SCENE #1 FARM HOUSE: Farm house upstage left, wagon center upstage, incubator center left stage.

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1 Mar 27, 2017 DRAFT (Curtains: closed- Dorothy will enter in front of curtains from stage stairs.) (Sound: pre-music plays until Narrator speaks) (Lights: Turn on just before narrator speaks) SCENE #1 FARM HOUSE: Farm house upstage left, wagon center upstage, incubator center left stage. Zeke, Hunk and Hickory working on wagon. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are working at the incubator. NARRATOR: For seventy-five years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashion. To those of you who have been faithful to it in return...and to the Young in Heart --- we dedicate this third grade play. (Dorothy enters running from off stage, stops downstage center.) DOROTHY: She isn't coming yet, Toto. Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn't she? Come on -- we'll go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. Come on, Toto. (Curtains: Curtain opens to Scene #1 - Aunt Em and Uncle Henry working with baby chicks in incubator -- Dorothy runs in -- speaks to them) (Sound: play Baby Chick sounds) DOROTHY: Aunt Em! Aunt Em! (Henry and Em continue working ignoring Dorothy) DOROTHY: (Screams) Aunt Em! AUNT EM: Fifty-seven, fifty-eight -- DOROTHY: Just listen to what Miss Gulch did to Toto! She -- AUNT EM: Dorothy, please! We're trying to count! Fifty-eight-- DOROTHY: Oh, but Aunt Em, she hit him over the -- UNCLE HENRY: Don't bother us now, honey -- this old incubator's gone bad, and we're likely to lose a lot of our chicks. DOROTHY: Oh -- oh, the poor little things. Oh, but Aunt Em, Miss Gulch hit Toto right over the back with a rake just because she says he gets in her garden and chases her nasty old cat every day. AUNT EM: Seventy -- Dorothy, please! DOROTHY: Oh, but he doesn't do it every day just once or twice a week. And he can't catch her old cat, anyway. And now she says she's gonna get the sheriff, and -- AUNT EM: Dorothy! Dorothy! We're busy! DOROTHY: Oh -- all right. Page 1 of 32

2 (Aunt Em and Uncle Henry continue taking chicks out of incubator) (Hickory and Zeke lowering bed of wagon into place) ZEKE: HUNK: How's she coming? Take it easy. (Hunk on ground -- gets finger caught under wagon bed screams) HUNK: Ow! You got my finger! (Zeke and Hickory holding wagon bed) ZEKE: Well, why don't you get your finger out of the way! (Zeke and Hickory put wagon bed in place -- Hunk kneeling on ground by wagon -- Dorothy comes forward to Zeke) HICKORY: Come on - come on - over this way. ZEKE: Okay. HICKORY: There you are. HUNK: ZEKE: Right on my finger! It's a lucky thing it wasn't your head. DOROTHY: Zeke, what am I going to do about Miss Gulch? Just because Toto chases her old cat. ZEKE: Listen, honey, I got them hogs to get in. HUNK: Now lookit, Dorothy, you ain't using your head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn't have any brains at all. DOROTHY: I have so got brains. HUNK: Well, why don't you use them? When you come home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't get in no trouble. See? DOROTHY: Oh, Hunk, you just won't listen, that's all. HUNK: Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know. (Hickory walks over to Dorothy) HICKORY: Oh! Oh, it feels like my joints are rusted. Listen, Dorothy, don't let Hunk kid you about Miss Gulch. She's just a poor sour-faced old maid that -- she ain't got no heart left. You know, you should have a little more heart yourself, and have pity on her. DOROTHY: Well, gee, I try and have a heart. (Zeke walks up) ZEKE: Listen, kid, are you going to let that old Gulch try and buffalo you? She ain't nothing to be afraid of. Have a little courage, that's all. Page 2 of 32

3 DOROTHY: I'm not afraid of her. AUNT EM: Here, here, what's all this jabber-wapping when there's work to be done? Here, here -- can't work on an empty stomach. Have some cookies. HUNK: Gosh, Mrs. Gale. Thanks. HICKORY/ZEKE: Thanks. AUNT EM: Now, Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always get yourself into a fret over nothing. DOROTHY: No -- AUNT EM: Now, you just help us out today, and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble. (Everyone exits, taking the incubator and wagon with them, except Dorothy and Toto) DOROTHY: (thinking out loud) Some place where there isn't any trouble. (talking to Toto) Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away -- behind the moon -- beyond the rain -- (SOUND Somewhere Over the Rainbow) DOROTHY: (sings) Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true......someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, Away above the chimney tops, That's where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then -- oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why can't I? (Miss Gulch enters from off stage left) MISS GULCH: Mr. Gale! (Uncle Henry and Auntie Em enter from the wings) UNCLE HENRY: MISS GULCH: UNCLE HENRY: MISS GULCH: UNCLE HENRY: Howdy, Miss Gulch. I want to see you and your wife right away... about Dorothy. Dorothy? Well, what has Dorothy done? What's she done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg! You mean she bit you? Page 3 of 32

4 MISS GULCH: UNCLE HENRY: MISS GULCH: No, her dog! Oh, she bit her dog, eh? NO! (Miss Gulch shows order to Aunt Em -- Uncle Henry looks at the order -- Miss Gulch picks up basket -- rises Dorothy screams at Miss Gulch -- Miss Gulch tries to take Toto away from Dorothy -- Uncle Henry takes Toto -- puts him into basket) MISS GULCH: That dog's a menace to the community. I'm taking him to the sheriff and make sure he's destroyed. DOROTHY: (screaming) Destroyed? Toto? (pleading) Oh, you can't! You mustn't! Auntie Em! Uncle Henry! You won't let her, will you? UNCLE HENRY: Of course we won't. Will we, Em? DOROTHY: Please, Aunt Em, Toto didn't mean to. He didn't know he was doing anything wrong. I'm the one that ought to be punished. I let him go in her garden. You can send me to bed without supper -- MISS GULCH: If you don't hand over that dog, I'll bring a damage suit that'll take your whole farm! There's a law protecting folks against dogs that bite! AUNT EM: How would it be if she keeps him tied up? He's really gentle -- with gentle people, that is. MISS GULCH: Well, that's for the Sheriff to decide. Here's his order allowing me to take him. Unless you want to go against the law. UNCLE HENRY: Uhh -- yeah -- AUNT EM: MISS GULCH: Now, we can't go against the law, Dorothy. I'm afraid poor Toto will have to go. Now you're seeing reason. DOROTHY: No -- MISS GULCH: DOROTHY: AUNT EM: DOROTHY: him -- please! MISS GULCH: DOROTHY: AUNT EM: MISS GULCH: DOROTHY: Here's what I'm taking him in -- so he can't attack me again. Oh, no, no! I won't let you take him! You go away, you...! Oooh, I'll bite you myself! Dorothy! You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don't let 'em take Toto! Don't let her take Here! I've got an order! Let me have... Stop her! Put him in the basket, Henry. The idea! Oh, don't, Uncle Henry. Oh, Toto! Don't... Page 4 of 32

5 (Dorothy crying, everyone except Dorothy exits.) DOROTHY: Toto, darling! Oh, I got you back! You came back! Oh, I'm so glad! Toto! Oh, they'll be coming back for you in a minute. We've got to get away! We've got to run away -- quick! (Toto returns from off stage, Dorothy picks up Toto and runs into the house as the storm hits.) (Sound: Storm sounds) (Lights: flash off and on as house crosses stage right as if floating) SCENE #2 STORM: SMOKE from behind house (The house floats across the stage and lands on Witch legs Munchkins carry flower bed props.) Munchkins enter and hid giggling behind flower props. TRANSITION TO DOROTHY # (Dorothy #1 goes into the house, Dorothy #2 comes out after the storm) (Sound: Munchkin music) (Lights: remain on) DOROTHY: Toto -- I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow! (Glinda walks toward the house, gracefully- holding wand straight up, where Dorothy is standing near Dorothy) DOROTHY: Now I -- I know we're not in Kansas. GLINDA: Are you a good witch, or a bad witch? DOROTHY: Who, me? Why, I'm not a witch at all. I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas. GLINDA: Oh! Well... (pointing to Toto)...is that the Witch? DOROTHY: Who, Toto? Toto's my dog. GLINDA: The Munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. And there's the house, and here you are, and that's all... (Pointing to the Wicked Witch of the East's feet protruding from under the farm house) GLINDA:...that's left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so what the Munchkins want to know...is, are you a good witch, or a bad witch? DOROTHY: Oh, but I've already told you, I'm not a witch at all -- witches are old and ugly. (Munchkins all giggle from behind the props) What was that? GLINDA: The Munchkins. They're laughing because I am a witch. I'm Glinda, the Witch of the North. (Dorothy looks to Glinda and curtsies) DOROTHY: You are! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I've never heard of a beautiful... witch before. Page 5 of 32

6 GLINDA: Only bad witches are ugly. (Munchkins enter very slowly from behind flowers, and take a knee near Glinda) GLINDA: The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East. DOROTHY: Oh. But, if you please -- what are Munchkins? GLINDA: The little people who live in this land --it's Munchkinland, and you are their national heroine, my dear. (turns to Munchkins) It's all right -- you may all come out and thank her. It's all right now - you may all come out. (Sound: Come Out song) GLINDA:(singing) Come out, come out, wherever you are. And meet the young lady who fell from a star. She fell from the sky, she fell very far. And Kansas she says is the name of the star. MUNCHKINS: (singing) Kansas she says is the name of the star. GLINDA: (singing) She brings you good news. Or haven't you heard? When she fell out of Kansas, a miracle occurred. DOROTHY: (singing) It really was no miracle. What happened was just this: The wind began to switch -- the house to pitch And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch. Just then, the witch -- to satisfy an itch -- Went flying on her broomstick thumbing for......a hitch. JOE: (steps forward and singing) And oh, what happened then was rich! (no music for the Munchkins instead they will recite their lines poetically)) ALL MUNCHKINS: (singing) The house began to pitch The kitchen took a slitch It landed on the Wicked Witch In the middle of a ditch Which was not a healthy situation For the Wicked Witch. (Burley and Curly one at a time steps forward from the crowd and speaks) BURLEY: CURLEY: We thank you very sweetly For doing it so neatly. You've killed her so completely That we thank you very sweetly. GLINDA: Let the joyous news be spread. The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead! Page 6 of 32

7 (Sound: Ding Dong the Witch is Dead) (Munchkins sing and dance) MUNCHKINS: Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Wake up, you sleepy head. Rub your eyes Get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked......Witch is dead! She's gone where the Goblins go Below...Below...Below Yo -- ho, let's open up and sing And ring the bells out. Ding Dong! The merry-oh! Sing it high Sing it... low Let them know The Wicked Witch is dead! (Music ends - Mayor enters and comes forward followed by JOE and City Fathers) MAYOR: As Mayor of the Munchkin City In the County of the Land of Oz I welcome you most regally JOE: But we've got to verify it legally. To see... MAYOR: To see? JOE: If she... MAYOR: If she? JOE: Is morally, ethic'ly BURLEY: Spiritually, physically CURLEY: Positively, absolutely ALL OF GROUP: Undeniably and reliably Dead! (Coroner moves up steps toward the Mayor and Dorothy -- unrolls scroll and sings -- scroll reads: CERTIFICATE OF DEATH) (Sound: Coroner song) CORONER: As Coroner, I must aver I thoroughly examined her. And she's not only merely dead, She's really, most sincerely dead. Page 7 of 32

8 MAYOR: Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants! JOE: If any! MAYOR: Yes, let the joyous news be spread. The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead! (Sound: Ding Dong the Witch is Dead) MUNCHKINS:(singing) Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead! Wake up, you sleepy head! Rub your eyes, Get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead! She's gone where the Goblins go Below...below...below. Yo ho, let's open up and sing, And ring the bells out. Ding Dong! The merry-oh! Sing it high, Sing it low. Let them know The Wicked Witch is dead! (Sound: Lullaby / Lollipop songs) THREE TOTS:(sing) We represent the Lullaby League, the Lullaby League, The Lullaby League And in the name of the Lullaby League We wish to welcome you to Munchkinland. THREE TOUGH KIDS:(Three Tough Kids sing and hand Lollypop to Dorothy) We represent the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, The Lollypop Guild And in the name of the Lollypop Guild We wish to welcome you to Munchkinland. (Witch appears, Munchkins scream and fall to the ground, Witch looks at Witch of the East's feet protruding from under the farm house) (Sound: Witch Boom sound) DOROTHY: I thought you said she was dead. GLINDA: That was her sister -- the Wicked Witch of the East. This is the Wicked Witch of the West. And she's worse than the other one was. Page 8 of 32

9 WITCH: Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East? Was it you? Answer me! (pointing to Dorothy) GLINDA: Leave her alone! WITCH: You stay out of this! I'm here for vengeance! So it was you, was it? You killed her... didn't you? DOROTHY: No -- No! It was an accident! I didn't mean to kill anybody!... Really I didn't! WITCH: Didn't mean it, eh? Accident, eh? Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too and this is how I do it! GLINDA: Aren't you forgetting the ruby slippers? WITCH: The slippers -- yes...the slippers! They're gone! The ruby slippers! What have you done with them? Give them back to me, or I'll --- GLINDA: It's too late! There they are, and there they'll stay! DOROTHY: Oh! WITCH: Give me back my slippers! I'm the only one that knows how to use them. They're of no use to you! Give them back to me! GLINDA: Keep tight inside of them -- their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly! WITCH: You stay out of this, Glinda, or I'll fix you as well! GLINDA: (laughs) Oh, rubbish! You have no power here. Be gone, before somebody drops a house on you, too. WITCH: Very well -- I'll bide my time -- and as for you, my fine lady, it's true, I can't attend to you here and now as I'd like, but just try to stay out of my way... I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! (Witch laughs maniacally and leaves looking in the sky for another falling house) GLINDA: It's all right. You can get up -- she's gone. (The Munchkins all rise) GLINDA: I'm afraid you've made rather a bad enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you'll sleep, my dear. DOROTHY: Oh, I'd give anything to get out of Oz altogether -- but which is the way back to Kansas? I can't go the way I came. GLINDA: No -- that's true. The only person who might know would be the great and wonderful Wizard of Oz himself! DOROTHY: The Wizard of Oz? Is he good or is he wicked? GLINDA: Oh, very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Emerald City, and that's a long journey from here. Did you bring your broomstick with you? DOROTHY: No, I'm afraid I didn't. Page 9 of 32

10 GLINDA: Well, then, you'll have to walk. The Munchkins will see you safely to the border of Munchkinland. And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, or you will be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West. DOROTHY: But, how do I start for Emerald City? GLINDA: It's always best to start at the beginning-- and all you do is follow the Yellow Brick Road. (Glinda leaves walking backwards off stage as she speaks) DOROTHY: Myyyy --! People come and go so quickly here! Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road? MAYOR: Follow the Yellow Brick Road. BURLEY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road. CURLEY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road. JOE: Follow the Yellow Brick Road. (Sound: Yellow Brick music) (the Munchkins all grouped along the border of the road they sing while Dorothy walks around the road) MAYOR/CORONOR: You're off to see the Wizard The Wonderful Wizard of Oz You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz If ever a Wiz there was. 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... ALL: You're off to see the Wizard The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! (Curtains: close as Dorothy walks upstage and follows the Yellow brick road down the stairs, in front of the audience, and up the other stairs.) DOROTHY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow...? SCENE #3 SCARECROW: Box with SCARECROW standing in it center stage. Fence around him. Several corn husks around. SCARECROW holds out arms. TRANSITION TO Dorothy # (Dorothy #3 waits behind the wings and comes out as Dorothy #2 changes places) Page 10 of 32

11 NARRATOR: Dorothy and Toto walked for miles and miles After a while they sat down to take a rest. (Curtains: Opens - Dorothy crosses stage left.) DOROTHY: Oh, Toto, I wonder how much longer until we get there. SCARECROW: Good day, young lady! DOROTHY: Who said that? (She looks around.) TOTO: ("Who is that? ") Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! SCARECROW: Me! Over here! DOROTHY: But you're a scarecrow. Scarecrows don't talk. SCARECROW: (Offended.) I beg your pardon. You don't know much about scarecrows do you? DOROTHY: I know they don't talk. At least none of the ones in Kansas can talk. SCARECROW: Maybe they don't have much to say. At any rate, I'd be most grateful if you could help me out here. DOROTHY: What should I do? SCARECROW: This pole is stuck up my back. If you could take it away... DOROTHY: Certainly.(She helps him with pole and he flops down.) SCARECROW: Thank you. I feel like a new man. Who are you and where are you going? DOROTHY: I'm Dorothy and I'm on my way to the Emerald City to ask the great Wizard of Oz to send me back to Kansas. SCARECROW: Who is the Wizard of Oz? DOROTHY: Don't you know who he is? SCARECROW: I don't know anything at all. See? My head is stuffed with hay. I don't have any brains! DOROTHY: Oh, I'm terribly sorry. (Sound: If I only Had a Brain) (SCARECROW sings and dances) SCARECROW: Say, do you think the Wizard could give me some brains? DOROTHY: I don't see why not. You're welcome to come along with me if you like. Page 11 of 32

12 (TOTO growls angrily.) Stop that Toto! That's not polite. (To SCARECROW.) Don't worry. He never bites. SCARECROW: Oh, I'm not afraid of dogs. If they bite, I can't feel it. I'm only afraid of one thing. DOROTHY: What is that? SCARECROW: (Looks around, whispers in her ear.) A lighted match. DOROTHY: Well, I don't expect we'll run in to too many of those. (She puts out a toe of her ruby slippers, ready to step forward.) Are you ready? SCARECROW: (Puts out a toe.) Ready! DOROTHY: Toto, are you ready? TOTO: ("Ready!') Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) DOROTHY: We're off! SCARECROW: We're off! TOTO: ("We're off ) Ruff, ruff! (Sound: Yellow Brick Road, short.) (Curtains: Close Dorothy & Scarecrow sing and go down the stairs across the Yellow Brick road in front of the audience.) SCENE #4 APPLE TREES: several artificial trees scattered around. Woody, Shady, and SPLINTER right upstage. TINMAN is hidden among the artificial trees left center stage. Both hold apples. Tinman holds up ax frozen in place. DOROTHY & SCARECROW: We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! TOTO: Ruff-ruff! (TREES enter, holding branches (these can be cut twigs from real trees) and apples. They strike poses and stand still. TIN MAN enters and stands frozen behind the TREES.) NARRATOR: They walked and walked until they came into a grove of trees... (CURTAINS open to Appletree/Tinman scene) Page 12 of 32

13 DOROTHY: Oh, it's dark in this part of the forest. We've been walking for such a long time. I'm awfully hungry. SCARECROW: As a scarecrow I never get hungry. But look! (Points to TREES.) Apples! I'll get one for you, Dorothy! (SCARECROW reaches for an apple, picks it.) WOODY: Hey! (Smacks SCARECROW s hand away.) Keep your hands to yourself. And put that back! SPLINTER: YAH! Put that back! SCARECROW: (Frightened.) Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't know you could talk and Dorothy was hungry and I just thought... SHADY: You just thought you'd steal our apples! SPLINTER: Steal our apples! SCARECROW: I didn't think it was stealing exactly... WOODY: That's right, you didn't think at all! SCARECROW: Actually I can't think, I haven't got a brain. SPLINTER: Get them! (throwing an apple) SHADY: You can say that again! (Throws apple at him.) DOROTHY: Hey, that's not fair! He didn't mean to do anything wrong! TOTO: (To TREES, scolding.) Ruff, ruff, ruff!!! WOODY: Go on, beat it! (Throws apple at them.) SHADY: This is our part of the forest, go find your own hang-out. DOROTHY: Well, I'm sure we'll be happy to be out of your private... (WOODY and SHADY send (soft, artificial) apples at them.) SCARECROW: Come on, Dorothy, come on! (THEY run away. TREES exit. SCARECROW realizes that they have gotten apples anyway. He picks them up.) Hey look! (DOROTHY has been distracted by something, TOTO barks.) Page 13 of 32

14 DOROTHY: Shh! Listen! SCARECROW: Sounds like a moan of some kind. (They cross around the parameter of the playing area, heads down until they run into the tin feet of the TINMAN.) DOROTHY: Why it's a man! (TOTO barks and tries to bite the tin leg but it hurts his teeth.) TOTO: O o o o O O OWWW wwww...! SCARECROW: A man made of tin! Did you just groan? TIN MAN: (Jaw locked, tries to speak.) Ohyo. Kah. DOROTHY: It sounds like... SCARECROW: Oil can. DOROTHY: Oil can! He wants us to oil him! (TIN MAN groans excitedly.) Quick! (They quickly oil him.) TIN MAN: (Sighs with relief.) Oh, that feels good. I've been standing here for more than a year. You're the first people who came along. DOROTHY: Where should we oil you? TIN MAN: My neck first please. (They do.) My arms. (They do, his arms fall.) Ah! I've been holding that ax ever since I rusted. If you'll just oil my legs. (They do.) How can I ever thank you? You've saved my life! How did you happen to come through here? DOROTHY: We're on our way to the Emerald City to see the Wizard of Oz. We're going to ask him to send me to Kansas and to give Scarecrow some brains. TIN MAN: Do you think the Wizard could give me a heart? DOROTHY: I don't see why not. SCARECROW: Why? Don't you have a heart? Page 14 of 32

15 TIN MAN: I did once. I was in love with a pretty Munchkin girl. But the Evil Witch of the West took my heart away. And now I know that losing your heart is the worst thing that can happen to you because it means you can never be happy again. (SOUND If I Only Had a Heart) (Tinman steps forward and sings If I Only Had a Heart.) DOROTHY: If the Wizard gives you a heart, will you ask the pretty Munchkin girl to marry you? TIN MAN: Oh, yes! And then I will be the happiest man in the world. NARRATOR: And so the Tin Man decided to go along with them to Oz. DOROTHY: Scarecrow, are you ready? SCARECROW: (Puts out a toe.)ready DOROTHY: Toto, are you ready? TOTO: ("Ready!') Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) DOROTHY: Tin Man. Are you ready? TIN MAN: Let me just oil my ankle. There! (Puts toe out like the others.) Ready! DOROTHY: We're off! SCARECROW: We're off! TIN MAN: We're off! TOTO: ("We're off ') Ruff, ruff! (SOUND CUE: Yellow Brick Road, short.) DOROTHY & SCARECROW & TIN MAN: We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! (Curtains: Closed Dorothy and the SCARECROW cross stage and go down the stairs across the audience and back on stage.) TOTO: Ruff-ruff! SCENE #5 Scary Forest: rearrange artificial trees scattered around. No apple trees. Lion enters center stage yawns and lays down. TRANSITION to SCARECROW # (SCARECROW #2 WAITS BEHIIND WINGS, SCARECROW #1 CHANGES PLACES WITH HER) Page 15 of 32

16 TRANSITION to Dorothy #4: (DOROTHY #4 waits behind wings, DOROTHY #3 changes places with her.)_ NARRATOR: The road was still paved with yellow brick... But the deeper they went into the forest the scarier it became. (Lights all off.) (Curtains: Opens) (LION enters at a distance from the others, yawns, stretches and lays down to take a nap.) NARRATOR: Suddenly Toto noticed a low growl coming from the bushes. (LION merely rolls on his back, arms and legs in the air, and growls in his sleep.) LION: Grrrro o o wwwwllllll... (TOTO barks which wakes the LION up. TOTO hides behind DOROTHY'S skirt.) Who said that? Hmm? Who dares to disturb my slumber? Was it you? Was it you? (TOTO barks in fear.) Ah! It was you! (LION lurches toward TOTO trying to bite him.) DOROTHY: (Angry.) You stop that! Stop that right now! That's not polite! (LION gives a half-hearted growl at SCARECROW and TIN MAN who hide behind DOROTHY'S skirt.) DOROTHY: You should be ashamed of yourself! (LION suddenly turns into a cowering kitten.) LION: But, but, but, I'm K-k-k-king of the F-f-f-forest. I'm not supposed to be poh-poh-polite. Am I? DOROTHY: It doesn't matter who you are. It's unfair for you to try to bite a poor little dog! And to go after a poor Scarecrow and Tin Man! (TOTO whimpers, SCARECROW and TIN MAN mimic his whimper.) LION: B - b- b- but. I'm a lion. See? (Shows his claws.) (TOTO, SCARECROW, TIN MAN howl in fear.) DOROTHY: You're nothing but big coward! LION: (Whimpers.) I know it. I've always known it. How can I help it? (Begins to cry.) DOROTHY: There, there now. LION: I am a big coward. Page 16 of 32

17 (SOUND: If I Only Had the Nerve) (Lion sings If I Only Had the Nerve) TIN MAN: But what makes you such a coward? LION: I don't know. I guess I was born this way. SCARECROW: But that's not right. You're supposed to be King of the Forest! TINMAN: Maybe you have heart disease. If you have you should be glad. I have no heart at all. LION: Maybe if I had no heart I wouldn't be a coward. SCARECROW: Do you have any brains? LION: I suppose so. I've never looked to see. (SCARECROW knocks on LION's head.) SCARECROW: Sounds solid to me! We're going to visit the Wizard of Oz! He's going to give me brains. As you can see, my head is stuffed with straw. LION: Do you think the Wizard could give me courage? SCARECROW: Just as easily as he can give me brains. TINMAN: Or give me a heart. DOROTHY: Or send me back to Kansas. LION: Then I'll go with you! (Suddenly meek.) B - b- b- but only if you don't mind. DOROTHY: That was a very polite way to put it! Of course you can go with us. Scarecrow, are you ready? SCARECROW: (Puts out a toe.) Ready! DOROTHY: Toto, are you ready? TOTO: ("Ready!') Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) DOROTHY: Tin Man. Are you ready? TINMAN: Ready! DOROTHY: Lion are you ready? LION: (Puts out a foot.) R- r- r- r- ready. DOROTHY: Then we're off! Page 17 of 32

18 SCARECROW: We're off! TINMAN: We're off! LION: W -w-w-we're O f-f-f-f... TOTO: ("We're off! ') Ruff, ruff! (SOUND CUE # 7: Yellow Brick Road, short. Into Magical Land, Into Sleepy Dreamy, fade out. ) (Curtains Closed to change scenes from scary forest to Emerald City Gate) (Lights off after curtains close) SCENE #6 Emerald City: Gate Door center stage. GATEKEEPER is next to the door ready to open the hatch. Extras hold flowers across the front of the stage before Dorothy gets off stage when following the yellow brick road. Wizard s head is behind gate door prop. When changing next scene, simply open the gate. DOROTHY & SCARECROW & TINMAN & LION: We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! TOTO: Ruff-ruff! NARRATOR: So they set out again for the Emerald city. (The travelers walk along front of the audience, turning their backs on the EXTRAS who enter carrying flowers.) NARRATOR: Soon they came upon a beautiful field of flowers... (EXTRAs place flowers on stage) DOROTHY: Oh look! Aren't they beautiful? LION: Buh- buh- buh-buh-yoo-tee-ful. (DOROTHY plucks a flower. She smells its perfume.) NARRATOR: But Dorothy and her friends didn't know.. That if you breathe in the perfume of too many flowers... They can make you sleepy... Very, very sleepy... (DOROTHY and TOTO, who drift, yawn and start to sit down.) (DOROTHY and TOTO are asleep and LION starts stretching and yawning.) Page 18 of 32

19 TINMAN: Oh, dear. What should we do? SCARECROW: The smell of the flowers is putting them to sleep. NARRATOR: Not being made of flesh and bone, the flowers didn't bother the Tin Man and the Scarecrow, but... LION: (Big yawn.) I think I'll take a little nap. SCARECROW: Oh no, the Lion is falling asleep too. TINMAN: You take the Lion. I'll carry Dorothy and the dog. SCARECROW: (Trying to carry him.) Come on, ya big lug. TINMAN: This way! SCARECROW: It's safe here. Let's let them sleep. TINMAN: (Yawning) Yes, let's let them sleep. (They settle in heap, sleeping. LION snores.) NARRATOR: But when they woke up they were surprised to see that they had been Sleeping in the Wizard's front yard! (DOROTHY wakes and looks around, TOTO hops up and sees what DOROTHY sees and barks.) (LIGHTS on) (CURTAINS open just enough to show to the gate of the Emerald City) DOROTHY: Scarecrow, Lion! Wake up! (ALL wake and see what DOROTHY sees. They run up the stairs to the stage and approach the door.) TINMAN: Why, it's the Emerald City! SCARECROW: It has to be! DOROTHY: Look how it sparkles in the sun! LION: C-c-c-c-come on. TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! NARRATOR: So they ran as fast as they could...until they came to some big green doors. NARRATOR: The doors were studded with dazzling emeralds! Dorothy rang the bell. (SOUND - rings a bell.) Page 19 of 32

20 NARRATOR: And the Lion knocked. (SOUND -makes sound of knocking.) (GATEKEEPER opens in the door, sticks head out.) GATEKEEPER: (Gruff.) Stop that! DOROTHY: Stop what? GATEKEEPER: Ringing that infernal bell! How could you do such a thing at this hour? TINMAN: But it's eleven o'clock in the morning. GATEKEEPER: Exactly. Come again at a decent hour. SCARECROW: Please sir, we've come to see the great Wizard of Oz. GATEKEEPER: And what makes you think he will see you? DOROTHY: We've come a very long way... TINMAN: Through the deep dark forest. LION: Very deep, very d - d - d - d -deep. GATEKEEPER: I don't care where you've come from, go away. (He allows the flap fall and starts to walk away.) DOROTHY: Well, I never! (She rings bell again.) GATEKEEPER: (Opening.) You again! DOROTHY: You are not being very polite, sir! GATEKEEPER: I am the Gatekeeper to Oz! I don't have to be polite. DOROTHY: Everyone has to be polite. GATEKEEPER: Really? I'd never heard that before. Are you sure? DOROTHY: Very sure. GATEKEEPER: Hmm. Then I suppose I better let you in. (He opens "door" and lets them in.) LION: D - d - d - d - does this mean you'll let us see the Wizard? GATEKEEPER: Of course not. I'm merely being polite. Page 20 of 32

21 DOROTHY: Please sir we must see the Wizard. I just have to get back to Kansas! SCARECROW: And I need a brain! TINMAN: And I need a heart! LION: And I need c- c- c- c- courage. GATEKEEPER: And what do you expect me to do about it? DOROTHY: They told us the Wizard could do these things for us. GATEKEEPER: They did, did they? Who are they? DOROTHY: The Good Witch Glinda and the Munchkins! GATEKEEPER: Eeek! Munchkins! I hate Munchkins! (Holds his nose and cocks his head.) DOROTHY: Well they were very nice to me. GATEKEEPER: All right, all right. I ll take you to see the Wizard. But you be polite, young lady. Everyone has to be polite you know. (Curtains close long enough to change scenes and swap Dorothies) SCENE #7 Wizard s Head: Wizard s head is behind gate door prop. When changing next scene, simply turn gate around. NARRATOR: So the Gatekeeper took them to a large room... GATEKEEPER: (Gesturing.) This is the Throne Room. NARRATOR: It glittered with diamonds and jewels! GATEKEEPER: Sit still and the Wizard will be with you just as soon as he feels like it. NARRATOR: There was a great chair and above the Chair... (SOUND CUE #8: Magical Wizard of Oz.) NARRATOR: Was a great head that seemed to float in the air. After a while, the head spoke! Page 21 of 32

22 (LIGHTS flashing as Wizard speaks) WIZARD: (Loud and frightening.) I am the Great and the Wise and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! How dare you disturb me from my Wizardly uh... Wizardness! Who are you? Explain yourself! (TOTO barks, LION whines and ALL stand behind DOROTHY cowering.) DOROTHY: I am the small and the meek Dorothy. Please your Wizard ship. We have come a long way to ask your help. I need to get back to my home in Kansas, my Auntie Em must be sick with worry about me. WIZARD: Why should I do this for you? DOROTHY: Because you are strong and I am weak. Because you are a great Wizard and I am only a little girl. WIZARD: You! You have no right to ask me to do anything for you unless you do something for me. DOROTHY: What would you like me to do? WIZARD: Kill the Wicked Witch of the West! DOROTHY: I can't do that! If you're so great and wonderful why can't you do it yourself? WIZARD: Because! Because... I do not know! Now go away and do not bother me until you have done what I ask. SCARECROW: But what about the rest of us? I need a brain. TINMAN: I need a heart. LION: I need courage. WIZARD: You must help Dorothy kill the Wicked Witch of the West. Don't come back until you do! I have spoken! (DOROTHY begins to cry.) TINMAN: Don't cry Dorothy. DOROTHY: I guess I'll never get back to Kansas. I'll probably never see my Auntie Em again. (The others tear up.) LION: Now you're making me cry. TINMAN: (Rusting up.) Oil can! Oil can! (SCARECROW quickly oils him.) (GATEKEEPER has seen this and is crying too.) GATEKEEPER: You can do it, Dorothy. Page 22 of 32

23 SCARECROW: We'll help! I'll scare her like I scared the crows. TINMAN: And I'll bop her with my trusty ax. LION: And I'll roar so ferocious, you'll think I already have c- c- c- courage. GATEKEEPER: Follow me, I'll show you where to go. NARRATOR: And so the Gate Keeper pointed them in the right direction, toward the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West. GATEKEEPER: (Wiping away tears.) Good luck! (Exits.) NARRATOR: The sad group set out on their journey. (DOROTHY and OTHERS walk sadly around the playing area.) TRANSITION TO DOROTHY # (CURTAINS closed to change to castle scene) (SOUND CUE #9. Scary Witch, into Flying Monkeys, into Comical crash landing.) SCENE #8 Witch s castle: Backdrop of castle. Bucket of water and ball of fire set off to the side. Witch s castle is on reverse side of Gate. (LIGHTS dim but not off to make the castle look dreary) (WICKED WITCH enters in front of the curtain as the group walk down the stairs across the audience. She has a telescope and broom stick.) (FLYING MONKEYS CHIMP, SCAMP and RASCAL enter and crouch around WICKED WITCH, making monkey sounds.) NARRATOR: Now the Wicked Witch of the West had a magical telescope and she used it to see everywhere! WICKED WITCH: Well isn't that sweet? What's the little girl's name? FLYING MONKEY/CHIMP: Dorothy, if you please Oh Great Witch of the West. WICKED WITCH: Well, I don't please! They are trespassing in my territory! Where did they come from? FLYING MONKEY/RASCAL: They were sent here by the Wizard of Oz. WICKED WITCH: Oz is it? That weak little Wizard is at it again, is he? FLYING MONKEY/SCAMP: He's sent them to kill you, Oh Great Evil One. WICKED WITCH: (Laughs maniacally.) Never, I tell you! Never! I've got a great surprise for that silly Wizard of Oz. Get them, my pretties! Bring them to me! Page 23 of 32

24 NARRATOR: And so the Flying Monkeys set out to do as the Witch had ordered. (ALL PERFORMERS make the sound of monkeys chirping.) NARRATOR: There were so many flying Monkeys that the sky was black with them! (ALL link their thumbs together, using fingers like wings, raise arms, "fly" their wings over their heads.) TINMAN: (Pointing up.) Look! SCARECROW: They must work for the Witch! LION: R u n n n n n!!!!!!!!!!!! (They run to the playing area, crouching, covering their heads. FLYING MONKEYS surround them, making a circle around them by holding hands. They are crowded together as the FLYING MONKEYS chirp monkey sounds.) NARRATOR: And the flying monkeys carried them AWAY!!!!! (DOROTHY and OTHERS scream as the FLYING MONKEYS "carry" them up the stairs around the stage at last they deposit them before the laughing WICKED WITCH.) (CURTAINS open to castle scene, open only far enough to see castle prop, witch steps back to center stage from in front of the curtain.) WICKED WITCH: Ha! Ha! I know what you're up to. The Wizard sent you to kill me! Isn't that amusing? (She makes a magic motion, putting a spell on her broom, turning it to a burning torch.) Hey Scarecrow! Catch! NARRATOR: The witch threw a burning torch at him! (SCARECROW screams. OTHERS help him, stamping out the fire.) DOROTHY: How could you? You might have killed him! WICKED WITCH: They don't call me Wicked for nothing! Just fighting a little fire with fire. Seize them! (FLYING MONKEYS grab them.) Take the scarecrow to the barn, scatter him around with the hay. And take the Tin Man to the waterfall that ought to rust you up nicely. And this great Lion? Ha-ha! Harness him like a donkey and put him to work! DOROTHY: You wicked thing! WICKED WITCH: Here's my broom stick, sweet little Dorothy. Get to work!!! (Throws broom, laughs. To MONKEYS.) Well, don't just stand there! Get to it! CHIMP: Yes, your Wickedness. Page 24 of 32

25 SCAMP: Right away, your Evil-ship. RASCAL: Your wish is our command. (FLYING MONKEYS exit with all but DOROTHY, leaving her alone with the WITCH.) WICKED WITCH: (To DOROTHY, gives her a bucket and mop.) And when you're finished you can mop the floor! Be quick about it! NARRATOR: But suddenly the Witch remembered something important... WICKED WITCH: Those shoes! Give me those ruby slippers! DOROTHY: Glinda told me never to take them off... WICKED WITCH: Glinda! Glinda! I'll get that good witch back. Give me those shoes! DOROTHY: No. WICKED WITCH: Don't be a fool, I can have you torn limb from limb. (Claps hands.) Monkeys! Come to me, my pretties! (FLYING MONKEYS enter, making excited monkey sounds and begin to move in on DOROTHY.) DOROTHY: No. Get away from me! I'll never give up the ruby slippers. Never! NARRATOR: Dorothy grew so angry that she picked up the bucket of water and threw it on the witch! (DOROTHY dumps water on the WICKED WITCH. This can be confetti to indicate water. (SOUND CUE # 10: Witch melting.) WICKED WITCH: Ahh!!! What have you done? I'm melting! I'm melting! Ahhh!!!! What have you done??? I'm meeeellllttting!!!! (WICKED WITCH falls to a heap on the floor and disappears behind props.) CHIMP: You've killed her! SCAMP: You killed our Witch! DOROTHY: Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to. I had no idea that water would make her melt. RASCAL: Hip Hip Hooray! MONKEYS: Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! (The FLYING MONKEYS fall to their knees.) Page 25 of 32

26 CHIMP: She was a very evil witch! You have saved us from her! From now on we pledge ourselves to you, Dorothy. MONKEYS: All hail, Dorothy!!! CHIMP: Your wish is our command. DOROTHY: Oh please do stand up. You shouldn't pledge yourself to me. I'm only a little girl. RASCAL: You have freed us, Dorothy. Please tell us what we can do for you. DOROTHY: Well, I suppose you could help us get back to the Emerald City. TINMAN: Yes, let's go back to the Wizard of Oz and claim our promise! DOROTHY: (With Witch's broom.) We're off! (Puts out toe.) MONKEYS: We're off! (They put out their toes.) SCARECROW: We're off! TIN MAN: We're off! LION: We're off! TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: We're off to see the Wizard! ALL: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! (CURTAINS close to change scenes) (SOUND CUE # 11: Yellow Brick Road, short. Into Flying Monkeys.) NARRATOR: So everyone climbed on to the Flying Monkeys' backs and they flew all the way back to Oz. DOROTHY: (To FLYING MONKEYS.) Thank you. That was awfully nice of you. MONKEYS: All hail Dorothy! Hip Hip Hooray! (They wave goodbye.) DOROTHY: (waving) Goodbye! Thank you. (FLYING MONKEYS exit as GATEKEEPER enters.) Page 26 of 32

27 SCENE #9 Emerald City: Gate Door center stage. GATEKEEPER is behind door ready to open the hatch. Wizard s head is behind gate door prop. When changing next scene, simply open gate. SCARECROW: They were awfully nice monkeys. (CURTAINS open to Emerald City gate) TINMAN: Ring the bell, Dorothy. (She does.) GATEKEEPER: (Lifting flap.) Dorothy! Back again already? Didn't the Wicked Witch capture you? DOROTHY: Yes, for awhile she did. GATEKEEPER: And she let you get away? DOROTHY: She couldn't stop us. She melted. See? I brought her broom to prove it! GATEKEEPER: Goodness gracious! Wait `till the Wizard hears about this! NARRATOR: So once again the Gatekeeper led them to the Wizard's Throne Room. (CURTAINS close long enough to change scenes then re-open) (SOUND CUE # 12: Magical Wizard.) (LIGHTS flash while wizard speaks) WIZARD: (powerful voice) I am the Great the Wise and the Wonderful Wizard of 0z! DOROTHY: If you please sir, we already know who you are. Don't you remember us? WIZARD: I remember everything because I am so Great and Wise... DOROTHY: You've already told us that. It's not polite to repeat yourself. NARRATOR: This surprised the Wizard, no one had ever spoken to him like that before. WIZARD: But, but I'm the Wizard, the wonderful wizard... DOROTHY: Yes, yes! We've come to claim our promise. WIZARD: Promise? What promise? I don't remember any promise! DOROTHY: You said if we killed the Wicked Witch you'd send me back to Kansas! SCARECROW: You promised to give me a brain. TINMAN: You promised to give me a heart! LION: And you promised to give me c- c- c- c-courage. Page 27 of 32

28 TOTO: ("You promised! ) Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: We got rid of the old Witch! Here's her broom to prove it. WIZARD: Yes, well... Come back tomorrow! DOROTHY: We can't wait till tomorrow. I want to go to Kansas today! SCARECROW: You have to keep your promise to us! LION: (To DOROTHY.) Let's see if this works. (To WIZARD.) R R R R AAAAR R R R!!!!!! (This works TOTO up, he begins to bark and claws at the sheet.) DOROTHY: Toto! No! NARRATOR: But Toto wouldn't stop! (TOTO pulls the HEAD down. WIZARD stands before them, nervous, wearing little spectacles and bowler hat.) (LIGHTS come on and stay on) DOROTHY: Who are you? WIZARD: I am Oz, the Great the Wise the... TINMAN: You're not a Wizard at all. You've been lying to us! WIZARD: I'm afraid so. I am what you see here, an ordinary man. I was riding in hot air balloon one day, and wind carried me to Oz. SCARECROW: This is terrible! How will I ever get my brain now? DOROTHY: I think you are a very bad man. WIZARD: No my dear, I am a good man. But I am a very bad Wizard. LION: I guess I'll never get my courage. WIZARD: Well, it's true that I can't work magic. I am from Omaha and there's really no magic there. But I might be able to help. SCARECROW: You can give me brains? WIZARD: You really don't need them you know. You learn something every day and that is how one gets smart. But I do have some fresh hay around here. Here it is. Let's stuff some this in there. (Stuffs SCARECROW's head.) And then of course I can give you my diploma. Page 28 of 32

29 SCARECROW: (Delighted.) Diploma!? WIZARD: From the University of Omaha. Here you go. How do you feel? SCARECROW: The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of its opposite two sides. ( If you get this right you are better than the movie Scarecrow he got the Pythagorean Theorem wrong. He said, Isoceles Triangle rather than Right Triangle.) WIZARD: Spell ONOMATOPOEIA. SCARECROW: O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A. It works! WIZARD: And as for your heart. I have been saving this since a Valentine's Day long ago. A pretty little girl gave it to me. If there is any love left in it, it should do the trick. (He tapes a red heart to TINMAN's chest.) TINMAN: Is it a kind heart? WIZARD: Yes, very. TINMAN: Then it's perfect. LION: What about my courage? WIZARD: Very well, I'll get it for you. (The Wizard reached to the very top shelf, takes a green bottle, and hands it to the Lion). WIZARD: Drink. LION: W -w-w-w- what is it? WIZARD: Well, if it were inside of you it would be courage. Courage is always inside yourself. If you're brave enough to drink what is in the bottle, then you will have courage. LION: I'll do it! (He holds his nose as he drinks.) WIZARD: How do you feel? LION: Full of courage! Like the King of the Forest! Roar!!!!!!!! TINMAN: But what about Dorothy? How will she get back to Kansas? WIZARD: That's a tricky one. But I do think I have a solution. DOROTHY: You do? WIZARD: I came here in a balloon but of course it was destroyed in the landing. But I've been making a new one of out of silk and hot air. NARRATOR: The Wizard unveiled his balloon. Page 29 of 32

30 (BALLOON COMES OUT ALL ooh and ah at the balloon. WIZARD picks up basket prop.) WIZARD: I'm not sure which direction Kansas is in, but I do believe this balloon will get us closer to it than we are at the moment. DOROTHY: Oh! It's wonderful! Can we go now? WIZARD: Climb aboard! DOROTHY: Oh, dear, I'll have to leave you all behind. TINMAN: Don't cry Dorothy. You'll make me cry and you know how rusty I can get. DOROTHY: I'll miss you all very much. (She embraces them. TOTO wanders away.) SCARECROW: Go on, Dorothy. WIZARD: Hurry up, Dorothy! DOROTHY: Come on, Toto. (Looks for him.) Toto? NARRATOR: But at that moment someone in the crowd was eating her lunch and Toto was very hungry. (TOTO is in audience, sniffing and barking at an audience member.) DOROTHY: Toto! Come here! Hurry up! WIZARD: Can't you see the ropes are snapping, Dorothy! Climb on! DOROTHY: But I can't go without Toto! (She runs out to get him, is trying to haul him back Just as she gets near the "balloon".) Come back! I want to go with you! (Wizard floats in front of the curtains, down the stairs and out the hallway.) WIZARD: I can't come back, my dear. So sorry! Goodbye! (CURTAINS close to change to final FARM scene) (Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Tinman all step out in front of curtain before it closes) NARRATOR: Dorothy watched as the Wizard drifted away in the sky. But while everyone was watching the Wizard drift away, they saw another figure appear in the clouds. TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: Why it's Glinda, the Good Witch of the North! TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! Page 30 of 32

31 (SOUND CUE # 13: Magical Land.) GLINDA: I have heard of your travels Dorothy. You want to go home to Kansas very badly. DOROTHY: Oh I do so want to go home. Can you tell me how? GLINDA: You have the power, Dorothy. You have had it with you all the time. DOROTHY: I have? GLINDA: It's in your ruby slippers. Remember I told you they were magical? All you have to do is to click the heels together three times and say, "There's no place like home." And in the blink of an eye, you will be home. DOROTHY: Oh, Good Witch, I can't thank you enough. (To others.) I guess it really is goodbye this time. SCARECROW: Be good, Dorothy. LION: Stay strong. TINMAN: GO home to the ones you love. DOROTHY: Here goes. (She closes her eyes, clicks her heels.) There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home... (SCARECROW, TIN MAN and LION say "There's no place like home," with her once, then ALL PERFORMERS (and audience if they like!) chant with DOROTHY.) (LIGHTS flash until curtains open, then remain on) ALL: There's no place like home. There's no place like home... (Repeat as SCARECROW, TIN MAN and LION exits slowly, waving.) DOROTHY: Hurry, Toto. We can't miss our chance again! (DOROTHY removes her ruby slippers without being noticed. AUNTIE EM and UNCLE HENRY enter, AUNTIE EM is carrying a watering can. They tend to a garden.) (CURTAINS open to farm scene minus the incubator and wagon) NARRATOR: Auntie Em and Uncle Henry had just come out of the house to water the cabbages... AUNTIE EM: (Astonished.) Toto? UNCLE HENRY: Why it is, Emily, it's Toto! AUNTIE EM: Goodness Gracious! NARRATOR: There was Dorothy standing in her cornfield in Kansas! At home at last.(auntie EM and UNCLE HENRY rush to embrace her.) UNCLE HENRY: Dorothy! Page 31 of 32

32 AUNTIE EM: Oh, my darling child! Where have you been? DOROTHY: I've been far away to a land you can only dream of. TOTO: ("Where's the red slippers? ") Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: Where are the ruby slippers? (DOROTHY looks at her feet and wiggles her toes.) TOTO: (Where'd they go?) Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: I guess I don't need them anymore, Toto. UNCLE HENRY: Promise not go away again, Dorothy? DOROTHY: I promise Auntie Em, Uncle Henry! There's no place like home! There's no place like home! (SOUND: Cue Somewhere Over the Rainbow) DOROTHY # 5: (comes out center stage sings) Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up, high.(then moves right downstage and sits) DOROTHY#2: (comes out center stage sings)there s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. (then moves left downstage and sits) DOROTHY #3: (comes out center stage sings) Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue, (then moves right downstage and sits) DOROTHY #4: (comes out center stage sings)and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. (Dorothy #1 crosses downstage center, all the Dorothies stand and sing together.) DOROTHY #1,#2,#3,#4,#5: Someday I ll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, Away above the chimney tops, That's where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then -- oh, why can't we? If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why can't I? (All Dorothies join hands and bow, parents in the audience of the Dorothies hoot and holler and some cry with happiness. All actors/stage hands come out to bow.) Page 32 of 32