UP-COUNTRY DRAMA, comprised of actors from both Pioneer Elementary and Pine Grove Elementary schools, presents WE’RE OFF TO SAVE THE WIZARD, -- a fantasy-adventure for children of all ages by Craig Sodaro, adapted from L. Frank Baum’s Tik Tok of Oz, the eighth in the series of more than 40 Oz stories.
The Wizard of Oz has been kidnapped! The evil Nome King Ruggedo is demanding that he be made king of the world, and is holding the Wizard and his Apprentice hostage until Ozma, Queen of Oz, agrees to step aside. Ozma sends Dorothy and Tik Tok, a mechanical man made of copper, on a long and perilous journey to rescue the Wizard and his Apprentice.
Along the way, Dorothy and Tik Tok meet a delicate Princess Rose, a shaggy prospector from Colorado who is looking for his brother, Polychrome, the tail end of a rainbow who has lost her sisters, and Queen Ann Soforth, who has become bored in the tiny principality of Oogaboo and sets off with her bumbling army to conquer Oz for herself,. They all decide to join forces to save the Wizard, who might be able to solve each of their problems.
However, Ruggedo hears them coming and sends them through the Hollow Tube to the other side of the world, where he is sure the ruler, Jinjin, will turn them into statues. Does he? Or will Jinjin return them to Ruggedo's cavern, armed with some surprising magical objects to set the Nome King straight once and for all.
But even if Ruggedo is defeated, the Wizard is still lost in the fearful Metal Forest. Will there be enough magic to make everything right again?
WE’RE OFF TO SAVE THE WIZARD is in performance on Friday evening, March 27, curtain at 7:00 pm, and Saturday afternoon, March 28, curtain at 2:00 pm, at Pioneer Elementary School, 24625 Hwy 88, Pioneer, CA – just opposite the 3,000-ft. elevation marker. Tickets At-the-Door are $3.50 each. Save 15% with the purchase of a Family Pack: four admissions for $12.00.
Purchase Tickets in Advance and save an additional 16%: $3.00 each; $10.00 for a Family Pack. Advance Tickets will be available at Young’s Payless IGA, 26560 Highway 88, Pioneer, on Saturday, March 21, between 10:00am—3:00pm, and at both Pioneer Elementary and Pine Grove Elementary schools between March 23 and March 27 during normal school hours.
CALL DRAMA DIRECTOR LISA HARRIS AT (209) 295-1961 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Photo by L. K. Harris
