<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px;">THE WIZ</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">Book by William F. Brown</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">From the story “Th e Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank L. Baum</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Directed by:
Terrence Spivey</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Musical Director: Ed Ridley / Choreographer: Sabrina Gregory</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">AUDITION DATES</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium; color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">Tuesday March 10 Actors/Singers 6:00 pm-9:30pm</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium; color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">Wednesday March 11 Actors/Singers 6:00 pm-9:30pm</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">Thursday March 12 Dancers 6:00
pm-9:30pm</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">Saturday March 14 CALL BACKS (by invitation only)</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">AUDITION PREPARATION</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Karamu is seeking African American and Caucasian actors/singers/dancers, Actors/Singers</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">must prepare 1 Contemporary up-tempo song of your choosing. Singers must also be prepared</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">to sing acappella if asked. An accompanist
will be provided. All Actors/Singers</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">will be asked to do a cold reading from the script. Please come prepared for</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">light movement. Th ose that are auditioning for Dance must come dressed and prepared for</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">movement. Please be prepared to stay for the entire audition time. All who are auditioning</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">must bring a Headshot and Resume’.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:
medium;">LOCATION 2355 east 89th Street, Cleveland Ohio</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">ABOUT THE PLAY</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Th e Wiz: Th e Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a musical with music and</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum’s</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Th e Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A. Mechanic</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;
font-size: medium;">Th eatre in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to the Majestic Th eatre[2] with a new cast on</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">January 5, 1975. Th e 1975 Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, including Best</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Musical. Th e musical has had revivals in New York, London, San Diego and the Netherlands,</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">and a limited-run revival was presented by Encores! at New York City Center in June</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">2009. A fi lm adaptation was released in 1978.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class=""
style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">CAST OF CHARACTERS</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">AUNT EM: Female, Late 30’s (Range: Mezzo Soprano) Dorothy’s Aunt. Life has not been easy for her and promises little else.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Harsh towards Dorothy at times, but acts out of love.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">DOROTHY: Female, 13-16 (Range: Mezzo Soprano) Bright eyed and alive as can be. Would rather remain a child as long as</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:
medium;">possible instead of accempting the responsibilities of adulthood.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">UNCLE HENRY: Male, Late 30’s (Range: Non-Singing) Dorothy’s Uncle. Physically run down from years of hard work on</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">the farm. Oft en acts as the voice of reason towards Aunt Em.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">ADDAPERLE: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Mezzo Soprano) Good Witch of the North. Has magic powers she refers to as</span></div><div class=""
style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">“doing tricks.” Her magic abilities don’t always pan out as well as she would like them to.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">YELLOW BRICK ROAD (Four Actors): Male or Female, Age Flexible (Range: Flexible) Four dancing actors combine to</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">create the Yellow Brick Road. Metaphorically represents the road Dorothy travels down, encouraging her along the way.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:
medium;">SCARECROW: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Tenor) Tired of being a scarecrow and the prospect of not going anywhere. Embarks</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">on the journey to see Th e Wiz in hopes he can provide a brain.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">TIN MAN: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Baritone) Human at one time. Lost all his limbs to a cursed axe. Joins in the journey</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">in hopes the Wiz will provide him a heart because “it isn’t enough to be good looking.”</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class=""
style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">LION: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Baritone) Travels around the jungle scaring people, but has “a yellow streak a mile wide.”</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Coward state stems from deeper mother issues and gets regular counseling from an owl. Joins in the journey to see the wiz</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">to gain some courage.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">GATEKEEPER: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Non-Singing) Guards the gate to the Emerald City.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align:
left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">THE WIZ: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Tenor) All powerful leader over the land of Oz. Hides his true nature behind the</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">façade of a temperamental leader. His true identity is an enigma.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">EVILLENE: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Alto) Wicked Witch of the West. Low-down evil. Not a kind bone in her body nor</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">kind thought in her rotten
mind.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">LORD HIGH UNDERLING: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Non-Singing) Weak coward. Evillene’s number one.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">WINGED MONKEY: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Non-Singing) Servant of the Wicked Witch of the West. Summoned to do</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">her bidding. Th e mere mention of him brings fear.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class=""
style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">GLINDA: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Alto) Good Witch of the South. Prettiest of all the witches. Very wise in the way of</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">show-business.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">ENSEMBLE:</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">TOTO - a dog, PIT SINGERS, TORNADO, MUNCHKINS, CROWS, KALIDAHS, POPPIES, FIELD MICE, EMERALD</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">CITY CITIZENS, SOLDIER MESSENGER. </span></div><div class=""
style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">In addition to ACTORS, SINGERS, DANCERS, we are also seeking SPECIALTY ACTS [acrobats, jugglers) and</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Males 5’-10” or more in height who can move well for specifi c minor roles.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">REHEARSALS</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">Consists of a 8 week rehearsal schedule, 3-6 time per week. Th e cast will receive</span></div><div class="" style="text-align:
left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">a Rehearsal schedule by the fi rst cast meeting or fi rst rehearsal.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">If you have any Questions feel free to contact Richard H. Morris at</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;">216.795.7070 ext.236.</span></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><br></div></div></body></html>