Choose Your Own Oz

by Tommy Jamerson

The Wizard of Oz meets Choose Your Own Adventure in this fresh and fast-paced retelling of the L. Frank Baum classic in which the audience plays playwright and gets the chance to change everything from Dorothy’s footwear (silver slippers or ruby red…clown shoes?) to Toto’s species (lion, tiger or octopus?—oh my!) to the Witch’s flying footmen. A delight for children of all ages, Choose Your Own Oz reminds us all...

The Wizard of Oz meets Choose Your Own Adventure in this fresh and fast-paced retelling of the L. Frank Baum classic in which the audience plays playwright and gets the chance to change everything from Dorothy’s footwear (silver slippers or ruby red…clown shoes?) to Toto’s species (lion, tiger or octopus?—oh my!) to the Witch’s flying footmen. A delight for children of all ages, Choose Your Own Oz reminds us all that at the end of the day, there really is no place like home.

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Choose Your Own Oz

Character Information

  • THE WIZARD OF OZ
    The Wizard Himself.
  • THE MUNCHKINS OF MUNCHKINLAND
  • THE WITCH'S FLYING HENCHMEN
  • THE TREES OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST
  • THE MAID
  • THE CYCLONE
  • AUNT EM
  • UNCLE HENRY
  • ANNOUNCER
  • NIGEL DEE NARRATOR
    The show's narrator and audience participation guru. He is omnipresent throughout the course of the show and often provides the audience with his own personal commentary. With this character, ad-libbing is not only suggested but encouraged.
  • EUGENE THE LION
    A walking, talking, anthropomorphic lion who longs for courage.
  • TINKER THE TIN MAN
    A walking, talking tin man who longs for a heart.
  • JACK THE SCARECROW
    A walking, talking scarecrow who longs for a brain.
  • MUMBI
    The One-Eyed Wicked Witch of the West (can double as Glinda).
  • GLINDA
    The Good Witch of the South (can double as Mumbi).
  • TOTO
    Dorothy's beloved pet.
  • DOROTHY
    The heroine of today's tale.

Production History

  • Community Theater, Grace United Methodist Church, 2019
  • High School, Cresset Christian Academy, 2018
  • Community Theater, Theatre Bugs, 2017
  • High School, Pearland Jr High West, 2017
  • High School, Terrell High School Theatre, 2017
  • High School, Wayland Union High Schools, 2017
  • Professional, Theatre Works, 2017
  • High School, Meskwaki Settlement School, 2016
  • High School, Rehoboth Road Middle School, 2016
  • High School, Southwest High School, 2016
  • High School, St. Paul’s Episcopal School, 2016
  • High School, Chi-Hi Thespians, 2015
  • High School, Fernley High School, 2015
  • Professional, Wholly Ground Church, 2014
  • University, Cassidy Park Theatre, 2014
  • University, Impact Church, 2014
  • University, Reimers Auditorium, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2014