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Portersville audience to meet ‘The Wizard’

Lydia Lowery and Noah Wise rehearse for their roles in the upcoming Portersville Christian School production of the musical “The Wizard of Oz” on April 27, 28 and 29 in the school auditorium. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Portersville Christian School, 343 E. Portersville Road, Portersville, will present the musical “The Wizard of Oz” on April 27, 28 and 29 in the school auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the musical starts at 7 p.m.

Adult tickets are $10 and student tickets — age 6 through 12th grade — are $8.

Tickets can be reserved ahead of time by emailing the fine arts department at finearts@ourpcs.org and pay for them on arrival, or buy tickets at the door.

The directors are Lauren Gordley and Lydia Lowery. The producer is Laurie Hallberg. Elaine Wise is the orchestra director.

Aubrey Gordley is the choreographer, and Anna Plank, Lizzie Lowery, Libby Stewart and Naomi duToit are stage managers.

Cast

Dorothy Gale, Sophia Lowery; Tin Man/Hickory, Jacob Wise; Cowardly Lion/Zeke, Zach Johnson; Scarecrow/Uncle Henry, Alex Elmer; Wicked Witch, Cora Plank; Glinda, Sarah Myers; Aunt Em, Anna Plank;

Emerald City guard, Cada Steele; Wizard of Oz/Professor Marvel, Noah Wise; Munchkin/coroner/Hank/Ozian, Brad Rhoden; Munchkin/mayor/Ozian, Heidi Brewer; Munchkin/fiddler, Taylor Collins; Nikko/Ozian, Elsie Brewer; Trio, Cada Steele, Kyleigh Spink, Elsie Brewer;

Ozians, Grace Steele, Rachelle Desmond, Logan Marshall, Ali Onderko, Theresa Flock, Cole Schilling and Claire Gordlley; Ozian/Winkie, Daniel Johnson; Munchkins, Charlotte Myers, Anna Hahn, Issac Hoffman, Elsa Plank, Paige Rank, Valerie Johnson, James Cost, Victoria Desmond, Anna Fetherlin, Bernadette Kepler, Evelyn Cost, Isaac Wise and Liberty Marth.

Crew

Technicians, Craig Adams, Garrett Marshall, Shane Marth, Ruth Shindledecker, Libby Stewart, Carter Boyle and Peter LoDico.

Orchestra

Debbe Picerno, Dominick Crider and Sarah Wang.

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