With minimal set requirements and flexible ensemble casting, the plays of Don Zolidis are staples of middle school and high school theatre. Zolidis frequently parodies popular fairy tales and other stories. In Oz, he takes on The Wizard of Oz, the movie adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s story about a farm girl from Kansas whisked away by a tornado to the magical Land of Oz. The play was first performed at Watauga Middle School in 2010 and is still popular with middle school and high school theatres. It’s also been performed internationally, with productions in New Zealand, Singapore, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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