Often touring with performances and workshops for families and children, Reichlin has packed houses in 7 states with her narrated work adapted from the book The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz. The work is a magical & modern-day fable that includes vivid costumes, interaction, music and multimedia sets. The Land of Oz comes to life with dazzle and spectacular dance.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz can also include 26 children from your community. Revised in 2016, Program C has a simplified cast & tech from the original + just 2 projectors.

The multi-ethnic cast performs ten fantastical dances, woven together with multimedia, music, and narration that help tell the story. Although the original book was written in 1913, its values, emphasizing cooperation, family, friendship, forgiveness, respect for all life and ultimately self-reliance, are still important more than 100 years later.

This show is perfect for parents and children to attend together. While younger viewers will be delighted by the magical world of Oz and Ojo’s adventures, adults will find sophisticated dance, music, and multimedia imagery most fulfilling. The Patchwork Girl of Oz also includes the possibility of 26 dance participants from your community as part of this interactive production.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz
(redesigned & re-edited shorter 50′ version)

An Interactive Dance Multimedia Theatre Piece

Direction, Choreography, Adaptation from the 1913 book by L. Frank Baum: Louise Reichlin

Costumes: Linda Borough

Traveling by Water Animation: Audri Phillips

Tin Woodman Video: Shinji Murakoshi

Act 1 animation: Richard Wainess & his USC multimedia class

Video editing: Andrew Zutta

Stage characters Created through improvisations by Reichlin & the Orig. Dancers

Premier: Children’s Theater Festival/ Super Saturday
Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC 28782
3/19/2016

6 Original Dancers & Narrator this version:

Coree McKee: The Patchwork Girl

Kirby Harrell: The Scarecrow, The Crooked Magician

Kistina Pressler: Dorothy Gale, The Glass Cat

Glenn Rodriquez: Ojo

Linnea Snyderman: Dame Margolotte, Glinda, Princess Ozma, Chief Hip Hopper

Tai White: Unc Nunkie, Shaggy Man, Sldier, Tin Man

Louise Reichlin: Narrator

Information about the original version of Patchwork Girl of Oz is in Past Repertory.

Press Quotes

"It's a credit to Louise Reichlin and Dancers that the artistic director-choreographer would have the courage to update a classic by the author of The Wizard of Oz and ... get away with it. Bonnets off to Reichlin, then, and her hard-working troupe on their take on the lesser-known L. Frank Baum story The Patchwork Girl of Oz …colorful costumes pleased and there was a certain naive quality that grabbed at the heart... a lot going on choreographically to sate a dance lover's appetite--sunny leaps and marching motifs prevailed… jubilant dancing." A two-part multimedia program performed Sunday at USC's Alfred Newman Recital Hall."

Los Angeles Times

"You touched the lives of 2,480 people from the Casper area with your excellence."

Presenter at Artcore- Arizona

"The choreography uses a wonderfully playful approach...along with sophisticated multimedia... the music a delightful surprise, lively, a bit exotic, and an excellent combination of Eastern and Western influences."

The Beverly Hills Outlook

"I was thrilled to present The Patchwork Girl of Oz at two of our performing arts centers in June! The show has such a broad appeal and has attracted local dance enthusiasts as well as families.

Matt McNally, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

Gallery

Video

From showcase at Jazz at Lincoln Center

General excerpts

Current version at Mark Taper Auditorium