

Introduce Antagonist #1 (Dictator): Miss Gulch, Dorothy’s snooty neighbor. Musical Sequence 1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow World of the Story: Boring and sepia tone wide-open big sky Kansas.ĭramatic Premise: Though Dorothy dreams of a world outside, she ultimately finds that there’s no place like home. Status Quo: Dorothy is lonely on the farm, and she feels undervalued at home. Introduce Supporting Character (Best Friend): Toto, Dorothy’s always-loyal little dog. Introduce Protagonist #1: Dorothy Gale, a teenager who feels static and unappreciated. However, the Wicked Witch of the West (Margret Hamilton) is out to avenge her evil sister and kill Dorothy and her friends during their quest. Her dream takes her to a land “over the rainbow” called Oz, where she meets the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), Tin-Man (Jack Haley) and Cowardly Lion (Bret Lahr) on her journey to see the Wizard (Frank Morgan) who she believes will send her home. She heads back, but a whopper of a storm blows in and she’s knocked out in the resulting twister. She runs away from home, but quickly decides that life on the road isn’t for her if she’s hurting her family. Synopsis: Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) is a young woman from Kansas who feels unappreciated. For repeated performances, please purchase the school licence.Screenplay Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy Purchase of this script gives usage to perform once within your school, but may not be shared or passed on outwith.

This particular script is © to PMarshall at SoundsDramatic. There are lots of large and small speaking roles and singing can be chosen to suit. It’s well known and popular with audiences and performers alike and this version gives the school a lot more autonomy over the musical elements or can be used as a play only. This is a super choice for a school drama group or club to perform as a school show. I have also included a list of characters required, costume plot and song plot.ĭue to the licensing surrounding the film and music from it, it is suggested you select other appropriate songs to suit the storyline. I have adapted the script to make the performance approximately 1 hour 15 mins if you include songs at the suggested points in the song. This is suitable to be performed in upper stages of primary/early secondary. L Baum story of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ. This play script has been written based on the F.
