From the desk of Executive Director, Deedee Eldridge...
"While my theatre roots are in the Musical Theatre genre, it has been many years since I have directed one, and this is the first we will have produced at FreeFall Stage in our 11 year history. Why, you ask? First, because there are just so very many good scripts of other genres we have wanted to produce, and stories not yet told or put on stage, that we have been focusing on them."
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Why now?
"While we will always primarily focus on legitimate (an industry term meaning everything other than musicals) theatre, I felt it was time to honor my roots and produce a musical. Also, as a bonus incentive, so many actors we have worked with have requested we produce one!
Why The Emerald City of Oz?
We didn't want to do any of the old stand-byes. Not that there is anything wrong with them, we just wanted to do something fresh. Having played Dorothy Gale as a teen, and knowing the love of all things L. Frank Baum by my grandfather, (who named my mother Dorothy) I got one if his original copies of The Emerald City of Oz and decided to adapt it to the stage for the first time!
With the musical talents of Laura Wardrip composing all of our songs, and our former student, Ashleigh Wardell, choreographing, we will be bringing this 6th book of Baum series to the stage in musical form.
We hope you will follow our journey in the next 7 months, and join us at the premier in January, 2014!
~Deanne "Deedee" Farinha Eldridge
Levi says the second to the last one looks like Emma, and the last one looks like Lydia.
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I look forward to seeing this.
Technically, they were Melodrama's and Oleo's, but still, lots of singing. Don't know where the pic are of shows in highschool.
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