Cast Members: Blue Fairy – JoJo Green Fairy – Sofia Pink Fairy – Harper Yellow Fairy – Olivia

(all fairies will need a princess like dress, wings, red ruby shoes and a crown.. and of course some glitter!)

Dorothy – Evelyn(Dorothy will wear a traditional Dorothy dress with a red bow in her hair)

Toto – London(Dog outfit, with a red collar bell necklace)

Uncle Henry – Eddie(huge inexpensive pair of overalls – can go over elf outfit)

Aunt Em – Savona(huge inexpensive pair of overalls – can go over elf outfit)

Glinda – Presley(Glinda is Mrs. Claus and needs a red dress with Christmas apron)

Burly – Eddie Curly – Savona

(Burly and Curly need elf costumes – this will be what they mainly wear)

Woody – Aaron(needs two tree branches and non-breakable red Christmas ornaments)

Mr. Jingles – Aaron(An over the top Elf costume with glitter and bling)

Wizard of Oz – Addyson(The Wizard of Oz is Santa Claus)

Rudy – Eddie Rosie – Savona

(their elf costume with reindeer ears) Grouchy Grumble – Kaylee

(Grouchy Grumble is the Grinch! She needs a green grinchy outfit!)

Ice Princess – Lia(a princess dress of light colors and a crown)

Tin Solider – Henry(tin solider outfit)

Stuffed Lion – Heidi (a lion costume with a price tag of 39.95 on the ear)

A CHRISTMAS WIZARD OF OZ

(SOUND CUE #1. Fanfare – starts the show. Fairies enters the stage from stage left during the fanfare, arms outstretched and spinning/twirling, blowing kisses at the end of the fanfare gives a curtsey. Fairies: Ladies and Gentlemen! BLUE: For your entertainment! GREEN: For your enjoyment! Fairies: We proudly present! (SOUND CUE #1a. Ta Daa

Fairies: The Wizard of Oz! PINK: The story of Dorothy… (DOROTHY enters from stage left and curtseys downstage left.) YELLOW: And her little dog, Toto. (TOTO enters from stage left and snuggles up to DOROTHY.) PINK: Toto was kind of a funny dog. YELLOW: She walked on two feet and looked very much like a little girl. TOTO: (With attitude: “Hey!”) Ruff!

BLUE: But Dorothy loved her just the same. (TOTO smiles and snuggles.) GREEN: It was in the state of Kansas in the summertime and the newspapers were predicting a tornado… PINK: Hey, wait a minute. That’s all wrong. GREEN: Wrong? How can it be wrong? It’s the Wizard of Oz! The most famous story on earth! BLUE : But it’s not our story! Our story is set in the winter. YELLOW: In fact it’s Christmas time! GREEN: Christmas? That’s ridiculous! There’s supposed to be cornfields and rainbows… BLUE: And Christmas trees! Ladies and Gentlemen, please join us in singing the age old carol, O Christmas Tree. GREEN: There’s no Christmas tree’s in the Wizard of Oz! PINK: Everybody! GREEN: Wait! What do you mean…? YELLOW: One, two, three.

(All cast begins to walk out hand in hand, then stops abruptly when the music stops and backs off stage) (SOUND CUE #2: “O Christmas Tree”. The music starts, then stops with 5seconds silence, then starts again.) Em, Henry, Glinda, Woody, Wizard, Grumble, Princess, Tin, Lion ALL (BUT GREEN): (Sing.) O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree… GREEN: Hey, stop it! You’re ruining everything! YELLOW: Let’s try that again… One, two, three. ALL: (Sing.) O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changingO Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changing

They all are green when summer’s here,They all are green in winter’s drear

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changing

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,Much pleasure dost thou bring me.O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,Much pleasure dost thou bring me.

For every year the Christmas treeBrings to us all both joy and glee

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,Much pleasure dost thou bring me.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas TreeThy candles shine out bravelyO Christmas Tree, O Christmas TreeThy candles shine out bravely

Each bough doth hold its tiny lightThat makes each toy to sparkle brightO Christmas Tree, O Christmas TreeThy candles shine out bravely

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changingO Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changing

They all are green when summer’s here,They all are green in winter’s drearO Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! They Leaves are never – changing

All exit right

GREEN: All right. So it’s Christmas. Fine! Let’s just go on with the story. Dorothy and Toto were outside looking at a rainbow when… DOROTHY: Oh, look Toto, its snowing! (DOROTHY twirls around in the snow and catches snowflakes on her tongue. TOTO imitates her, he loves it.) TOTO: (“Snow!”) Ruff! GREEN: There’s no snow in the cornfields! DOROTHY: Let’s make snow angels! (DOROTHY and TOTO fall down and makes snow angels. Other Fairie members decide to join in the fun and drop down on the ground) GREEN: Stop! (They look up from the fun.) GREEN: (Trying to control his temper.) Get up. (They get up, glum, and go back to their places.) GREEN: Okay. Okay. It was snowing. Fine. Go on. (D & T Sit Up)

BLUE: Everyday Dorothy dreamed she could go far, far away… (D & T Stand up) DOROTHY: If only I could fly over the… over the…

GREEN: (Coaxing.) Go on. (in tune) Somewhere Over the… DOROTHY: Over the snowcapped mountains… GREEN: No! DOROTHY: I just know there’s more to the world than this. PINK: Suddenly the sky began to fill with dark clouds.

DOROTHY: Oh, look Toto! (Points to clouds.) GREEN: That’s right. Good. And Dorothy and Toto knew what those dark clouds meant, didn’t they? DOROTHY: A blizzard! GREEN: That’s right, a blizzard. (Double take.) No! No! It’s a tornado! DOROTHY: A snow blizzard! GREEN: A snow blizzard? TOTO: (To GREEN: “That’s right a snow blizzard.”) Ruff ruff! (Points to it in sky.) YELLOW: Little did Dorothy know that her life was just about to change. BLUE: Suddenly there was a terrible gust of wind! (Fairies take a big breath and blow in DOROTHY’s direction. DOROTHY and TOTO, twirl as if they have been caught in a big wind.) DOROTHY & TOTO: Whooooaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!! (SOUND CUE #3. Blizzard) AUNTIE EM and UNCLE HENRY enter stage left, twirling and holding onto their hats, acting as if they are straining against the cold wind. TOTO runs and hides behind someone in the audience. A white lightweight cloth can be used here to indicate wind and snow, a few Cast members can billow it around to give a storm effect.) AUNTIE EM: Dorothy! UNCLE HENRY: Dorothy, let’s go! AUNTIE EM: We’re all going down in the storm shelter. UNCLE HENRY: Hurry, Dorothy! Or you’ll be swept away! DOROTHY: Yes, of course! Let’s go, Toto! (She looks, can’t find him.) Toto? PINK: But Toto was so scared of blizzards that he ran in the house and hid under the bed. DOROTHY: Toto, come back! AUNTIE EM: Let him go, Dorothy! UNCLE HENRY: Hurry up, Dorothy! (Uncle and Auntie exit stage left.)

DOROTHY: But I can’t leave Toto! (Fairies blow again which sends AUNTIE EM, UNCLE HENRY and DOROTHY twirling again.) DOROTHY: Toto! Come out from under that bed! This is no time for hide and seek! (TOTO whimpers and ventures out, looking sheepish.) DOROTHY: There you are you silly dog. Now follow me, we’ve got to get out of here… BLUE: But it was too late! (Members of Fairie Clan stand and circle DOROTHY and TOTO, holding hands and catching her in their circle. Their “circle” turns around them and catches her and TOTO as they bob inside it.) Fairies: The house began to shiver… The house began to shake… Suddenly the blizzard ripped the house right off the ground! ( Fairies break away from the circle and twirl away, act as if they are floating and flying. DOROTHY and TOTO crouch in the middle of the floor and watch as Fairie members “fly” by.) DOROTHY: Oh, Toto, hold on to me! TOTO: (Barks in agreement.) Ruff! Ruff! BLUE: They saw houses… YELLOW: And cows… PINK: And bicycles… GREEN: (said melancholy) And even Christmas trees. FAIRIES: Suddenly… (SOUND: Crash! SOUND CUE ENDS.) (DOROTHY and TOTO cover their heads. Fairies fall to the ground, toes up) DOROTHY: (Removing her hands from her head, looking up cautiously.) I think It’s all over, Toto. (TOTO whimpers and barks in agreement, they stand up)

SOUND CUE #4. Magical sound Fairies: (sit up) Throw snow from their pockets all around. (then lays down)

DOROTHY: (Seeing snow.) I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Toto. (GLINDA enters from stage left with Burly & Curly (Elfins) following. She is dressed like a Mrs. Clause with a red cape and a wand.) GLINDA: Hello there. DOROTHY: (Startled, amazed at GLINDA’s beauty.) Who are you? (ELFINS giggle.)

ELFIN BURLY: Everyone knows who she is… GLINDA: I’m Glinda the Good Witch of the North Pole. DOROTHY: A witch? You don’t look wicked at all. GLINDA: (Laughing.) That’s because I’m a good witch! ELFIN CURLY: The question is… ALL ELFINS: Who are you??? DOROTHY: I’m Dorothy. From Kansas. GLINDA: Is Kansas a very big kingdom? DOROTHY: Kansas isn’t a Kingdom. TOTO: (“Nope, not a kingdom.”) Ruff! Ruff! GLINDA: Do you have magic in Kansas? DOROTHY: No. Just a lot of snow. (ELFINS giggle.) ELFIN Burley: You’re a very funny witch. DOROTHY: Oh, I’m not a witch… GLINDA: Welcome to Oz, Dorothy. Elfin Curly: We want to welcome you to Elfinland!

GLINDA: When ever we have visitors here in the North Pole we always sing them this little song. Everyone please join us!

(Cast enters holding hands) Woody, Wizard, Grumble, Princess, Tin, Lion & All (NO D& T) ALL: (Sing.) We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year. Repeat 3x

ELFIN BURLY: And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! ELFIN CURLY: …for defeating the bad witch of the East Pole! DOROTHY: Oh, I haven’t defeated anyone! (ELFINS giggle.)

ELFIN Burly: Then how do you explain that? (Points.) Elfin Curly: Glinda, the good witch… why are there so many bad witches in the East Pole?

Glinda: Oh, she used a cloning spell a long time ago, she was lonely. You get very lonely when you’re a grumpy east pole witch!

Fairies: Fairie! East Pole Fairies! (said while laying down)Elfin Burly: Do you see the red shoes?!

DOROTHY: Oh, no! They must have been beneath the house when we hit the ground! GLINDA: Those are your ruby slippers, Dorothy. So stylish for this time of year. DOROTHY: They are awfully pretty. GLINDA: Put them on.

Elfin Curly: How does she know which ones to put on? Who is the real bad witch of the East Pole?

Glinda: You are so smart Elfin Curly. Well, I would think we should put on a pair. Oh, and let’s have your dog put on a pair. Hmmmm and let’s see, put the other two pair in your backpack for safe keeping! (DOROTHY takes all the shoes, changes her’s and puts on toto’s) Glinda: How do they make you feel? DOROTHY: They make me feel… magical. (Sound effect: Magical TOTO barks in appreciation. ELFINS sigh with delight.) GLINDA: You must never take them off or give them to anyone, or share the other shoes. Don’t even tell anyone they are there! They are very important magical shoes, well one of the pairs are! DOROTHY: Oh, I won’t. Only Auntie Em might not approve. She likes me to wear my boots in the snow. (GLINDA and ELFINS giggle.) DOROTHY: That reminds me! Auntie Em and Uncle Henry must be worried sick about me. Can you please tell me which is the road to Kansas? ELFIN Curly: You can’t get there from here. DOROTHY: Whatever do you mean? ELFIN BURLY: There’s no Kansas around here, Dorothy. ELFIN CURLY: You’ll have to stay with us. DOROTHY: But I can’t stay here! It’s almost Christmas! (TOTO barks in agreement.) DOROTHY: I have to be there to open presents in the morning!

GLINDA: The only one who can help you, Dorothy, is the Wonderful Wizard of Oz… ELFIN Burly: The Great! The Wise! The Wonderful! ELFIN CURLY: Wonderful Wizard of Oz! DOROTHY: I’ll go right away. Where is he? GLINDA: He lives in the Great Palace of Toys. DOROTHY: How do I get there? GLINDA: Elfins, sweep the snow from the bricks. (ELFINS march off and get brooms and then whisk away snow.) DOROTHY: Why they’re yellow! YELLOW: (Sitting up and saying it lovely.) Dorothy thought it was prettiest color she’d ever seen. ALL ELFINS: (in tune) You must follow the yellow brick road… follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road! GLINDA: And remember… GLINDA AND ELFINS: (Sing.) (No back up music)We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. DOROTHY: Toto and I wish you the same. Just follow the yellow brick? (SOUND CUE #6: “Jingle Bells”

Yellow brick road, yellow brick roadYellow brick all the way.Oh! what fun … it is to walkOn a road to an unknown city!

Yellow brick road, yellow brick road,Yellow brick all the way.Oh! what fun it is to walkOn a road to an unknown city!

Walking through the snowwith toto by my side, O'er the road we goLaughing all the wayBells on collar ringMaking spirits brightWhat fun it is to walk and singA wizard of oz song tonight!

(chorus)

Yellow brick road, yellow brick roadYellow brick all the way.Oh! what fun … it is to walkOn a road to an unknown city!

Yellow brick road, yellow brick road,Yellow brick all the way.Oh! what fun it is to walkOn a road to an unknown city!

DOROTHY: Thank you very much. You’ve all been very kind. Toto and I will be on our way… (TOTO barks: “Thanks!”)

GLINDA: Remember what I told you about the ruby slippers… DOROTHY: Oh, I won’t forget! GLINDA: Good luck, Dorothy. ELFIN BURLY: Cheers! ELFIN CURLY: Love and joy! ELFIN/GLINDA: Merry Christmas! DOROTHY: And a Happy New Year to you! Now we just… (jingle bell sound) yellow brick road. yellow brick road.

(GLINDA and ELFINS exit stage left.)

Fairies get up and sprinkle snow everywhere.

BLUE: Dorothy and Toto walked for miles and miles… PINK: After a while they sat down to take a rest. DOROTHY: Oh, Toto, I wonder how much longer until we get there.

(Ice Princess enters and then gets stuck in the snow)

ICE PRINCESS: Greetings, young lady! DOROTHY: Who said that? (She looks around.) TOTO: (“Who is that?”) Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! ICE PRINCESS: Me! Over here! DOROTHY: But you’re a ICE Sculpture… ice sculptures don’t talk. ICE PRINCESS: (Offended.) I beg your pardon. You don’t know much about ice princesses do you? DOROTHY: I know of ice princesses, it’s just your frozen and you look like an ice sculpture… and I know that

ice sculptures don’t talk. At least none of the ones in Kansas can talk. ICE PRINCESS: Maybe they don’t have much to say. At any rate, I’d be most grateful if you could help me.DOROTHY: What should I do? ICE PRINCESS: They have frozen my feet to the ground! I’m stuck here until someone frees me! DOROTHY: Certainly. (She gets hot cocoa from off stage and pours it on her feet) ICE PRINCESS: Ah. (She wiggles her feet.) Thank you. I feel like a new girl! Who are you and where are you going? DOROTHY: I’m Dorothy and I’m on my way to the Great Palace of Toys to ask the great Wizard of Oz to send me back to Kansas. ICE PRINCESS: Who is the Wizard of Oz? DOROTHY: Don’t you know who he is? ICE PRINCESS: I don’t now anything at all. (holding out ear) See? Nothing but frozen water! I don’t have any brains! DOROTHY: Oh, I’m terribly sorry. ICE PRINCESS: Say, do you think the Wizard could give me some brains? DOROTHY: I don’t see why not. You’re welcome to come along with us if you like. (TOTO growls angrily.) DOROTHY: Stop that Toto! That’s not polite. (To ICE PRINCESS.) Don’t worry. She never bites. ICE PRINCESS: Oh, I’m not afraid of dogs. If they bite, I can’t feel it. I’m only afraid of one thing. DOROTHY: What is that? ICE PRINCESS: (Looks around, whispers in her ear.) A lighted match. DOROTHY: Well, I don’t expect we’ll run into too many of those. (She puts out a toe of her ruby slippers, ready to step forward.) Are you ready? ICE PRINCESS: (Puts out a toe.) Ready! TOTO: (“Ready!”) Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) DOROTHY & ICE PRINCESS: We’re off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! TOTO: Ruff-ruff!

(They exit stage right) (WOODY enter stage left, holding white branches (these can be cut twigs from real trees painted white. The branches are decorated with unbreakable red Christmas tree ornaments. He strikes a pose and stands still. TIN SOLDIER enters and stands frozen behind the TREES.) YELLOW: They walked and walked until they came into a grove of trees…

(Dorothy, Ice Princess and Toto enters from stage left)

DOROTHY: Oh, it’s dark in this part of the forest. We’ve been walking for such a long time. I’m awfully hungry. ICE PRINCESS: As a ICE PRINCESS I never get hungry. But look! (Points to TREES.) Apples! I’ll get one for you, Dorothy! (ICE PRINCESS reaches for an apple, picks it off the tree.) WOODY: Hey! (Smacks ICE PRINCESS's hand away.) Keep your hands to yourself. And put that back! ICE PRINCESS: (Frightened.) Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t know you could talk and Dorothy was hungry and I saw all your apples and… Woody: You silly ICE Sculpture! Those aren’t apples! They’re Christmas tree ornaments! ICE PRINCESS: I am an Ice Princess!!

WOODY: And you were trying to steal them! You should be ashamed of yourself! ICE PRINCESS: I didn’t think it was stealing exactly… WOODY: That’s right, you didn’t think at all! ICE PRINCESS: Actually I can’t think, I haven’t got a brain. WOODY: You can say that again! (Takes one of the ornaments and throws it at ICE PRINCESS.) DOROTHY: Hey, that’s not fair! He didn’t mean to do anything wrong! TOTO: (To TREES, scolding.) Ruff, ruff, ruff!!! WOODY: Go on, beat it! (Throws ornament at them.) This is my part of the forest, go find your own hang-out. DOROTHY: Well, I’m sure we’ll be happy to be out of your private… (WOODY throws ornaments at them. ) ICE PRINCESS: Come on, Dorothy, come on! (THEY run away. TREES exit. ICE PRINCESS realizes that they have gotten ornaments anyway. She picks them up.) ICE PRINCESS: Hey look! We can decorate our own tree with these! (DOROTHY has been distracted by something, TOTO barks.) DOROTHY: Shh! Listen! ICE PRINCESS: Sounds like a moan of some kind. (They run into the tin feet of the TIN SOLDIER. TIN SOLDIER has a drum hanging from a strap around his neck with his hands poised to beat the drum. ) DOROTHY: Why it’s a toy soldier! (TOTO barks and tries to bite the tin leg but it hurts his teeth.)

TOTO: OoooOOOWWWwwww…! ICE PRINCESS: A toy soldier made of tin! Did you just groan? TIN SOLDIER: (Jaw locked, tries to speak.) Ha… Da… DOROTHY: It sounds like… (DOROTHY and ICE PRINCESS put their ears to TIN SOLDIER’S mouth.) TIN SOLDIER: Ha… Da… ICE PRINCESS: Hair dryer. DOROTHY: Hair dryer! He wants us to warm him up! (TIN SOLDIER groans excitedly. Dorothy looks around and finds hair dryer on the ground.) DOROTHY: Oh, but where will I plug it in? (Fairie runs on with a plug outlet. Dorothy plugs it in.) ICE PRINCESS: I’m not touching that thing. DOROTHY: Oh, I forgot. This would melt you! Well, stay back. Quick, Toto! (DOROTHY points hair dryer at TIN SOLDIER’s joints.)

Sound Effect – Hair dryer TIN SOLDIER: (Sighs with relief.) Oh, that feels good. I’ve been standing here for most of the winter. Cold water makes me expand and freeze. You’re the first people who came along. DOROTHY: Where else should we warm you up? TIN SOLDIER: My neck first please. (They do.) My arms. (They do, he beats the drum.) Ah! I’ve been holding those drumsticks ever since October. If you’ll just warm up my legs. (They do. TIN SOLDIER marches in a little circle and beats drum.) How can I ever thank you? You’ve saved my life! How did you happen to come through here? DOROTHY: We’re on our way to the Great Palace of Toys to see the Wizard of Oz. We’re going to ask him to send me to Kansas and to give the ICE PRINCESS some brains. TIN SOLDIER: Do you think the Wizard could give me a heart? DOROTHY: I don’t see why not. ICE PRINCESS: Why? Don’t you have a heart? TIN SOLDIER: I did once. I was in love with a pretty Elfin girl. But the Grouchy Grumble of the West took my heart away. And now I know that losing your heart is the worst thing that can happen to you because it means you can never be happy again. DOROTHY: If the Wizard gives you a heart, will you ask the pretty Elfin girl to marry you? TIN SOLDIER: Oh, yes! And then I will be the happiest tin soldier in the world. BLUE: And so the Tin Soldier decided to go along with them to see the Wizard of Oz.

DOROTHY: ICE PRINCESS, are you ready? ICE PRINCESS: (Puts out a toe.) Ready! TOTO: (“Ready!”) Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) TIN SOLDIER: (Beats his drum and marches in a little circle. He puts toe out like the others.) Ready! DOROTHY & ICE PRINCESS & TIN SOLDIER: We’re off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! TOTO: Ruff-ruff! YELLOW: The road was still paved with yellow brick… PINK: But the farther they went, the deeper the snow got… (They raise their legs as they walk as if snow is knee deep. STUFFED LION enters at a distance from the others, yawns, stretches and lays down to take a nap.) GREEN: Suddenly Toto noticed a low growl coming from the bushes. (STUFFED LION has a clearly visible price tag on his ear: “$39.95 Firm”. STUFFED LION merely rolls on his back, arms and legs in the air, and growls in his sleep.) STUFFED LION: Grrrrooowwwwllllll… (TOTO barks which wakes the STUFFED LION up. TOTO hides behind DOROTHY’S skirt.) STUFFED LION: Who said that? Hmm? Who dares to disturb my slumber? (To audience members.) Was it you? Was it you? (TOTO barks in fear.) STUFFED LION: Ah! It was you! (STUFFED LION lurches toward TOTO trying to bite him.) DOROTHY: (Angry.) You stop that! Stop that right now! That’s not polite! (STUFFED LION gives a half-hearted growl at ICE PRINCESS and TIN SOLDIER who hide behind DOROTHY.) DOROTHY: You should be ashamed of yourself! (STUFFED LION suddenly turns into a cowering kitten.) STUFFED LION: But, but, but, I’m K-k-k-king of the F-f-f-forest. I’m not supposed to be pah-pah-polite. Am I? DOROTHY: It doesn’t matter who you are. It’s unfair for you to try to bite a poor little dog! And to go after a poor ICE PRINCESS and a Tin Soldier! (TOTO whimpers, ICE PRINCESS and TIN SOLDIER mimic his whimper.) STUFFED LION: B-b-b-but. I’m a lion. See? (Shows his claws.) (TOTO, ICE PRINCESS, TIN SOLDIER howl in fear.) DOROTHY: You’re nothing but a big coward! STUFFED LION: (Whimpers.) I know it. I’ve always known it. How can I help it? (Begins to cry.)

DOROTHY: There, there now. STUFFED LION: I am a big coward. TIN SOLDIER: But what makes you such a coward? STUFFED LION: I’m not a real Lion at all. Just a stuffed one. A toy. And see? (Shows them his ear with the price tag.) I’m even over priced. ICE PRINCESS: But you’re still the King of the Forest! TIN SOLDIER: Maybe you have a broken disease. If you have you should be glad. I have no heart at all. STUFFED LION: Maybe if I had no heart I wouldn’t be a coward. ICE PRINCESS: We’re going to visit the Wizard of Oz! He’s going to give me brains. STUFFED LION: Do you think the Wizard could give me courage? ICE PRINCESS: Just as easily as he can give me brains. TIN SOLDIER: Or give me a heart. DOROTHY: Or send me back to Kansas. STUFFED LION: Then I’ll go with you! (Suddenly meek.) But we have to hurry. Christmas is almost here. And all I ever wanted was to end up under some little child’s Christmas tree. (Cries, “Waaahhh!”) DOROTHY: Now stop that crying. It’s not polite. STUFFED LION: I’m sorry. DOROTHY: That’s better. Are you ready? ICE PRINCESS: (Puts out a toe.) Ready! TOTO: (“Ready!”) Ruff! (He puts out a toe.) TIN SOLDIER: (Does his little march in a circle and beats the drum, puts out toe.) Ready! STUFFED LION: (Puts out a foot.) R-r-r-r-ready.

DOROTHY & ICE PRINCESS & TIN SOLDIER & STUFFED LION: We’re off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! TOTO: Ruff-ruff! BLUE: So they set out again for the Great Palace of Toys. SOUND: “We Three Kings” DOROTHY, ICE PRINCESS, TIN SOLDIER, STUFFED LION (WITH TOTO): (Sing.) Oh, we five friends we travel so far (Toto: Ruff! Ruff!) On yellow brick we follow our star To see the Wizard through the blizzard Onward and up we are! (Toto: Ruff! Ruff!)

Oh, Oh… all we want is brains and heart (Toto: Ruff! Ruff!) All we want is a fresh start Will you hear us, will you see us? Oh great Wizard that you are! (Toto: Ruff! Ruff!) PINK: Soon they came upon a beautiful field… YELLOW: A garden full of ice sculptures.. (Looking at sculptures on stage.) DOROTHY: Look! Here’s a turtle dove! TIN SOLDIER: And here’s a French hen! ICE PRINCESS: And here’s a partridge in a pear tree! (PERFORMERS become ice sculptures) DOROTHY: And look! (Points to PERFORMERS’ sculptures.) Aren’t they beautiful?

ICE PRINCESS: Oh no Dorothy, this is a very bad idea! STUFFED LION: Buh-buh-buh-buh-yoo-tee-ful. BLUE: But Dorothy and her friends didn’t know… YELLOW: That if you stay in the garden of ice sculptures too long… GREEN: You begin to freeze up… PINK: And get very, very cold… (FAIRIES blows cold air at DOROTHY, ICE PRINCESS, SOLDIER, LION. PERFORMERS who are ice sculptures walk stiffly away, exiting. TIN SOLDIER: Oh, dear. What should we do? ICE PRINCESS: The garden of ice is stiffening you up! YELLOW: Being made of snow himself the freezing cold didn’t bother the ICE PRINCESS but… STUFFED LION: (Suddenly stiff with his hands up in a roar.) Roar.… Roar.. ICE PRINCESS: Oh no, the Stuffed Lion is turning to ice! And look at Dorothy and Toto! (They are beginning to freeze too.) TOTO: (Stiff, teeth together.) Ruff. TIN SOLDIER: I better get out of here or I’ll freeze too! You take the Lion. I’ll carry Dorothy and the dog. ICE PRINCESS: (Trying to carry him.) Come on, ya big lug. TIN SOLDIER: This way!

(exit and re-enter on stage right) ICE PRINCESS: It’s safe here. Let’s let them thaw. TIN SOLDIER: (Yawning) Yes, let them thaw.

YELLOW: But when they woke up they were surprised to see that they had been sleeping in the Wizard’s front yard! (DOROTHY wakes and looks around, TOTO hops up and sees what DOROTHY sees and barks.) DOROTHY: ICE PRINCESS, Lion! Wake up! SOUND: Magical TIN SOLDIER: Why, it’s the Great Palace of Toys! ICE PRINCESS: It has to be! STUFFED LION: C-c-c-c-come on. TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! (Dorothy, Stuffed Lion, Ice Princess, Tin Solider and Toto hold hands)

BLUE: The doors were decorated with dazzling Christmas lights! PINK: Dorothy rang the bell. FAIRIES: Ding dong! YELLOW: And the Stuffed Lion knocked. (MR. JINGLES, the Wizard’s Gatekeeper, has a great ring of keys jingling from his belt loop. He enters carrying a small window, or picture frame with a cloth over it, that he lifts to indicate an opening in the door. MR. JINGLES: (Gruff.) Stop that! DOROTHY: Stop what? MR. JINGLES: Ringing that infernal bell! How could you do such a thing at this hour? TIN SOLDIER: But it’s eleven o’clock in the morning. MR. JINGLES: Exactly. Come again at a decent hour. ICE PRINCESS: Please sir, we’ve come to see the great Wizard of Oz. MR. JINGLES: And what makes you think he will see you? DOROTHY: We’ve come a very long way. TIN SOLDIER: Through the deep dark forest. STUFFED LION: Very deep, very s-s-snowy, very c-c-c-old… MR. JINGLES: I don’t care where you’ve come from, go away. (Lets flap fall and starts to walk away.) DOROTHY: Well, I never! (She rings bell again.)

FAIRIES: DING! DONG! MR. JINGLES: (Opening.) You again! DOROTHY: You are not being very polite, sir! MR. JINGLES: I am Mr. Jingles, the Gatekeeper to Oz! I don’t have to be polite. DOROTHY: Everyone has to be polite. MR. JINGLES: Really? I’d never heard that before. Are you sure?

DOROTHY: Very sure. MR. JINGLES: Hmm. Then I suppose I better let you in. SOUND EFFECT: Door Hinges

(Mr. Jingles waves his arm and then the whole cast turns around as if walking into a room)

STUFFED LION: D-d-d-d-does this mean you’ll let us see the Wizard? MR. JINGLES: Of course not. I’m merely being polite. DOROTHY: Please sir we must see the Wizard. I just have to get back to Kansas! ICE PRINCESS: And I need a brain! TIN SOLDIER: And I need a heart! STUFFED LION: And I need c-c-c-c-courage. MR. JINGLES: And what do you expect me to do about it? Sheesh, you’d think it was Christmas. DOROTHY: But it is Christmas and they told us the Wizard could do these things for us. MR. JINGLES: They did, did they? Who are they? DOROTHY: The Good Witch Glinda of the North Pole and the Elfins! MR. JINGLES: Eeek! Elfins! I hate Elfins! (Holds his nose and cocks his head.) DOROTHY: Well, they were very nice to me. MR. JINGLES: All right, all right. Ill take you to see the Wizard. But you be polite, young lady. Everyone has to be polite you know. BLUE: So Mr. Jingles took them to a large room… MR. JINGLES: (Gesturing.) This is the Throne Room. (FAIRIES run around the room)

Sound Effect: Magical YELLOW: It’s glittered with all the most beautiful toys you can ever imagine! MR. JINGLES: Sit still and the Wizard will be with you just as soon as he feels like it.

(GREEN and PINK carry a cloth or sheet painted with a large head. They hold it at opposite sides to cover the entrance of the Wizard who stands behind the sheet. They may shake or shimmer the cloth to make it seem magical. WIZARD may pound against the sheet as he talks, showing forcefulness. SOUND CUE: Magical WIZARD: (Loud and frightening.) I am the Great and the Wise and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! How dare you disturb me from my Wizardly.. uh… Wizardness! Who are you? Explain yourself! (TOTO barks, STUFFED LION whines and ALL stand behind DOROTHY cowering.) DOROTHY: I am the small and the meek Dorothy. Please your Wizardship. We have come a long way to ask your help. I need to get back to my home in Kansas. Tomorrow is Christmas morning and I have to be there to open my presents. WIZARD: Why should I do this for you? DOROTHY: Because you are strong and I am weak. Because you are a great Wizard and I am only a little girl. And because it’s Christmas, sir. WIZARD: You! You have no right to ask me to do anything for you unless you do something for me. DOROTHY: What would you like me to do? WIZARD: Defeat the Grouchy Grumble of the West! DOROTHY: I can’t do that! If you’re so great and wonderful why can’t you do it yourself? WIZARD: Because! Because… I do not know! Now go away and do not bother me until you have done what I ask. ICE PRINCESS: But what about the rest of us? I need a brain. TIN SOLDIER: I need a heart. STUFFED LION: I need courage. WIZARD: Who do you think I am, Santa Claus? You must help Dorothy defeat the Grouchy Grumble of the West. Don’t come back until you do! I have spoken! (Fairies exit with cloth as WIZARD stays hidden, exiting. DOROTHY begins to cry.) TIN SOLDIER: Don’t cry, Dorothy. 30 DOROTHY: I guess I’ll never get back to Kansas. I’ll probably never see my Auntie Em again. I’ll never have another Christmas with all presents under the tree. (The others tear up.) STUFFED LION: Now you’re making me cry. TIN SOLDIER: (Stiffening up in distress.) Hair dryer! Hair dryer! (MR. JINGLES has seen this and is crying too.) MR. JINGLES: You can do it, Dorothy. ICE PRINCESS: We’ll help! I’ll breathe on her like this – Hah! -- and freeze her to death!

TIN SOLDIER: And I’ll bop her with my drumsticks. STUFFED LION: And I’ll roar so ferocious, you’ll think I already have c-c-c-courage. MR. JINGLES: Follow me, I’ll show you where to go. BLUE: And so Mr. Jingles pointed them in the right direction, toward the castle of the Grouchy Grumble of the West. MR. JINGLES: (Wiping away tears.) Good luck! (Exits.) PINK: The sad group set out on their journey. (DOROTHY and OTHERS walk sadly around the playing area. (GROUCHY GRUMBLE enters with telescope and broom stick) (FLYING REINDEER RUDY and ROSIE enter and gather around GROUCHY GRUMBLE, stamping their hoofs and giving little snorts. They have jingle bells around their necks or on their antlers and shake them for emphasis.) GREEN: Now the Grouchy Grumble of the West was covered in hair from head to toe… YELLOW: She had a powerful telescope and she could see everywhere! GROUCHY GRUMBLE: (Looking through telescope.) Well isn’t that sweet? What’s the little girl’s name? FLYING REINDEER/RUDY: Dorothy, if you please oh Great Grumble of the West. GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Well, I don’t please! They are trespassing in my territory! Where did they come from? FLYING REINDEER/ROSIE: They were sent here by the Wizard of Oz. GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Oz is it? That weak little Wizard is at it again, is he? He always gets nervous this time of year. FLYING REINDEER/RUDY: He’s sent them to defeat you, Oh Great Grumble. GROUCHY GRUMBLE: (Laughs maniacally.) Never, I tell you! Never! I’ve got a big surprise for that silly Wizard of Oz. Get them, my pretties! Bring them to me! GREEN: And so the Flying Reindeer set out to do as the Grumble had ordered.

Sound Effect: Jingle Bells

DOROTHY: Listen! YELLOW: There were so many flying Reindeer that the sky was black with them! TIN SOLDIER: (Pointing up.) Look! ICE PRINCESS: They must work for the Grumble! STUFFED LION: RUUUUNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!! (They run to the playing area, crouching, covering their heads. FLYING REINDEER surround them, making a circle around them by holding hands crowding them together.) BLUE: And the flying reindeer carried them AWAY!!!!! (DOROTHY and OTHERS scream as the FLYING REINDEER “carry” them in circles around the stage. At last they

deposit them before the laughing GROUCHY GRUMBLE.) GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Ha! Ha! I know what you’re up to. The Wizard sent you to defeat me! Isn’t that amusing? (She makes a magic motion, putting a spell on her broom, turning it to a burning torch)

Grouchy Grumble: Hey ICE PRINCESS! Catch! (ICE PRINCESS screams. OTHERS help her, stamping out the fire.) DOROTHY: How could you? You could have melted her! GROUCHY GRUMBLE: They don’t call me Grouchy for nothing! Just fighting a little fire with fire. Seize them! (FLYING REINDEER grab them.) Take the ICE PRINCESS to the bonfire and throw her in! And take the Tin Soldier to the ice shed, that ought to stiffen him up nicely. And this great Stuffed Lion? Ha-ha! Harness him like a donkey and put him to work! DOROTHY: You wicked thing! GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Here’s my broom stick, sweet little Dorothy. Get to work! (Throws broom, laughs. To REINDEER.) Well, don’t just stand there! Get to it! RUDY: Yes, your Grouchyness. ROSIE: Right away, your Grumbleship.

(FLYING REINDEER exit with all but DOROTHY, leaving her alone with the GRUMBLE.) GROUCHY GRUMBLE: (To DOROTHY, gives her a bucket and mop.) And when you’re finished you can mop the floor! Be quick about it! It will be nice to get all this hair off the floor! (Grouchy grumble begin to walk away.. then turning back around) GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Wait! Those shoes! Those ruby slippers! Where did you get them? DOROTHY: From the Wicked Witch of the East. I killed her, well them…. Did you know she had clones?… It was an accident. Glinda told me never to take them off… and toto too! GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Glinda! Glinda! I’ll get that good witch back. Give me those shoes! DOROTHY: No. GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Don’t be a fool, I can have you torn limb from limb. (Claps hands.) Reindeer! Come to me, my pretties! (FLYING REINDEER enter, shaking their jingle bells and begin to move in on DOROTHY.) DOROTHY: No. Get away from me! I’ll never give up the ruby slippers. Never! GREEN: Dorothy grew so angry that she picked up a roll of wrapping paper, wrapped her up and sent her to the south pole! (DOROTHY wraps her up with the help of her friends come running in)

GROUCHY GRUMBLE: Ahh!!! What have you done? I’m wrapping! I’m wrapping! Ahhh!!!! What have you done??? I hate Christmas! RUDY: You’ve defeated her!

ROSIE: You defeated our Grumble! DOROTHY: Oh, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to. I had no idea what I was doing… I just was so frightened! RUDY & ROSIE: Hip Hip Hooray! (The FLYING REINDEER fall to their knees.) RUDY: She was a very evil Grumble! You have saved us from her! From now on we pledge ourselves to you, Dorothy. ROSIE: All hail, Dorothy!!! RUDY & ROSIE: Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! DOROTHY: Oh please do stand up. You shouldn’t pledge yourself to me. I’m only a little girl. ROSIE: You have freed us, Dorothy. Please tell us what we can do for you. DOROTHY: Well, I suppose you could help us get back to the Great Palace of Toys. TIN SOLDIER: Yes, let’s go back to the Wizard of Oz and claim our promise! ALL: We’re off to see the Wizard! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

(exit right, enter left without the reindeer)

ICE PRINCESS: They were awfully nice reindeer. TIN SOLDIER: Ring the bell, Dorothy.

Sound Effect: Ding dong MR. JINGLES: (Lifting flap.) Dorothy! Back again already? Didn’t the Grouchy Grumble capture you? DOROTHY: Yes, for a while she did. MR. JINGLES: And she let you get away? DOROTHY: She couldn’t stop us. She got wrapped! See? I brought her broom to prove it! MR. JINGLES: Goodness gracious! Wait ‘till the Wizard hears about this! (GREEN and YELLOW bring on cloth/sheet, covering the Wizard, as before. He punches the sheet to emphasize his words. WIZARD: I am the Great the Wise and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! DOROTHY: If you please sir, we already know who you are. Don’t you remember us? WIZARD: I remember everything because I am so Great and Wise… DOROTHY: You’ve already told us that. It’s not polite to repeat yourself. WIZARD: But, but I’m the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard… DOROTHY: Yes, yes! We’ve come to claim our promise. WIZARD: Promise? What promise? I don’t remember any promise!

DOROTHY: You said if we defeated the Grouchy Grumble you’d send me back to Kansas! ICE PRINCESS: You promised to give me a brain. TIN SOLDIER: You promised to give me a heart! STUFFED LION: And you promised to give me c-c-c-c-courage. TOTO: (“You promised!”) Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: We got rid of the old Grumble! Here’s her broom to prove it. WIZARD: Yes, well… Come back tomorrow! DOROTHY: We can’t wait till tomorrow. Tomorrow will be Christmas and we’ll miss it! ICE PRINCESS: You have to keep your promise to us! STUFFED LION: (To DOROTHY.) Let’s see if this works. (To WIZARD.) RRRROOOOAAAARRRR!!!!!!! (TOTO ran up, she begins to bark and claws at the sheet.) DOROTHY: Toto! No!

(TOTO pulls sheet down. WIZARD stands before them, nervous. He’s dressed as Santa. He quickly finds his cap – it’s much too small -- and sticks it on his head.) DOROTHY: Who are you? WIZARD: I am Oz, the Great, the Wise the… TIN SOLDIER: You’re not a Wizard at all. You’ve been lying to us! ICE PRINCESS: But are you Santa? TIN SOLDIER: Of course, he’s not Santa! If he were Santa he’d be flying in his sleigh by now, delivering Christmas toys! WIZARD: (Nervous.) Ah, yes, yes. You raise a good point there, Tin Soldier. It does seem that Santa would have to get cracking! Lots to do! For Santa, I mean. ICE PRINCESS: This is terrible! How will I ever get my brain now? DOROTHY: I think you are a very bad man. WIZARD: No my dear, I am a good man. Sometimes Christmas can be a little hard on me, though. Everyone expects so much! I’m not always sure I can deliver. STUFFED LION: I guess I’ll never get my courage. WIZARD: Courage? Is that what you want? Not a Power Rangers Mega Mission Helmet with Interactivity and Assorted High Performance Accessories? STUFFED LION: No. Just the courage. WIZARD: Ah, well, that’s a relief. I might be able to help. ICE PRINCESS: You can give me brains?

WIZARD: You really don’t need them you know. You learn something every day and that is how one gets smart. But I do have a Christmas cap around here somewhere. (Finds it.) Here it is. Put this on. Somehow everything looks smarter when you put your Christmas cap on. And then of course I can give you my diploma.

ICE PRINCESS: (Delighted.) Diploma!? WIZARD: From the University of Iceland. Here you go. How do you feel? ICE PRINCESS: “I” before “e” except after “c”. Hey! WIZARD: Spell CHRISTMAS. ICE PRINCESS: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S …. It works! WIZARD: And as for your heart. I have been saving this since a Valentine’s Day long ago. A pretty little girl gave it to me. If there is any love left in it, it should do the trick. (He tapes a red heart to TIN SOLDIER’s chest.) TIN SOLDIER: Is it a kind heart? WIZARD: Yes, very. TIN SOLDIER: Then it’s perfect. STUFFED LION: What about my courage? WIZARD: Very well, I’ll get it for you.

WIZARD: Drink. STUFFED LION: (Looks at bottle.) It says ‘eggnog’. Yuck! WIZARD: Well, if it were inside of you it would be courage. Courage is always inside yourself. If you’re brave enough to drink what is in the bottle, then you will have courage. STUFFED LION: I’ll do it! (He holds his nose as he drinks.) WIZARD: How do you feel? STUFFED LION: Full of courage! Like the King of the Forest! Roar!!!!!!!! TIN SOLDIER: But what about Dorothy? How will she get back to Kansas? WIZARD: That’s a tricky one. But I do think I have a solution. DOROTHY: You do? WIZARD: I came here in a balloon but of course it was destroyed in the landing. I really don’t know how to make a balloon. But I do have some helpers who are bringing me a sleigh. It doesn’t get much use, really. Just once a year.

DOROTHY: Oh! It’s wonderful! Can we go now? WIZARD: We have to go now. It’s Christmas Eve so there isn’t much time! DOROTHY: Oh, dear, I’ll have to leave you all behind. ICE PRINCESS: Don’t cry, Dorothy. You know how crying always melts my cheeks.

DOROTHY: I’ll miss you all very much. WIZARD: Hurry up, Dorothy! DOROTHY: Come on, Toto. (Looks for him.) Toto? (TOTO is in audience, sniffing and barking at an audience member.) DOROTHY: Toto! Come here! Hurry up! WIZARD: (Calling.) Come, Dasher! Come, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! Jump on Dorothy! DOROTHY: But I can’t go without Toto! WIZARD: On, Comet! On Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! DOROTHY: Toto! Come here! WIZARD: To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! Dash away all! (She runs out to get TOTO, is trying to haul him back to playing area. Just as she gets near the Wizard he wisks away on the ‘sleigh’) DOROTHY: Come back! I want to go with you! WIZARD: (from off stage) Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night! Ho, ho, ho!

TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! DOROTHY: Why it’s Glinda, the Good Witch of the North Pole! TOTO: Ruff! Ruff! GLINDA: I have heard of your travels Dorothy. You want to go home to Kansas very badly. DOROTHY: Oh I do so want to go home. Can you tell me how? GLINDA: You have the power, Dorothy. You have had it with you all the time. DOROTHY: I have? GLINDA: It’s in your ruby slippers. Remember I told you they were magical? All you have to do is to click the heels together three times and say “There’s no place like home”. An in the blink of an eye, you will be home.

DOROTHY: Oh, Good Witch, I can’t thank you enough. (To others.) I guess it really Is goodbye this time. ICE PRINCESS: Be good, Dorothy. STUFFED LION: Stay strong. TIN SOLDIER: Go home for Christmas -- to the ones you love. DOROTHY: Here goes. (She closes her eyes, clicks her heels.) There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home… (it does, work… she does it three times… the last pair of shoes it works.. when she opens her eyes on the failed times, everyone on stage sheepishly wave and smile) (ICE PRINCESS, TIN SOLDIER and STUFFED LION exits slowly with Glinda waving. DOROTHY & TOTO Fall to the ground)

(Auntie & Uncle enter stage left)

AUNTIE EM: Dorothy! It’s Christmas morning! UNCLE HENRY: Wake up Dorothy! Santa came! (DOROTHY wakes yawning.) DOROTHY: Oh, Auntie Em! Uncle Henry! I had the strangest dream! AUNTIE EM: Look what Santa brought you! DOROTHY: Oh, he did come! So I didn’t miss it after all! UNCLE HENRY: Did you think Santa couldn’t find us through the blizzard? DOROTHY: No! No, I didn’t! I didn’t doubt him for a minute. AUNTIE EM: Come see what you got. (DOROTHY dives in and flips the tops off the boxes, looks inside them.) DOROTHY: A stuffed lion! (She opens another.) And a toy soldier! UNCLE HENRY: And look out the window, Dorothy. (ICE PRINCESS enters and strikes a jaunty pose.) DOROTHY: A ICE PRINCESS! AUNTIE EM: Your uncle made it for you this morning. DOROTHY: Oh, ICE PRINCESS! I didn’t leave you after all. You were right here with me all the time! (STUFFED LION steps out from behind ICE PRINCESS.) Oh, there’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. (Auntie Em and Uncle Henry push on another present)

Auntie EM: Don’t forget this present too! This morning I thought it was under the tree, but I must have been mistaking because we just found it in the kitchen.

GROUCHY GRUMBLE: (bursting out) I’M BACK!

(All freeze with a shocked look on their face!)

Fairies: (running out to the front) THE END!