It’s not too convoluted it’s not too confusing. They’re trying to figure out what is going on. “For the audience to come and see this version, it’s such an experience because it’s almost like the audience has a role. “This show is such an experience,” stage manager Julia Mitchell said. “It is very jarring for her to be there because it’s not immediate prevalent why she’s (in the hospital) in the first place.” “Dorothy actually uses the song to calm herself down and as a way to remind herself of home and other things she’s familiar with because she’s been tossed into an unknown world,” Torma said. OHS’ reinvention of the show will still include all the songs from the film, including “Somewhere over the Rainbow,” which Torma said Dorothy uses less as an expression of hope and daydreaming and more as a coping mechanism. With the backdrop of a psychiatric hospital, Dorothy’s friends – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion – are all fellow patients and each character has their own reason for being admitted. And that’s what really drives it home in the end – you get connected to these characters, it’s very easy to love these characters and that makes certain aspects of this (version) very difficult.” “And that includes the uncertainty she has about herself. “A big part of the reason why the show is scary is the uncertainty Dorothy has about what is going on,” Torma said.
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