'Wizard of Oz' to cast its spell at Hendricken this weekend

Posted 11/30/17

Get more information, including how to get tickets, on the first ever production of "The Wizard of Oz" at Bishop Hendricken's Harrop Theater.

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'Wizard of Oz' to cast its spell at Hendricken this weekend

ON STAGE AT HENDRICKEN With a cast and crew of about 100, the Bishop Hendricken Arts group will perform the Wizard of Oz starting tonight and running through Sunday. In the limelight here are Carlin Fournieras the Lion, Nicholas Bullock as the Tin Man, Emily Fielding as Dorothy and Sean Ryan as the Scarecrow.

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ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD: Dorothy, played by Emily Fielding, said in a break from rehearsal Tuesday that she’s more scared for the dog in the role of Toto than of her own performance.

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GOOD CONQUERS: Glinda played by Kate Fitzgerald lifts the spell cast by the Wicked Witch.

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NO HEART FOR IT: Nicholas Bullock, who plays the Tin Man, shows he really does have emotions.

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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:48 pm

The Bishop Hendricken Arts group will stage their rendition of “The Wizard of Oz” at the Harrop Theater this weekend for the first time in the school’s history.

Theater Director Richard Sylvia, in his eighth year as Director of Arts, has utilized a plentitude of resources to compile nearly 100 members of the cast and crew for the show. The cast includes 40 high school students as well as 20 students in grades three to five from St. Kevin, St. Peter and St. Rose of Lima Schols, who will be playing the munchkins in the production.

Emily Fielding will play Dorothy and Madeline Morin will play the Wicked Witch of the West, while Hendricken freshman Sean Ryan and seniors Nicholas Bullock, Carlin Fournier and Brendan Lawrence will portray the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Wizard of Oz, respectively. Kate Fitzgerald plays the role of Glinda, while Victoria LeBlanc will be Auntie Em and Dominic DaSilva counters her as Uncle Henry.

The stage managers for the show are both Hendricken students, with senior Tim Mattias as stage manager and sophomore Christopher Cox as assistant stage manager.

Sylvia brought in a professional, Josh Cristofferson, a technical director at Trinity Rep, to design the set for the show.

Currently, the Sunday show is completely sold out, but tickets for all shows can be purchased online, by phone between 9 and 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday or in person at the box office, located next to the theater, for two hours before each show.

The show will run five times total, at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights and at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.