DUHS presenting ‘Wizard of Oz’
Published 4:06 pm Monday, March 14, 2011
Following the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in Dowagiac Union High School’s spring musical “The Wizard of Oz” are Samantha Hess as Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Ryan Bassett as the Scarecrow, John Brosnan as the Tin Man and Cody Carpenter as the Cowardly Lion. (The Daily News/John Eby)
Dowagiac Union High School presents “The Wizard of Oz” Saturday, March 19, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m. at the middle school Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $5.
Meredith Marrs, DMS healthy living teacher, directs a large cast that includes students from the high school, middle school and all four elementary buildings.
Samantha Hess stars as Dorothy Gale, the Kansas girl who inherits ruby slippers when her house falls on a wicked witch to the Munchkins’ delight.
Dorothy and her dog, Toto (Jessica Burns) follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to see if the wizard can help her find her way home and friends she meets along the way, Scarecrow/Hunk (Ryan Bassett), a brain; Tin Man/Hickory (John Brosnan), a heart; and the Cowardly Lion (Cody Carpenter), courage.
With the help of Glinda the good witch (Kaye Swartz), they must get past the vengeful green-skinned Wicked Witch/Miss Gultch, Abby Schuur.
The cast also includes: Uncle Henry, Tony Swisher; Auntie Em, Whitney Donaldson; Professor Marvel/wizard (Dean Klann); guard of Oz, Jacob Przybylinski; voice of the wizard, Principal Mike Frazier; mayor of Munchkin Land, Zach Davis; barrister of Munchkin Land, Isabel Vazquez; coroner of Munchkin Land, Destin Vongphakdy; Munchkins, Taylor McMeeken, Kaitlyn Gephard, Devon Harper, Isabel Thorne, Zakarra Brown, Shaelyn Bundy, Madelyn Casey, Alyssa Castillo, McKenzie Cross, Natalie Davis, Mallory Dodd, Mariah Joy Francois, Madison Gray, Abbi Osmer, Emily Potter, Jessica Robison, Bryce Saylor, Haley Soderbloom, Daisy Solis, Julianna Stanger, Sophia Stockwell, Nate True and Tiana Wares; lollipops, Alexxa Reed, Zaria Williams and Antonisha Wilson; tots, Mary Bonomo, Jolie Camp and Lauren Smith; crows, Gabrielle Evans and Kasi Karn; trees, Morgan Bonomo, Gayla Kiggins and Tenneil Sink; Oz woman 1, Isabel Vazquez; Oz woman 2, Tenneil Sink; Oz man 1, Tony Swisher; Oz man 2, Destin Vongphakdy; beauticians, Georgie Alexander and Charity Evans; polishers, Kirsten Novak and Tenneil Sink; Winkie General, Jeremy Zeilke; Winkies, Morgan Bonomo, Jolie Camp, Kenney Gibbons, Kasi Karn, Gayla Kiggins, Kirsten Novak, Lauren Smith and Tenneil Sink; Nikko, Kathryn Hale; and monkeys and poppies, Emily Clark, Charity Evans, Kathryn Hale and Nicole Irwin.
