The Bright Star Touring Theatre based in Raleigh, N.C., took 482 elementary and middle school students on two remarkable journeys April 11 at Lancaster Elementary School. The troupe first performed their adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for grades PreK-3 and later, for grades 4-7, “Jack’s Adventure in Space.”
In “Somewhere over the Backrow,” Dorothy, portrayed by Emma Suzik, meets the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, played by Wesley Harman. In their interpretation, the Tin Man began life as a munchkin cursed by the wicked Witch. When the Witch makes Dorothy clean the floors, Dorothy accidentally spills the water bucket, much to the Witch’s surprise and….
