We couldn’t have pulled it off without their tremendous energy and devotion.īackstage assistance was also essential, and in my opinion, the imaginative costumes, gathered and built by Leah Nixon and others, made the show particularly vibrant and alive. My co-director (and wife) Abby and I put a lot of attention into casting the show, and it paid off.Īll theater is a team effort, but “The Wacky Wizard of Oz” ensemble was also supplemented by numerous onstage and backstage helpers. “The Wacky Wizard of Oz” is the first script I have written specifically for this group (my third time as director), and I went into it knowing that some in the cast would be highly verbal, others could deliver lines with onstage prompting, and still others express themselves best through gestures, expressions, and in some cases, speaking devices. The cast, drawn from the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center’s clients, gave it their all, and the audience showed tremendous appreciation.

It was particularly gratifying that the cast was able to deliver a whole litany of puns, gags and banter, along with the more physical slapstick comedy. Frank Baum classic, this particular version is WACKY, and the laughter was nearly non-stop.

The audiences for the DDRC Players’ productions are wonderfully responsive, and they seemed to thoroughly enjoy the production, laughing, clapping and cheering throughout.īased on the L. The world premiere of my most recent play “The Wacky Wizard of Oz” drew a full house at Green Mountain High School’s auditorium on Friday, Nov.

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