Wizard of Oz Casting Lyrics / Lines 1/7/2016

Note:
Below are two suggested songs for casting. Students are not required to sing both songs.
Please pick one!

Girls:

“Somewhere Over The Rainbow”

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW WAY UP HIGH

THERE’S A LAND THAT I HEARD OF
ONCE IN A LULLABY
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW SKIES ARE BLUE
AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU DARE TO DREAM
REALLY DO COME TRUE
SOMEDAY I’LL WISH UPON A STAR
AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME
WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS
AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS
THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME

Boys OR Girls:

“If I Only Had a Brain”

I COULD WHILE AWAY THE HOURS, CONFERRING WITH THE FLOWERS
CONSULTING WITH THE RAIN
WITH THE THOUGHTS YOU’D BE THINKIN
YOU COULD BE ANOTHER LINCOLN
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
OH I COULD TELL YOU WHY THE OCEAN’S NEAR THE SHORE
I COULD THINK OF THINGS I NEVER THUNK BEFORE
AND THEN I’D SIT AND THINK SO MORE

Note:
These are the lines for casting. Please read through the lines and choose one you would like to read at
casting. After you read your line, the director may ask you to read a different one so make sure you are
familiar with all of them! (Girls can read 1-5. Boys can read 4-7)
Wizard of Oz Casting Lyrics / Lines 1/7/2016

1. DOROTHY
Oh Jeepers! My heart’s thumping so loud I can’t hardly breathe. Toto. Toto. No need to be scared
anymore. She ain’t followin’ us. I won’t let her touch you. Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn’t she? Oh
Toto. She must be the meanest old woman that ever was. Let’s go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.
They’ll take care of her.

2. GLINDA
I’m Glinda, the Witch of the North. The Munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a
house on the Wicked Witch of the East, and there’s the house, and here you are, and those legs are all
that’s left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so, what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a good
witch or a bad witch?

3. WICKED WITCH
Ah! So you wouldn’t take the warning would you? Shall I squash them out like the interfering bugs they
are, or shall I be witty and creative? A-hah! Something with poison in it, but attractive to the eye – and
soothing to the smell! Poppies! Poppies! Poppies! Poppies will put them to sleep, sleep now they’ll
sleep!

4. SCARECROW
Pardon me. That way is a very nice way. It’s pleasant down that way, too. Of course, people do go both
ways! Sorry if I’m confusing you, I haven’t got a brain, only straw. So I ain’t got a mind to make up! I’m
not even sure how I can talk, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t they?

5. TINMAN
Me…e…me….e…. M—m – my, my, my my goodness, I can talk again! Oh – oil my arms, please – oil
my elbows. Oh! That feels wonderful. I’ve held that axe up for ages. One day I was out cutting down
some trees when I got caught in a terrible rainstorm. Not too long after, I started to rust up. And I’ve been
here ever since.

6. LION
Hah! Put ‘em up! Put ‘em up! Which one of you first? I’ll fight you both together if you want. I’ll fight
ya’ with one paw tied behind my back! I’ll fight ya’ standin’ on one foot! I’ll fight ya’ with my eyes
closed! Oh, pullin’ an axe on me, eh? Sneakin’ up on me, eh? Why I oughta’.

7. THE WIZARD
I am Oz, the great and powerful. Who are you? Who are you? The Great and Powerful Oz knows why
you have come. Step forward Tin Man! You dare to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking,
clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk!