(The yellow brick road.) (DOROTHY runs...

When Bad Things Happen to Good Actors

Dorothy Scarecrow Toto

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(The yellow brick road.)

(DOROTHY runs on, ahead of her dog TOTO.)

DOROTHY: C’mon, Toto! This way! …Toto—c’mon!

(TOTO is played by a person, preferably a large one. He/she runs on all fours. TOTO barks.)

DOROTHY: That’s right, Toto. We’re following the yellow brick road. All the way to Oz!

(They stop at a fork in the road. The SCARECROW is posted up on a stake, his arms outstretched. [He could be on a ladder or chair.] DOROTHY and TOTO don’t notice him.)

DOROTHY: A fork in the road. What do we do?

SCARECROW: You take it.

DOROTHY: (Pretending not to notice:) Hey, who said that!

(TOTO barks at the SCARECROW. There isn’t really much else on stage, so it’s painfully obvious that it is the SCARECROW talking.)

DOROTHY: Toto, it can’t be him. Scarecrows don’t talk.

SCARECROW: I do. I’m a

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