The Wizard of Oz

This new version of L. Frank Baum’s “Great American Fairy Tale, ” recreates the characters illustrated by W. W. Denslow in a wide variety of puppet styles. Based on Baum’s first, best known, and best-loved of the classic Oz tales, rather than the 1939 MGM movie, the “wicked witch” is a minor character, dispatched easily with humor, and adventures never seen in the movie are brought to fore. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the production was awarded the coveted UNIMA Citation of Excellence at the 2009 Puppeteers of America National Festival.