With an eager cast and crew ready to get back on stage once again, the Glen Lake Community School elementary students are inching closer to next month’s much anticipated performance of “The Wizard of Oz” musical.
Seventy students ranging from first through fifth grades auditioned for the musical in December and are now members of the cast, while an additional 33 students in third through fifth grades have joined as part of the production crew. The over 100 students involved with the Wizard of Oz production this time around is reflective of the great interest Glen Lake kids have for the performing arts and the district’s musical theater program recently revived.
2023 was the first year back to producing an elementary musical after a 10-year hiatus, said Glen Lake teacher Sarah Shutler, who helped bring back the beloved program with a production of “The Jungle Book.” This year, the district has doubled in the number of students participating in the “The Wizard of Oz.”
