re trying to find you. Where are you? LION It’s us! Are you all right? DOROTHY I’m here in Oz, Auntie Em! I’m DOROTHY locked up in the Witch’s castle… and Yes, yes, I’m fine but the witch’s I’m trying to get home to you, Auntie locked me in! Em! (Auntie Em exits) Oh, Auntie Em, don’t go away, I’m frightened! TINMAN Come back! Come back! Auntie Stand back while I break it open! Em! DOROTHY WEST WITCH Oh, hurry! Please, hurry! The hour (making fun of her) Auntie Em – glass is almost empty! (they enter) Auntie Em – come back! I’ll give you Auntie Em, my pretty! (exits laughing SCARECROW wickedly) Hurry, we’ve got no time to lose!

SCENE 18 (Wicked Witch and Winkies enter. Winkies growl at Dorothy and SONG: SOMEWHERE OF THE friends) RAINBOW REPRISE (Music Track 18) WEST WITCH Going so soon? Well we won’t hear Dorothy of it. Will we? SOMEDAY I’LL WISH UPON A STAR WINKIES AND WAKE UP WHERE THE (Growl at Dorothy and friends) CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME

LION DOROTHY I think we’ve outstayed our welcome. Oh, that’s very kind of you. But I have to get back to Kansas. The WEST WITCH witch’s broom! May we have it? Ring around the Rosey! A pocket full of spears! The sands of time GENERAL have run out for all of you. The last Please. Take it with you. to go will see the first three go before her! And your mangy little mutt, too! DOROTHY Eeeniee Meeenie Minie Mo. Who Oh, thank you so much! Now we shall be the first to go! Girl? can go back to the Wizard and tell Tinman? No! My broom has him the Wicked Witch is dead! chosen… Scarecrow!!! SONG: DING DONG THE WITCH IS SCARECROW DEAD No! No! No! (Music Track 19)

WEST WITCH Winkies, Dorothy, Scarecrow, What’s the matter? Don’t you want Tinman, Lion, Children's Choir to be my old flame? HOORAY!! DING DONG! DOROTHY THE WITCH IS DEAD, (gets bucket and throws water on Witch) WHICH OLD WITCH, No! THE WICKED WITCH. DING DONG! WEST WITCH THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. Ohhh! You cursed brat! Look what WAKE UP, YOU SLEEPY HEAD, you’ve done! I’m melting! Melting! RUB YOUR EYES, GET OUT OF Oh, what a world! What a world! BED, Who would have thought a good little WAKE UP, girl like you could destroy my THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. beautiful wickedness? Ohhh------SHE’S GONE WHERE THE going, going gone, (reappears) GOBLINS GO, Ohhhhh! BELOW, BELOW, BELOW, YO HO, LET’S OPEN UP AND SING, GENERAL AND RING THE BELLS OUT. She’s – she’s dead. You’ve killed DING DONG! her. THE MERRY-O SING IT HIGH, SING IT LOW DOROTHY LET THEM KNOW I didn’t mean to kill her, -- really I THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD. didn’t. It’s – it’s just that she was going to set him on fire!

GENERAL Hail to Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead! You are now our Queen.

SCENE 19 OZ I said go! Oh! Pay no attention to OZ that man behind the curtain. The Can I believe my eyes? Why have Great and Powerful Oz —(he steps you come back? out from behind the curtain and in his normal voice says)- ---has spoken. DOROTHY Please, sir. We’ve done what you DOROTHY told us. We’ve brought you the Who are you? broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her. OZ I am the Great and Powerful ---- OZ Wizard of Oz. Oh, you liquidated her, eh? Very resourceful! DOROTHY You are? I don’t believe you! DOROTHY Yes, sir. So we’d like you to keep OZ your promise to us, -- if you please, No, I’m afraid it’s true. There’s no sir. other Wizard except me.

OZ DOROTHY Not so fast! Not so fast! I’ll have to Oh… you’re a very bad man! give the matter a little thought! Go away, and come back tomorrow! OZ Oh, no, my dear. I – I’m a very good DOROTHY man. I’m just a very bad Wizard. Tomorrow? Oh, but I want to go home now! SCARECROW What about the heart that you TINMAN promised Tinman? You’ve had plenty of time already! OZ DOROTHY Well, I ---- Toto? SCARECROW OZ And the courage that you promised The Great Oz has spoken! Now go! cowardly Lion?

(Toto crawls over to where the OZ wizard is speaking behind the Well, I ---- curtain) TINMAN & LION DOROTHY And Scarecrow’s brain? Toto, come out of there!

OZ LION Why, anybody can have a brain. Ain’t it the truth! Ain’t it the truth! Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby confer upon DOROTHY you the Honorary Degree of T.H.D. Oh, they’re all so wonderful.

SCARECROW SCARECROW Oh joy! Rapture! I’ve got a brain! Hey what about Dorothy? How can I ever thank you enough? TINMAN OZ Yes, how about Dorothy? Well, you can’t. As for you, my fine friend, I award you this medal. You LION are now a member of the Legion of Yeah. Dorothy next. Courage! OZ Yes. Dorothy. LION Oh – oh, shucks, folks – I’m DOROTHY speechless! Oh, I don’t think there’s anything in there for me. OZ As for you, my galvanized friend, you OZ want a heart! You don’t know how The only way to get Dorothy back to lucky you are not to have one. Kansas is for me to take her myself! Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. SCENE 20

TINMAN SONG: MERRY OLD LAND REPRISE But I – I still want one. (Music Track 20)

OZ Ozians And remember, my sentimental HA – HA – HA! friend that a heart is not judged by HO – HO – HO! how much you love, but by how AND A COUPLE OF TRA-LA-LAS, much you are loved by others. THAT’S HOW WE LAUGH THE DAY AWAY TINMAN WITH A HO – HO – HO Oh. Oh, it ticks! Look! Listen to my HA – HA – HA! heart, it ticks! IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ!

LION OZ Read… read what my medal says. Citizens of Oz! I, your Wizard, am about to embark on a journey into DOROTHY the outer stratosphere. And I hereby Awarded for Courage! decree that until that time, if any, that I return, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion, will rule. Obey them as you

would me. And now it is time to cast DOROTHY off. Farewell my friends! Well… I think that it… that it isn’t enough just to want to see Uncle DOROTHY Henry and Auntie Em. And it’s Where’s Toto? I can’t go without that… if I ever go looking for my him. Toto! heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard, OZ because if it isn’t there, I never really Too late, my dear. I have to go now. lost it to begin with. Is that right? I can’t wait. Goodbye folks. GLINDA OZIANS That’s all it is! Now those magic (waving) Goodbye! Goodbye! slippers will take you home in two Goodbye! seconds.

DOROTHY DOROTHY Oh Scarecrow, I’ll never see Kansas Toto, too? again as long as I live. Never, never, never. GLINDA Toto, too. GLINDA Never is a very, very long time, DOROTHY Dorothy. Oh, it’s going to be so hard to say goodbye. I love you all so much. DOROTHY Goodbye, Tinman. Oh, don’t cry. Oh, please, will you help me? Can You rust so dreadfully. Here, here’s you help me? your oil-can. Goodbye.

GLINDA TINMAN You don’t need to be helped any Now I know I’ve got a heart, cause longer. You’ve always had the it’s breaking. power to go back to Kansas. DOROTHY DOROTHY Goodbye, Lion. I know it isn’t right, I have? but I’m gonna miss the way you used to holler for help before you found SCARECROW your courage. Then why didn’t you tell her sooner? LION GLINDA When you go, I think I’m going to do Because she wouldn’t have believed a little more hollering. me. She had to learn it for herself. DOROTHY TINMAN Dear Scarecrow, you were my first What have you learned, Dorothy? friend here. I think maybe I’ll miss you most of all.

SCARECROW more harm. There was a minute Havin’ a brain don’t make partin’ any there when I thought you’d left us. easier. Goodbye Dorothy. I’ll think about you always. DOROTHY But I did leave you, Uncle Henry. GLINDA That’s just the trouble. And I tried to Are you ready now? get back for days and days.

DOROTHY UNCLE HENRY Oh, yes, please… before I change Sounds like a bad dream. my mind and stay forever. DOROTHY GLINDA It wasn’t a dream… where’s the Then close your eyes and tap your Scarecrow? heels together three times. And think to yourself, over and over, UNCLE HENRY there’s no place like home, there’s Scarecrow? no place like home…(waving wand over her head) AUNT EM Dorothy! Oh, You’re safe and well. DOROTHY There’s no place like home. DOROTHY (Ozians start waving in slow motion) No, no. You don’t understand. This was a real, truly live place. And I GLINDA remember that some of it wasn’t very One... nice, but most of it was beautiful, and you were there. Don’t you believe DOROTHY me? There’s no place like home. AUNT EM GLINDA Of course we believe you, Dorothy. Two... But now we’ve got to get you into bed. DOROTHY There’s no place like home. DOROTHY Has the house come back? It fell on GLINDA the witch, you know. Three... Goodbye Dorothy!!! AUNT EM SCENE 21 Storm passed right by it. And it wasn’t a house fell on Miss Gulch. It (Dorothy is asleep on the floor) was a telegraph pole.

UNCLE HENRY UNCLE HENRY Dorothy, Dorothy… I’m guarding you We won’t be hearing from that old now, Honey. I’ll see you come to no biddy till her leg gets out of plaster.

DOROTHY SONG: FINALE Then Toto’s safe. You hear that, (Music Track 22) Toto? We’re both safe. And we’re home. Home! And you’re all here. All And I’m never going to leave here SOMEWHERE, OVER THE ever, ever again, because I love you RAINBOW, WAY UP HIGH, all. And… oh, Auntie Em, there THERE’S A LAND THAT I HEARD really is no place like home!! OF ONCE IN A LULLABY. SOMEWHERE, OVER THE SONG: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, SKIES ARE BLUE RAINBOW REPRISE AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU (Music Track 21) DARE TO DREAM REALLY DO COME TRUE. Dorothy SOMEDAY, I’LL WISH UPON A SOMEDAY, I’LL WISH UPON A STAR STAR AND WAKE UP WHERE THE AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME. CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME. WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS, LEMON DROPS, AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS, TOPS, THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME. THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME. SOMEWHERE, OVER THE SOMEWHERE, OVER THE RAINBOW, BLUEBIRDS FLY, RAINBOW, BLUEBIRDS FLY, BIRDS FLY OVER THE RAINBOW BIRDS FLY OVER THE RAINBOW WHY THEN – OH, WHY CAN’T I? WHY THEN – OH, WHY CAN’T I? …. …. IF HAPPY LITTLE BLUEBIRDS FLY IF HAPPY LITTLE BLUEBIRDS FLY BEYOND THE RAINBOW BEYOND THE RAINBOW WHY, OH, WHY CAN’T I? WHY, OH, WHY CAN’T I?

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