St. Charles East to Present ‘The Wiz’ April 26-28

St. Charles East High School students will take to the Norris Cultural Center stage this month The Wiz, author William F. Brown’s and music/lyricist Charlie Smalls’ adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Performances will be at at the and are scheduled at:

• 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26.
• 7:30 pm, Saturday, April 27.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are available at the door.

Come watch as Dorothy (Michelle Mann) is swept into the land of Oz, where she meets a Scarecrow (Kevin Chlapecka), a Tin Man (Mitch Karmis), and a Cowardly Lion ( Jacob Werner) as she sets out to find her way home to Kansas.

Along the way, she also meets the three witches of Oz (Erin Telfer, Ellen Dillenburg, and Jessica Blakely), and with orders from the Wiz (Jacob Groth), she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West before she may go home.

In this version, Oz has other creatures — the Kalidahs, Poppies, Mice, Monkeys, Winkies, Quadlings, and of course the Munchkins. Gear up for a steam punk feel with songs such as Ease on Down the Road, Brand New Day/Everybody Rejoice, and Ya’ll got it.

Other cast members include Mutaz Abdin, Kayleigh Aleck, Brynn Beveridge, Tara Bukovsky, Palmer Corbett, Emily Crowder, Emma Cuitino, Lexi El-Sherif , Olivia Evans, Morgan Fanning, Taylor Gorczynski, Ben Groth, Mara Handler, Laney Haupert, Cody Hedera, Patti Heredia, Mercedes Janis, Kelsey Jern, Maria Kantak, Cara Kumerow, Lily Lichner, Jack Lindberg, Nina Loleng, Luke Marchuk , Kali McElroy, Sara Monteleone, Aidan Morris, Valerie Nardini, Nicole Netherton, Cole Oeste, Jessica Palmisano, Gia Pappas, Mary Alice Roach, Lillian Scanion, Caitlin Shaffrey, Cameron Sherrill, Jessica Sieck, Caroline Skoog, Sam Solis, Becca Willeart, and Sarah Willging.

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