The Surry Arts Council will probably be presenting “The Wizard of Oz,” Directed by Madeline Matanick, this weekend.
“This manufacturing is devoted in loving reminiscence to Betty Lynn, Mount Airy’s Kansas Metropolis woman who clicked her heels and adopted her rainbow to Hollywood, Mayberry, and Mount Airy,” the humanities council stated of the manufacturing. Lynn, recognized throughout the nation as Thelma Lou from The Andy Griffith Present, died on Saturday
The play will open on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Extra exhibits will probably be held on Saturday at three p.m. and seven:30 p.m., and the ultimate present will probably be on Sunday at three p.m. This beloved story, during which a Kansas farm woman travels over the rainbow to find the magical energy of house, has been entertaining audiences for generations.
When a twister rips by Kansas, Dorothy and her canine Toto are whisked away of their home to the magical land of Oz. There they comply with the yellow brick street in direction of the Emerald Metropolis to fulfill The Wizard, and alongside the way in which meet the Scarecrow, who wants a mind, the Tinman, who’s lacking his coronary heart, and the Cowardly Lion, who’s in the hunt for braveness. Collectively they meet The Wizard, who duties the group with bringing him the broom of the Depraved Witch of the West, so as to earn his assist and ship Dorothy again house to Kansas.
The manufacturing options the traditional songs, akin to “Over the Rainbow,” “Munchkinland (Ding Dong! The Witch Is Lifeless),” “If I Solely Had A Mind/Coronary heart/The Nerve,” “We’re Off To See The Wizard (Comply with The Yellow Brick Highway),” “The Jitterbug,” and “The Merry Outdated Land of Oz.”
The manufacturing stars Cassidy Mills as Dorothy Gale, Aspen Jackson as Glinda/Aunt Em, Tom Beckom as Uncle Henry, Scott Carpenter because the Scarecrow/Hunk, David Timm because the Tinman/Hickory, Katelyn Gomez because the Cowardly Lion/Zelda, Amanda Barnard because the Depraved Witch of the West/Almira Gultch, and David Nielsen as The Wizard of OzProfessor Marvel, with Jason Hoerter because the Winkie Basic, Corey Barr as Nikko, and Miss Mac Banfield as Toto.
Supporting the principal forged are Munchkins Alek Riggs, Anne Rachel Sheppard, Atticus Hawks, Brooke Nichols, Carleigh Jo Mills, Chloe Vinson, Claire Youell, Elijah Garcia, Ellie Kniskern, Isabell Hoerter, Jackie Delacruz, Juliet Barnard, Kaitlyn Holladay, Maddie Youell, Maggie Wallace, MaKenna Holladay, Makenna Wall, Morgan Shipley, Noelle Snow, and Remi DeVore, together with Winkies Cooper Mauck, Gregory Matthews, Maddie Youell, Noah Wilkes, and Thomas Holladay, Crows Casey Mitchell, Corey Barr, Django Burgess, and Walker York, Bushes Ashley Mills, Molly Easter, Raegan Amos, and Tess Ramey, and Flying Monkeys Alek Riggs, Carleigh Jo Mills, Isabell Hoerter, and Juliet Barnard.
Performing as Ozians/ Poppies/ Ensemble are Abigail Gerber, Anne Rachel Sheppard, Ashley Mills, Ava Chrismon, Carline Williams, Casey Mitchell, Charlotte Banfield, Cooper Mauck, Corey Barr, Django Burgess, Elle Pomeroy, Emily Jones, Gregory Matthews, Hannah Hiatt, Jackie Delacruz, Jason Hoerter, Julia-Ann Banfield, Juliet Barnard, Kaitlyn Holladay, Kinston Nichols, LillyRuth Beck, Maddie Youell, Mae Danley, Michael Senter, Molly Easter, Morgan Shipley, Noah Wilkes, Raegan Amos, Remi DeVore, Sierra Nichols, Tess Ramey, Thomas Holladay, Walker York, and Zinnia Burgess.
Serving on the manufacturing workforce is Director Madeline Matanick, Music Director Jane Tesh, Technical Director and Choreographer Tyler Matanick, Stage Supervisor Emily Mauck, Assistant Stage Supervisor Melissa Venable, Assistant Director Jordan Dover, Dance Captains Julia-Ann Banfield and LillyRuth Beck, Lighting Designer Paul Denny, Props Grasp Katy Denny, Make-up Designer Susan Lawrence, Lighting Operator Patrick MacDaniel, and Backstage Hand Max Barnard, with Sound Results by Chad Barnard at Falling Bushes Recording Studio, and Costuming by Amanda Barnard, Madeline Matanick, and Shelby Coleman.
The Pit Orchestra consists of Jane Tesh and Teresa Martin on keyboard, Darrell Beck as conductor, Brady Reed on percussion, Pam Parker on flute, and Bobby Heller on clarinet/saxophone.
Masks are required for all viewers members. For tickets or different info on the present, go to www.surryarts.org or name the Surry Arts Council at 336-786-7998.
