The Patchwork Girl Of Oz
(original Dance/multimedia work 1hour 7′)
An updated version of The Patchwork Girl of Oz is also in our present repertory. More information.
Sections Premiered 3/01 to 11/22/02, developed over a 2 1/2 year period, so different dancers premiered each act.
Direction, Choreography, Adaptation from the 1913 book by L. Frank Baum: Louise Reichlin
Costumes: Linda Borough
Tin Woodman Video: Shinji Murakoshi
Act 1 animation: Richard Wainess & his USC multimedia class
Act 2 video: Michael Masucci
Stage characters Created through improvisations: Reichlin & the Orig. Dancers
Official world premier complete work: Helena Presents/ Myrna Loy Center
Myrna Loy Theater, Helena, MN
Mandy Langen: Original Patchwork Girl
Yuki Tomino: Original Ogo
Jennifer Flanagan Original Glass Cat
Carlene Lai: Original Dorothy Gale & Crooked Magician
Shelby Williams: Original Dame Margolotte & Woozy
Allan McCormick Original Unc Nunkie
Karen Acosta Original Glinda I
Katina Childs Original Glinda 2
Steven Nielsen: Original Tin Man, Wizard, World Premier,
Janell Burgess: Act II Premier, Patchwork Girl
Adrienne Fisher Act II Premier, Ogo
Shaun Curtin: Act II Premier Glinnis
Brian Pelletier Act II Premier- Crooked Magician & Wizard
Tara Page: World Premier Patchwork Girl
Tina Tsunoda: World Premier, Ogo
Will-son Williams: World Premier Unc Nunckie, The Shaggy Man, The Champion Hip Hopper
Ellen Rosa: World Premier Dorothy Gale & The Glass Cat
Shannon Schwait: World Premier Dame Margolotte & Woozy
Elizabeth Brookman: World Premier Glinda
Sarah Sydney Jenkins World Premier Scarecrow
Natalie Pausch: CA Premier Dorothy Gale
Press Quotes
Gallery
Video
From showcase at Jazz at Lincoln Center
General excerpts
Current version at Mark Taper Auditorium