The Wiz

The Wiz

Dec 9-14 | Cobb Great Hall

Program

  • KRISTIN CASKEY
  • MIKE ISAACSON
  • BRIAN ANTHONY MORELAND
  1. KANDI BURRUSS & TODD TUCKER
  2. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
  • ELIZABETH ARMSTONG
  • JAMES L. NEDERLANDER
  • HUDSONMANN
  • CODY LASSEN/MATTHEW D’ARRIGO
  • INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORKS
  • AMANDA DUBOIS/THE SEED GROUP
  • SPENCER ROSS/STEPHANIE COWAN
  • TERRY SCHNUCK/GABRIELLE PALITZ
  • GINA VERNACI
  • MARLENE & GARY COHEN
  • FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS
  • GABRIELLE GLORE
  • HAFFNER-WRIGHT THEATRICALS
  • HOUSE WOODS PRODUCTIONS
  • JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION
  • WILLETTE AND MANNY KLAUSNER
  • RUNYONLAND PRODUCTIONS
  • ERICA LYNN SCHWARTZ
  • THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION
  • THE ARACA GROUP
  • BLAKEMAN-ROBINSON ENTERTAINMENT
  • DKIM CALDWELL/MICKALENE THOMAS
  • DMQR PRODUCTIONS/JASON TURCHIN
  • EPIC THEATRICALS/KAREN P. JOHNSTON
  • JOEL GLASSMAN/WESTIN HICKS
  • JAMROCK PRODUCTIONS/SONYA HOUSTON PRODUCTIONS
  • SALLY JOHNSTON/ANN SCOTT
  • JUDITH MANOCHERIAN/THEATRE NERD PRODUCTIONS
  • JOSEPH ORTMEYER
  • with ATG Entertainment

PRESENT

THE WIZ

Adapted from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum

  • BOOK BY
    WILLIAM F. BROWN
  • MUSIC & LYRICS BY
    CHARLIE SMALLS

Additional Material for this production by
AMBER RUFFIN

Starring
DANA CIMONE

  • SHEHERAZADE
  • KYLA JADE
  1. ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS
  2. D. JEROME
  3. CAL MITCHELL
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA
  • SAI ANTHONY
  • JOSEPH ARMON BOYD
  • ALIYAH CALDWELL
  • ROBERT CRENSHAW
  • LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE
  • CYNIAH ELISE
  • AMITRIA FANAE’
  • KAIYLA GROSS
  • GREGORY HAMILTON
  • NADJA IMARA HAYES
  • MAYA IMANI
  • JESSE JONES
  • MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS
  • MORIAH PERRY
  • LEON RAY
  • KHI’SHAWN A’QUEZ ROBINSON
  • JONATHAN McCLINTON SMITH
  • EPHRAIM TAKYI LYN WEBBER
  • KAMEREN WHIGHAM
  • MIKAYLA WHITE
  • CHANSE WILLIAMS

and
ALAN MINGO JR. as “THE WIZ”

  • SCENIC DESIGN
    HANNAH BEACHLER
  • COSTUME DESIGN
    SHAREN DAVIS
  • LIGHTING DESIGN
    RYAN J. O’GARA
  • SOUND DESIGN
    JON WESTON
  • VIDEO & PROJECTION DESIGN
    DANIEL BRODIE
  • HAIR & WIG DESIGN
    CHARLES G. LAPOINTE
  • MAKEUP DESIGN
    KIRK CAMBRIDGE
    DEL-PESCHE
  • ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
    EMILY MADIGAN
  • CASTING
    THE TRC COMPANY
    OLIVIA PAIGE WEST, CSA
    XAVIER RUBIANO, CSA
  • ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATIONS
    HAROLD WHEELER
  • MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS
    JOSEPH JOUBERT
    ALLEN RENÉ LOUIS
  • VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
    ALLEN RENÉ LOUIS
  • DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENT
    ADAM BLACKSTONE
    TERENCE VAUGHN
  • MUSIC COORDINATOR
    MICHAEL AARONS
  • MUSIC DIRECTOR
    VICTOR SIMONSON
  • TOUR MARKETING
    & PUBLICITY DIRECTION
    BOND THEATRICAL
  • TOUR BOOKING AGENCY
    THE BOOKING GROUP
  • SPONSORSHIP
    B SCENE
    BIRCH, DOMAIN
    HAMLIN & VERNACI
  • GENERAL MANAGEMENT
    GENTRY & ASSOCIATES
    GREGORY VANDER PLOEG
  • COMPANY MANAGER
    FRANK DEMING II
  • PRODUCTION STAGE
    MANAGER
    RL CAMPBELL
  • PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
    NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
    ALEX WILLIAMS
    HECTOR GUIVAS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
MIMI INTAGLIATA

MUSIC SUPERVISOR & ORCHESTRATIONS
JOSEPH JOUBERT

CHOREOGRAPHER

JAQUEL KNIGHT

DIRECTOR

SCHELE WILLIAMS

Musical Numbers

ACT I

  • “Overture”
  • Orchestra
  • “Soon As I Get Home (Preprise)”
  • Dorothy
  • “The Feeling We Once Had”
  • Aunt Em, Dorothy
  • “He’s The Wiz”
  • Glinda, Townspeople
  • “Soon As I Get Home”
  • Dorothy
  • “You Can’t Win”
  • Scarecrow, Crows
  • “Ease On Down The Road #1”
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow
  • “Slide Some Oil To Me”
  • Tinman
  • “Ease On Down The Road #2”
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman
  • “Mean Ole Lion”
  • Lion
  • “Ease On Down The Road #3”
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion
  • “Be A Lion”
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion

ACT II

  • “The Emerald City”
  • Orchestra, Announcer, Ozians
  • “Meet The Wizard”
  • Wiz, Wiz’s Back-Up Singers, Ozians
  • “Meet The Wizard (Reprise)”
  • Wiz, Wiz’s Back-Up Singers, Ozians
  • “What Would I Do If I Could Feel”
  • Tinman, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion
  • “We’re Gonna Make It”
  • Scarecrow, Dorothy, Tinman, Lion
  • “Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News”
  • Evillene, Winkies
  • “Wonder, Wonder Why”
  • Dorothy
  • “Everybody Rejoice”
  • Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, & Company
  • “Y’all Got It”
  • Wiz, Ozians
  • “Believe In Yourself”
  • Glinda
  • “Home”
  • Dorothy

“The Emerald City” music by Timothy Graphenreed. “Everybody Rejoice” music and lyrics by Luther Vandross


THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.


The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Who’s Who in the Cast

Dana Cimone

Dana Cimone

Alan Mingo Jr.

Alan Mingo Jr.

Sheherazade

Sheherazade

Kyla Jade

Kyla Jade

Elijah Ahmad Lewis

Elijah Ahmad Lewis

D. Jerome

D. Jerome

Cal Mitchell

Cal Mitchell

Maati Kheprimeni Angaza

Maati Kheprimeni Angaza

Sai Anthony

Sai Anthony

Joseph Armon Boyd

Joseph Armon Boyd

Aliyah Caldwell

Aliyah Caldwell

Robert Crenshaw

Robert Crenshaw

Lawrence Dandridge

Lawrence Dandridge

Cyniah Elise

Cyniah Elise

Amitria Fanae’

Amitria Fanae’

Kaiyla Gross

Kaiyla Gross

Gregory Hamilton

Gregory Hamilton

Nadja Imara Hayes

Nadja Imara Hayes

Maya Imani

Maya Imani

Jesse Jones

Jesse Jones

Micah Jeremiah Mims

Micah Jeremiah Mims

Moriah Perry

Moriah Perry

Leon Ray

Leon Ray

Khi’Shawn A’Quez Robinson

Khi’Shawn A’Quez Robinson

Jonathan McClinton Smith

Jonathan McClinton Smith

Ephraim Takyi

Ephraim Takyi

Lyn Webber

Lyn Webber

Kameren Whigham

Kameren Whigham

Mikayla White

Mikayla White

Chanse Williams

Chanse Williams

(in order of appearance)

  • Dorothy
  • DANA CIMONE
  • Aunt Em
  • KYLA JADE
  • Tornado
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, GREGORY HAMILTON, MORIAH PERRY, KAMEREN WHIGHAM, CHANSE WILLIAMS
  • Townspeople
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, CYNIAH ELISE, GREGORY HAMILTON, MAYA IMANI, MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS, MORIAH PERRY, LEON RAY, LYN WEBBER, KAMEREN WHIGHAM, CHANSE WILLIAMS
  • Addaperle
  • AMITRIA FANAE’
  • Glinda
  • SHEHERAZADE
  • Yellow Brick Road
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, GREGORY HAMILTON, MAYA IMANI, MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS
  • Scarecrow
  • ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS
  • Crows
  • SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, MORIAH PERRY, KAMEREN WHIGHAM
  • Tinman
  • D. JEROME
  • Lion
  • CAL MITCHELL
  • Evillene
  • KYLA JADE
  • Lord High Underling
  • MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS
  • Poppies
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, CYNIAH ELISE, AMITRIA FANAE’, MAYA IMANI, MORIAH PERRY, LYN WEBBER, CHANSE WILLIAMS
  • Kalidahs
  • SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, GREGORY HAMILTON, LEON RAY, KAMEREN WHIGHAM
  • Ozians
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, CYNIAH ELISE, AMITRIA FANAE’, GREGORY HAMILTON, MAYA IMANI, MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS, MORIAH PERRY, LEON RAY, LYN WEBBER, KAMEREN WHIGHAM, CHANSE WILLIAMS
  • Announcer (Emerald City)
  • SAI ANTHONY
  • Gatekeeper 1
  • AMITRIA FANAE’
  • Gatekeeper 2
  • LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE
  • The Wiz
  • ALAN MINGO JR.
  • The Wiz’s Back-Up Singers
  • CYNIAH ELISE, LYN WEBBER
  • Duke Low Underling
  • CYNIAH ELISE
  • Guards
  • AMITRIA FANAE’, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE
  • Winkies
  • MAATI KHEPRIMENI ANGAZA, SAI ANTHONY, JOSEPH ARMON BOYD, GREGORY HAMILTON, MAYA IMANI, MORIAH PERRY, LEON RAY, LYN WEBBER, KAMEREN WHIGHAM, CHANSE WILLIAMS

SWINGS
ALIYAH CALDWELL, ROBERT CRENSHAW, KAIYLA GROSS, NADJA IMARA HAYES, JESSE JONES, KHI’SHAWN A’QUEZ ROBINSON, JONATHAN McCLINTON SMITH, EPHRAIM TAKYI, MIKAYLA WHITE

UNDERSTUDIES
Standbys and understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of appearance.
For Dorothy—CYNIAH ELISE, LYN WEBBER, MIKAYLA WHITE
For Scarecrow—SAI ANTHONY, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, LEON RAY
For Tinman—ROBERT CRENSHAW, EPHRAIM TAKYI
For Lion— MICAH JEREMIAH MIMS, LEON RAY
For The Wiz—LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, JESSE JONES
For Aunt Em/Evillene—AMITRIA FANAE’, KAIYLA GROSS
For Glinda—CYNIAH ELISE, KAIYLA GROSS
For Addaperle—KAIYLA GROSS, MAYA IMANI

DANCE CAPTAIN
JESSE JONES

ASSISANT DANCE CAPTAIN
ALIYAH CALDWELL

ORCHESTRA
Conductor/Keyboard 1: VICTOR SIMONSON
Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 2: BRANDON WADDLES
Bass: JONATHAN MICHEL
Drums: JOEL “JAY-RAY” ANDERSON
Guitar: CHRIS HANFORD II

LOCAL MUSICIANS Reeds—DONELL SNYDER, FRANK SILVA
Trumpet/Flugel—WALTER WHITE
Horn—DINAH BIANCHI
Trombone/Bass Trombone—GARY HELLICK
Percussion—STEVE WULFF
Music Coordinator: MICHAEL AARONS, M2 MUSIC
Associate Music Coordinator: ANJA WOOD
Music Preparation: RUSSELL BARTMUS, NATHAN SEROT
For 7th Avenue Music Service
Keyboard and Percussion Programmer: RANDY COHEN; SAM STAROBIN

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