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[Scene 1]
ELPHABA: What?! What are you looking at? Oh, do I have something in my teeth? Okay, let's get this
over with. (to MUNCHKINS USR and USL) No, I'm not seasick. Yes, I've always been green. No, I didn't
chew grass as a child.
NESSAROSE: Elphaba!
ELPHABA: Oh, this is my younger sister, Nessarose.(Spins her in the wheelchair) As you can see, she is
a perfectly normal color.
NESSAROSE: Elphaba, stop making a spectacle of yourself! (Wheels away and DLC) Father is only
sending you here for one reason...
ELPHABA: Yes, I know, (stops chair with her foot) to look after you.
[NESSAROSE looks at her new jeweled shoes, while ELPHABA looks confused over some paperwork]
NESSAROSE: "As befits the future governor of Munchkinland." Elphaba, can you believe Father gave
me these shoes?
ELPHABA: Well, what could he have gotten me? I clash with everything!
NARRATOR 2: It was Elphaba's first day in school, and she was quite worried about where she would be
staying.
ELPHABA: (continues to fumble over her paperwork, looking confused and distraught) I know father
made arrangements for me! Why did you get a room and I didn't? Do you think he still blames me for the
way you came out when Mother had you? Does he even love me?
NESSAROSE: Of course he cares about you! He sent you here to Shiz, didn't he?
ELPHABA: Only to take care of you! Father is busy running all of Munchkinland! (sighs) Well, at least he
trusts me.
[Three MUNCHKIN TOTS enter USL, struggling to pull GLINDA and her suitcases DSL, while she sits on
top and looks glamorous, waving to fellow students and fanning herself. BOQ follows in awe]
ELPHABA: Excuse me! Excuuuse me! I think there's been a mistake with my paperwork! I don't have a
room! (to STUDENTS USR) Where is the principal?
NARRATOR 1 (as Principal’s Voice): I’m right here. Now Elphaba, it looks like your father did not make
room arrangements.
[GLINDA, still smiling and waving to fellow students, is oblivious to what is happening]
NARRATOR 1 (as Principal’s Voice): No matter. I'll ask someone if they are willing to dorm with you.
You! Yes, you! The blonde one!
GLINDA: (regains composure and smiles) I'm Galinda. It's my first day here!
NARRATOR 1 (as Principal’s Voice): Okay, Glinda. Thank you for being so nice to your fellow student.
I'm sure you two will make wonderful roommates. Now, off to your rooms!
[One TOT stop runs onstage and begins to wheel NESSAROSE offstage. ELPHABA reacts strongly]
ELPHABA: (angry) I NEED to be with my sister! (outstretches her arms) You will not take me away from
Nessa!!
[LIGHT CUE #____: Flicker and Black Light]
[SOUND CUE #____: “Magic Sound”] – Mr. Woo
[Stage lights flicker, and STUDENTS freeze in place and shake uncontrollably as if electrocuted.
ELPHABA moves to NESSAs chair, pushes the TOT away, and pulls chair back to DRC. Things return
back to normal, as ELPHABA looks scared and guilty at what she just did]
NARRATOR 1 (as Principal’s Voice): (Surprised) Wow! Did you just...? I have never seen a student do
that without any formal training! Did you ever consider a career in sorcery?
ELPHABA: Why...me? No! Gosh...
NARRATOR 1 (as Principal’s Voice): If you keep this up, you'll be meeting the Wizard soon! I'm going to
my office to put in a good word about you! He'll be impressed! Now, all of you, OFF TO YOUR ROOMS!
[All characters exit stage: STUDENTS, TOTS & NESSA UC, BOQ pull cart and GLINDA UL. ELPHABA
remains, center stage, facing audience]
[Scene 2]
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : Lights lower US and DS. Light on CS area only]
ELPHABA: (sings)
DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN?
HAVE I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD?
THIS WEIRD QUIRK I'VE TRIED TO SURPRESS OR HIDE
IS A TALENT THAT COULD
HELP ME MEET THE WIZARD
IF I MAKE GOOD
SO I'LL MAKE GOOD.
WHEN I MEET THE WIZARD,
ONCE I PROVE MY WORTH,
AND THEN I MEET THE WIZARD,
WHAT I'VE WAITED FOR SINCE
SINCE BIRTH!
AND WITH ALL HIS WIZARD WISDOM
BY MY LOOKS HE WON'T BE BLINDED
DO YOU THINK THE WIZARD IS DUMB?
OR LIKE MUNCHKINS SO SMALL-MINDED? NO!
HE'LL SAY TO ME "I SEE WHO YOU TRULY ARE,
A GIRL ON WHOM I CAN RELY"
AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL BEGIN,
THE WIZARD AND I
ONCE I'M WITH THE WIZARD,
MY WHOLE LIFE WILL CHANGE,
'CUZ ONCE YOU'RE WITH THE WIZARD
NO ONE THINKS YOU'RE STRANGE
NO FATHER IS NOT PROUD OF YOU,
NO SISTER ACTS ASHAMED,
AND ALL OF OZ HAS TO LOVE YOU
WHEN BY THE WIZARD YOU'RE ACCLAIMED
AND THIS GIFT OR THIS CURSE
THAT I HAVE INSIDE
MAYBE AT LAST I'LL KNOW WHY
WHEN WE ARE HAND IN HAND,
THE WIZARD AND I
AND ONE DAY HE'LL SAY TO ME, "ELPHABA,
A GIRL WHO IS SO SUPERIOR,
SHOULDN'T A GIRL WHO'S SO GOOD INSIDE
HAVE A MATCHING EXTERIOR?
AND SINCE FOLKS HERE TO AN ABSURD DEGREE
SEEM FIXATED ON YOUR VERDEGRIS
WOULD IT BE ALRIGHT BY YOU
IF I DE-GREEN-IFY YOU?"
AND OF COURSE THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME
"ALRIGHT! WHY NOT?" I'LL REPLY
OH, WHAT A PAIR WE'LL BE
THE WIZARD AND I
YES, WHAT A PAIR WE'LL BE
THE WIZARD AND...
UNLIMITED, MY FUTURE IS UNLIMITED
AND I'VE JUST HAD A VISION ALMOST LIKE A PROPHECY
I KNOW IT SOUNDS TRULY CRAZY
AND TRUE, THE VISION'S HAZY
BUT I SWEAR SOME DAY THERE'LL BE
A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ
THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH ME!
AND I'LL STAND THERE WITH THE WIZARD
FEELING THINGS I'VE NEVER FELT
AND THOUGH I'D NEVER SHOW IT
I'D BE SO HAPPY I COULD MELT!
AND SO IT WILL BE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
AND I'LL WANT NOTHING ELSE 'TILL I DIE
HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM!
WHEN PEOPLE SEE ME THEY WILL SCREAM
FOR HALF OF OZ'S FAVORITE TEAM:
THE WIZARD...
AND I !!!!
[ELPHABA Xs DR]
[Scene 3]
ELPHABA: Blonde.
BOTH:
LET'S JUST SAY...
I LOATHE IT ALL!
EVERY LITTLE TRAIT HOWEVER SMALL
MAKES MY VERY FLESH BEGIN TO CRAWL
WITH SIMPLE, UTTER LOATHING
THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARTION
IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION
IT'S SO PURE, SO STRONG!
THOUGH, I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST,
STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST!
AND I WILL BE LOATHING, LOATHING YOU
MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!
BOTH: YES...
All: AHHHH!!!
STUDENTS: : ............LOATHING!
BOTH: LOATHING!
ELPHABA: Boo!
ELPHABA: Hahahaha!
[Scene 4]
[BOQ meets GLINDA SL, closes in on her as he speaks. GLINDA backs away. STUDENTS move USL
and USR. FIYERO enters unnoticed]
BOQ: Uh, miss Galinda, I know I'm just a munchkin, (step) but munchkins have feelings too, (step) and
I've been trying to tell you mine, (step) for you. (step) But sometimes it seems like you don't even know
I'm there.
GALINDA: (She turns and sees FIYERO) Biq, do you know who that is? That's Fiyero Tiggular, tha Winkie
Prince whose reputation is so scandalacious!
[BOQ looks disgusted. FIYERO walks toward them. GALINDA swishes her hair. FIYERO, noticing her
strange behavior, does the same]
GALINDA: (To FIYERO.) Were you looking for something…(striking a pose) or someone?
BOQ: (Steps in between them, points off right) History building is way over there my friend...
FIYERO: Oh! Perfect timing! (peeking around BOQ) So, uh, what does one do for fun around here?
FIYERO: (puts his hand on BOQs shoulder) Well, I see that once again the responsibility to corrupt my
fellow students falls to me. (Puts arm around his shoulder and steers him SL) Fortunately, I'm up for the
task. (spins back to GLINDA leaving BOQ behind) So! What's the most swankified place in town?
[BOQ runs back and moves in between them, shoving FIYERO back a bit]
BOQ: Miss Galinda? I hope you'll save at least one dance for me. (step) I'll be waiting right there, (step)
right by your side… (step) waiting… (step) all night.
GALINDA: (Turns and sees NESSA) But, do you know what would be even kinder?
(she steps around to SR of him and talks in his ear)
See that tragically beautiful girl?
The one in the chair?
It seems so unfair,we should go on a spree and not she.
Gee, I know someone would be my hero, if that someone were to go and invite her!
BOQ: I would do anything for you, Miss Galinda. (Stumbles down the DSL stairs to NESSAROSE.)
Excuse me, Miss Nessarose? There's something I'd like to ask you...(pantomimes a conversation)
GALINDA: I don't know what you mean. (striking a pose) But I do happen to be free tonight, so...
[FIYERO and GALINDA turn upstage and exit through the USC doors. BOQ exits USL. ELPHABA enters
USR and Xs DSL. She speaks to NESSAROSE.]
ELPHABA: (gestures towards FIYERO and GALINDA) It's absurd! This silly, rich boy appears and
everyone's off to worship him and some cultish social gathering!
NESSAROSE: Even me! I'm going! Isn't it wonderful? Boq was too shy to ask me at first, but once Galinda
encouraged him...
NESSAROSE: (Xs CL toward her) Don't you dare say another word against her! I'm about to have the first
happy night of my life, all thanks to Galinda! Please, Elphaba, try to understand.
[She pulls a few items out of the boxes, tries the on, but doesn’t like them. Then she pulls the witch's hat
out of one of her hat boxes]
GALINDA: My granny is always giving me the most hideodeous hats. I'd give it away, but I don't hate
anyone that much. (She looks over at ELPHABA. Thinks) Or do I?
ELPHABA: Galinda, listen, Nessa and I were talking about you just now...
GALINDA: And I was just thinking about you! (Holds up the Hat.)I thought you might want to wear this hat
to the party tonight!
It’s really uh... sharp!
Don’t you think?
Y'know black is this year’s pink!
You deserve each other,
This hat and you,
You’re both so…smart!
You deserve each other, so here! (Hands her the Hat)
Oout of the goodness of my heart!
[GALINDA curtsies and runs off SR. ELPHABA laughs at the Hat. She exits SL.]
[The STUDENTS enter through UC doors, take places and dance. BOQ wheels NESSAROSE in through
doors and DSR, where they awkwardly hold hands. Then FIYERO and GALINDA enter thru doors and
XDSL. STUDENTS gasp, talk amongst themselves and wave at the “popular kids.”]
NESSAROSE: Oh my!
NESSAROSE: Yes?
NARRATOR 1: Boq didn’t have the nerve to tell Nessa that the real reason he invited her to the dance
was because Glinda had asked him to. He made up a lie and told Nessa that it was because he thought
she was beautiful. The dance went on and everyone enjoyed their time at the Oz Dust Ballroom. But,
someone was missing.
[SOUND CUE #____: NARRATOR 1 mic off]
[ELPHABA walks in, wearing the Hat. The STUDENTS gasp and make comments about the way she is
dressed, then start laughing.]
[ELPHABA takes off the Hat, noticing the comments. She waits, then puts it back on and begins to dance.
She is alone. There is no music.]
FIYERO: Well I'll say this, she doesn't give a twig about what anyone else thinks.
GALINDA: (ashamed) Of course she does, she just pretends not to... I feel awful...
GALINDA: Excuse me... (She walks over to ELPHABA and clears her throat.) May I cut in?
[GALINDA begins dancing just as horribly. The STUDENTS now accept it, and begin to dance again as
the music plays.]
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : Onstage Lights fade to 0 / Rear lights stay up, silhouetting dancers for a bit]
[Scene 5]
GALINDA: Oh look, it's tomorrow! Elphie... do you mind if I call you Elphie?
GALINDA: And you can call me... Galinda. So,Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my
new project!
POPULAR!
YOU'RE GONNA BE POPULAR
I'LL TEACH THE PROPER PLOYS
WHEN YOU TALK TO BOYS
LITTLE WAYS TO FLIRT AND FLOUNCE (SQUEALS)
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SHOES TO WEAR
HOW TO FIX YOUR HAIR
EVERYTHING THAT REALLY COUNTS TO BE POPULAR
I KNOW ABOUT POPULAR
AND WITH AN ASSIST FROM ME
TO BE WHO YOU'LL BE
INSTEAD OF DREARY WHO YOU WERE...WELL ARE...
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU
FROM BECOMING POPULER...LAR!
LA LA LA LA
WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU POPULAR!
WHEN I SEE DEPRESSING CREATURES
WITH UNPREPOSSESSING FEATURES,
I REMIND THEM ON THEIR OWN BEHALF
TO THINK OF
CELEBRATED HEADS OF STATE
OR ESPECIALLY GREAT COMMUNICATORS
DID THEY HAVE BRAINS OR KNOWLEDGE?
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!
THEY WERE POPULAR
PLEASE, IT'S ALL ABOUT POPULAR
IT'S NOT ABOUT APTITUDE
IT'S THE WAY YOU'RE VIEWED
SO IT'S VERY SHREWD TO BE
VERY VERY POPULAR
LIKE ME!
GALINDA: Oh Elphie, you mustn't think that way anymore! Your whole life is going to change... and all
because of me. Okay, stand... I will turn your frock into a beautiful ball gown! Stand up... (She picks up her
wand and waves it.) Ball gown!!! (Nothing happens, so she repeats.) Ball gown!!! (Still nothing happens.
She taps her wand.) Is this thing on?
[Scene 6]
NARRATOR 2: The next day, a scientist visited their class and brought with him a caged lion cub. He
injectsed the cub with a serum which was supposed to prevent the lion from ever speaking. Upset by the
idea of any animal losing the power of speech, Elphaba accidentally cast a spell which caused all the
students and professors to start moving uncontrollably. Elphaba and Fiyero grabbed the cage and ran to
the meadows where they set the lion cub free.
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : Crossfade: Rear Lights down / Stage Lights up]
[FIYERO and ELPHABA enter SR. ELPHABA waves at “cub leaving.” FIYERO admires her.]
NARRATOR 1: Now seeing a softer side of Elphaba, Fiyero began to fall in love with her. But, Elphaba
didn’t notice. She just thought that his awkward silence meant he wasn’t interested in her. Elphaba and
Galinda became the very best of friends and, as time passed, Elphaba was offered the rare chance to
meet the fantabulous Wizard of Oz. Her sister and her school friends all gathered to see her off on the
train to the Emerald City.
[OZIANS criss-cross stage. GALINDA and ELPHABA enter thru UC doors, arm in arm. BOQ wheels
NESSAROSE onstage behind them. They all XDC]
GALINDA: Remember, eye contact. And don't forget to tell him how wonderful he is, Wizards love that!
And be yourself... well... within reason.
NESSAROSE: Elphaba, I'm so proud of you and I know father would be too. We're all proud, aren't we?
NESSAROSE: Boq...
GALINDA: Nessa, maybe he's just not the right one... for you.
NESSAROSE: No, it's me that's not right. (she backs up) Elphaba, just go, I'll be fine. (wheels herself UC)
GALINDA: Let her go. She'll have to manage without you. We all will.
Elphaba: Please, you'll barely even notice I'm gone. Besides, you have Fiyero. (looks around) Where is
he, anyway? Not that I expected him to say goodbye to me. We barely know each other.
GALINDA: I don't know him either. He's distant, and moodified, and he's been thinking, which really
worrries me.
GALINDA: Oh, there he is! (on tiptoes, waves) Fiyero, over here dearest!
FIYERO: (He Hands ELPHABA Flowers.) Elphaba, I'm happy for you.
GALINDA: (pulling her away from him) Yes, we are both so happy...
FIYERO: About that Lion cub and... everything. I think about that day a lot.
ELPHABA: Really? So do I.
GALINDA: (stepping in-between them) Me too! It makes one want to... uh... take a stand. So I've been
thinking of... uh... changing my name.
GALINDA: Well, yes! Since people have their own way of pronouncing my name, in solidarity and to
express my outrage, I will henceforward be known no longer as Galinda, but as simply, Glinda.
FIYERO: Oh well, that's very admirable of you... Glinda. Elphaba, (tries to hug her, but GLINDA is in the
way, so he waves) good luck.
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : Crossfade: Upstage Lights down / Downstage Lights up]
ELPHABA: Galinda...
GLINDA: It's Glinda now. (upset, she crosses to DSL, sits on steps) Stupid idea, I don't even know what
made me say it. (she begins to cry)
ELPHABA: It doesn't matter what your name is, everyone loves you!
[ELPHABA hands her a hanky. GLINDA blows her nose in it loudly, hands it back toward ELPHABA.
Disgusted, ELPHABA pushes it back to her, pantomiming “keep it.”]
GLINDA: (Sobbing) I don't care! I want him. I don't even think he's perfect anymore and I still want him.
This must be what other people feel like. How do they bear it? (They hug.)
[Scene 7]
GLINDA: Where?
GLINDA: Palaces!
ELPHABA: Museums!
GLINDA: All the hustle and bustle! It's all so …Ozmopolitan! Elphie... Elphie?
ELPHABA: I want to remember this moment, always. Nobody's pointing, nobody's staring, for the first time
I'm somewhere that I belong.
ALL: DAY!!!
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : All lights down, except CS lights on GLINDA and ELPHABA]
[Scene 8]
WIZARD: I am Oz, the great and terrible! Who are you and why do you seek me?
[WIZARD walks up ramp, making shadow get smaller and smaller until he enters thru UC doors=
CHISTERY follows him, carrying a big Book, and Xs to UR]
WIZARD: I hope I didn't startle you, it's so hard to make out peoples' faces all the way back there. (Xs DC)
So, let's see... which witch is which? Elphaba! (grabs her hands.)
[GLINDA moves around to his other side. Taps him on the shoulder]
WIZARD: And you must be.
WIZARD: (ignoring her, turns back to ELPHABA) I’m not quite what you expected, hmmm? I have to put
on a show to give the people what they want. I hardly ever let people meet the real me, but this being a
special occasion…
WIZARD: Well, that's good. 'Cause that's what I love best: making people happy!
ELPHABA: I'm here... we're here to alert you that something bad is happening...
WIZARD: Please, I'm the Wizard of Oz. I already know why you've come.
WIZARD: And I have every intention of granting your request. Of course, you must prove yourself...
[He claps his hand to summon CHISTERY, who hops over to him, carrying the Book]
WIZARD: He looks so longingly at the birds every morning.... I was thinking, perhaps, a levitation spell...
GLINDA: (Noticing the Book In the WIZARD’S hands.) Is that…(in awe)… the Grimmerie?
WIZARD: Well it's a lost language. The lost language of spells. It's kind of a recipe book for change. Don't
be discouraged if you can't decipherate it, dearie.
ELPHABA: AH MAY AH TAY ATUM WIZARD: Since once I had my own day in the sky
ELPHABA: AH MAY AH TAH TAY MAY WIZARD: I know everyone deserves a chance to fly!
TU SE SAY TA!
[CHISTERY peels off his vest, revealing wings. and begins running around the stage.]
ELPHABA: What?!
WIZARD: You can't! Spells are irreversible! I knew you had the power, Ha!
WIZARD: Well, you benefit too! You benefit, too. And this is only the beginning! Look.
[We see the MONKEYS, now with wings, in shadows for a second, then they enter USR and USL, and
leap about, confused. They taunt and tease GALINDA, who rushes to the WIZARDS side for protection.
He shakes her off. The MONKEYS then run down into the crowd and tease them a bit]
[LIGHT CUE # _____ : Rear lights fade to 1/2]
ELPHABA: Spies?!
WIZARD: You're right, that's a harsh word... how about scouts? That's what they'll be really. They'll fly
around Oz! Reporting any subversive animal activity.
ELPHABA: You can't read this book at all! Can you? That's why you need enemies, and cages, and spies.
You have no real power.
WIZARD: Exactly…
[He claps, and waves MONKEYS off. They exit USR and USL]
WIZARD: …that's why I need you. Don't you see? The world is your oyster, now! You have so
many...opportunities. You both do.
ELPHABA: NO!
GLINDA: Elphie! I am so sorry, your Wizardship. I'll fetch her back! Elphie wait!
[He Xs UC, pulling a device from his coat. He hides behind doors, creating shadow and begins speaking,
again, with a powerful voice.]
WIZARD: There is a fugitive loose in the palace! (pointing OSL) Find her, capture her, and bring her to me!
NARRATOR 1: The Wizard sent his guards after Elphaba. Both Elphaba and Glinda ran together and
found a hiding place in the attic of the building. While hiding from the guards Glinda confronted her friend.
ELPHABA: Oh no! There are no more stairs! This might be the attic...
GLINDA: Elphaba, why couldn't you have stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle?
(sings, Xs DR)
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY HOW YOU'VE HURT YOUR CAUSE FOREVER
I HOPE YOU THINK YOU'RE CLEVER
NARRATOR 2: Citizens of Oz, there is an enemy that must be found and captured! Believe nothing she
says. She's evil. Responsible for the mutilation of our poor, innocent monkeys! Her green skin is but an
outward manifestation of her twisted nature! This distortion... this repulsion... this... Wicked Witch!
GLINDA: Elphie, just say you're sorry before it's too late.
(sings)
YOU CAN STILL BE WITH THE WIZARD
WHAT YOU'VE WORKED AND WAITED FOR
YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOU EVER WANTED...
ELPHABA: I know...
(sings, Xs DC)
BUT I DON'T WANT IT
NO, I CAN'T WANT IT
ANYMORE...
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN ME
SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME
I'M THROUGH WITH PLAYING BY THE RULES
OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME!
TOO LATE FOR SECOND GUESSING
TOO LATE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP
IT'S TIME TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS
CLOSE MY EYES...
AND LEAP
IT'S TIME TO TRY DEFYING GRAVITY
I THINK I'LL TRY DEFYING GRAVITY
AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN
GLINDA: (sings)
CAN'T I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE HAVING DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR?
ELPHABA:
(sings)
I'M THROUGH ACCEPTING LIMITS
'CUZ SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE SO
SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,
BUT 'TIL I TRY I'LL NEVER KNOW!
TOO LONG I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF
LOSING LOVE I GUESS I'D LOST
WELL IF THAT'S LOVE,
IT COMES AT MUCH TOO HIGH A COST!
I'D SOONER BE DEFYING GRAVITY
KISS ME GOODBYE I'M DEFYING GRAVITY
AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN!
[The GUARDS are in silhouette behind UC doors. They “pound” on the locked door.]
GLINDA: (As ELPHABA continues chanting.) What are you doing?! Stop it! That's what started all this in
the first place... that hideous levitation spell! STOP!!!
[ELPHABA stops chanting.]
GLINDA: Well... Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are...
GLINDA: What?
ELPHABA: Come with me... think of what we could do... together. Well, are you coming?
BOTH: (sing)
I REALLY HOPE YOU GET IT
AND YOU DON'T LIVE TO REGRET IT
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY IN THE END!
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY...
MY FRIEND...
GLINDA: What in Oz?! Let go of me! Do you hear me? Let go!
ELPHABA: It's not her. She has nothing to do with it. I'm the one you want. It's me. Hahahahaha. It's me!
Up here! It's me!
ELPHABA: (sings)
SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME,
LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY
AS SOMEONE TOLD ME LATELY,
EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!
AND IF I'M FLYING SOLO,
AT LEAST I'M FLYING FREE!
TO THOSE WHO GROUND ME,
TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME!
TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYING GRAVITY!!!
I'M FLYING HIGH DEFYING GRAVITY!!!
AND SOON I'LL MATCH THEM IN RENOWN
AND NOBODY
IN ALL OF OZ...
NO WIZARD THAT THERE IS OR WAS
IS EVER GONNA BRING
ME DOWN!!!
ELPHABA: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
OZIANS: DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Scene 10]
OZIAN 2: Like some terrible green blizzard throughout the land she flies,
defaming our poor wizard with her calumnies and lies. She lies!
NARRATOR 1: All of Oz thanked goodness for Glinda, and her handsome swain, the new captain of the
guard, Fiyero. He still had feelings for Elphaba and was not comfortable with people calling her the Wicked
Witch. He found it frustrating, and so he became Captain of the Guard so that he could find her.
NARRATOR 2: Fiyero had his mind set on finding Elphaba, while everyone else in Oz was busy
celebrating Fiyero and Glinda's engagement. The Wizard’s officials set out to let all of Oz know the story
of Glinda’s braverism! And this is how they told the story...
OZIAN 2: (sings)
THEN WITH A JEALOUS SQUEEE
THE WICKED WITCH BURST FROM CONCEALMENT
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN LURKING
SURREPTITIALLY!
OZIAN 1: I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA EYE THAT ALWAYS REMAINS AWAKE!
OZIAN 2: I HEAR THE SHE CAN SHED HER SKIN AS EASILY AS A SNAKE!
OZIAN 3: I HEAR SOME REBEL ANIMALS ARE GIVING HER FOOD AND SHELTER!
OZIAN 4: I HEAR HER SOUL IS SO UNCLEAN, PURE WATER CAN MELT HER!
FIYERO: Do you hear that?! Water will melt her? People are so empty-headed they'll believe anything!
FIYERO: I can't just stand here grinning, pretending to go along with all of this!
GLINDA: Do you think I like to hear them say those awful things about her? I hate it!
FIYERO: Then what are we doing here? Let's go. Let's get out of here!
GLINDA: We can't leave now; not when people are looking to us to raise their spirits.
FIYERO: You can't leave because you can't resist this. (Points to the OZIANS who are gossiping and
whispering) And that is the truth. (Pointing to GLINDA)
GLINDA: Fiyero, I miss her too, but we can't just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you.
But don't you see? She doesn't want to be found. We have to face it.
FIYERO: You're right. I'm sorry, you're right. And if it's going to make you happy, of course I'll marry you.
GLINDA: Fiyero! (Says loudly so that the OZIANS on stage think she asked him to leave) Thanks plenty
dearest! He's gone to fetch me a refreshment. He's so thoughtful that way!
[Scene 11]
BOQ: Yes, Madame. (He exits with his head down, in shame)
ELPHABA: (from inside the closet) Well, it seems the beautiful only get more beautiful, (NESSAROSE
screams) while the green just get greener.
[ELPHABA exits the closet while NESSAROSE looks scared and confused]
ELPHABA: I'm sorry. Did I scare you? I seem to have that effect on people. It's good to see you.
ELPHABA: Well, there's no place like home. (Beat) I never thought I'd myself say this but I need father's
help. I need him to stand with me.
ELPHABA: No, no it's not. Not if you ask him. You know he'll listen to you.
ELPHABA: What?
NESSAROSE: (Angry and sad) He's dead. I'm the governor...Well, what did you expect? After he learned
what you'd done, how you'd disgraced us, he died…of shame. Embarrassed to death.
ELPHABA: (Angry and turned away from NESSAROSE) Good, I'm glad. It's better that way.
ELPHABA: (Turns back and talks directly at NESSAROSE) No, it's true. (excited) Because now it's just us.
You can help me and together we can...
NESSAROSE: (Cutting her off ) Elphaba, SHUT UP! (Pointing) First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I'm an
un-elected official! And why should I help you? You fly around Oz, trying to rescue animals you've never
even met, and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!
ELPHABA: Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything! The power is mysterious. It's not like coddling up a
pair of...(A thought pops into her head) Wait (pulls the Grimmerie from her bag and starts flipping through
pages).
[Simultaneously]
ELPHABA: Mela ka nam ah.....ah tay tea ya.... NESSAROSE: What is that? Ah!
ELPHABA: Say ya tee ya....mela ka nam era..... NESSAROSE: My Shoes! It feels like....
[NESSAROSE lifts up her dress to reveal that her shoes have turned red. NESSAROSE stands up, but
falls. ELPHABA tries to help her up]
NESSAROSE: (She pulls away from ELPHABA) No, don't help me. (NESSAROSE stands on her own)
[NESSAROSE gets back in her chair and hides behind the closet]
ELPHABA: (Frightened) No! Nessa, listen nobody can know I'm here!
ELPHABA: Boq...
BOQ: (Pointing at ELPHABA) What are you doing here? You stay back!
ELPHABA: Boq, it's just me, I'm not going to hurt you!
BOQ: No! You're lying! That's all you ever do! You and your sister! She's as wicked as you are!
BOQ: I'm talking about my life – the little that's left of it. I'm not free to leave Munchkinland, none of us are.
(Points at NESSAROSE in anger) Ever since she took power, she's been stripping the Munchkins of our
rights...and we didn't have that many to begin with! And do you know why?
[NESSAROSE reveals herself in the chair]
NESSAROSE: To keep you here, with me. But none of that matters anymore. Look.
NESSAROSE: I know.
NESSAROSE: What?
BOQ: Uh Nessa, surely now I'll matter less to you and you won't mind me leaving here tonight...
NESSAROSE: Glinda?
BOQ: Yes Nessa, that's right! I've got to go appeal to her, express the way I feel for her. Oh, Nessa, I lost
my heart to Glinda from the moment I first say her. You know that.
NESSAROSE: (Angry) Did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?
NESSAROSE: You're going to lose your heart to me, I tell you! If I have to...I have to. (Grabs the
Grimmerie from ELPHABA) Magic spell you!
[Simultaneously]
ELPHABA: I can't! You can't reverse a spell once it's been cast!
[BOQ falls unconscious into NESSAROSE’S chair, ELPHABA pushes the chair behind the closet]
NESSAROSE: Elphaba, do something! This is all your fault! If you hadn't showed me that horrendible
book.
ELPHABA: I have to find another spell...it's the only thing that might work. (ELPHABA goes behind the
closet, begins chanting)
NESSAROSE: (Pleading) Save him, please! Just save him, my poor Boq, my sweet, my brave Boq. Don't
leave me 'til my sorry life has ceased...
[ELPHABA wheels the chair out with BOQ in it, not facing the audience.]
ELPHABA: It's all right. He won't need one now. I have to go. I have business to attend to in the Emerald
City. Nessa, I have done everything I could for you but it has never been enough and it never will be...
( ELPHABA exits)
[BOQ wakes up, holding his head in pain. NESSAROSE is facing away from him]
NESSAROSE: Nothing, Boq, you just fell asleep...and...(she turns to face him. BOQ sits up and reveals
he is made of tin. NESSAROSE screams)
NARRATOR 1: Elphaba returned to the Emerald City to confront the Wizard. She told the Wizard how
upset she was and how at one time she trusted the “Wonderful” Wizard of Oz. Of course, nobody believed
the Wizard more than Elphaba.
ELPHABA: There you are! I'm setting those monkeys free! And don't try to interfere, or call the guards...
WIZARD: I'm not calling anyone. The truth is I'm glad to see you again. It gets pretty lonely around here.
And I know you must get lonely too.
WIZARD: (circling behind her, and sweet talking her) Oh, but I do. I do know you. I can't explain it exactly.
You know what I mean? Elphaba, you've been so strong through all of this, aren't you tired of being the
strong one? Wouldn't you like someone to take care of you? Please, help me start again.
ELPHABA: Don't you think I wish I could? That I could go back to the time when I believed you really were
wonderful? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Nobody believed in you more than I did.
See, I never had a family of my own since I was always traveling, and I guess I just wanted to give the
citizens of Oz everything.
ELPHABA: So you lied to them?
WIZARD: Only verbally. Besides, they were the lies they wanted to hear. Elphaba, where I come from we
believe all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history!
(sings)
A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR
OR LIBERATOR
A RICH MAN'S A THIEF
OR PHILANTHROPIST
IS ONE A CRUSADER
OR RUTHLESS INVADER
IT'S ALL IN THE LABEL WHICH IS ABLE TO PERSIST
THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW AT EASE
WITH MORAL AMBIGUITIES
SO WE ACT AS THOUGH THEY DON'T EXIST...
THEY CALL ME WONDERFUL
SO I AM
INFACT, IT'S SO MUCH WHO I AM IT'S PART OF MY NAME!
AND WITH MY HELP YOU CAN BE THE SAME...
AT LONG, LONG LAST RECEIVE YOUR DUE
LONG OVERDUE
ELPHABA, THE MOST CELEBRATED
ARE THE REHABILITATED
THERE'LL SUCH A WHOOPDEE DOO!
A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ,
THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH YOU!
WONDERFUL, THEY'LL CALL YOU WONDERFUL!
(They Dance.)
WIZARD: Wonderful
WIZARD: Yes?
WIZARD: Done.
ELPHABA: Go! Fly! You're Free! Fly! Chistery, Chistery, you're free, isn't it wonderful?! Go, fly! (She
makes her way to another "Monkey" covered by a sheet.) Say something
WIZARD: Elphaba, we just couldn't keep letting the animals speak out...
ELPHABA: (Angrily to the WIZARD) No... We have nothing in common. I am nothing like you and I never
will be. I will fight you until the day I die!!!
[The WIZARD pulls out his Device and runs behind screen]
GUARDS: Halt!
FIYERO: (To WIZARD) Don't make a sound, your Ozness, unless you want all your guests to know the
truth about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (to ELPHABA) Elphaba, get out of here.
ELPHABA: Fiyero, you frightened me. I thought, I though you might have changed.
GLINDA: What's going on... Elphie? Oh, thank Oz you're alive! Only you shouldn't have come. If anyone
discoverates you ...
GLINDA: (Pleading to the WIZARD) Your Ozness, he means no disrespectation. Please understand! You
see, we all went to school together...
GLINDA: (Cutting them off) Fiyero, have you misplaced your mind? What are you doing?
GLINDA: What? What are you saying? You mean all this time... the two of you... behind my back...
WIZARD: (Offering the bottle to GLINDA) Here, have a swig of this, it dulls the pain.
DOORMAN: (laughing.) Oh, is it true? Your betrothed has taken her into custody?
WIZARD: Quite the contrary. And considering how well she eluded us last time...
DOORMAN: Well, we'll just flush her out and force her to show herself.
GLINDA: Use her sister. Spread a rumor. Make her think her sister is in trouble and she will fly to her
side... and you'll have her.
GLINDA: (to WIZARD) Now, if your Ozness will excuse me I have a slight headache, I think I'll lie down.
DOORMAN: Yes, well...a rumor won't do it. Elphaba's too smart for that.
[Scene 13]
FIYERO: What?
FIYERO: Elphaba...
ELPHABA: Don't tell me that I am, you don't need to lie to me.
FIYERO: It's not lying! It's... uh... it's looking at things another way. Someday, you and Glinda will make up
and we'll all...
[As they speak, the MONKEYS pantomime a twister with a small house carried aloft]
ELPHABA: It doesn't make any sense... It's a house but it's... it's flying through the sky? I have to go to
Nessa!
FIYERO: Listen to me, listen! My family has a castle in Kiamo Ko. Now, no one is ever there except for the
sentries who watch over it. We've never lived there.
FIYERO: In the other castle... It's the perfect hiding place; tunnels, secret passageways. You'll be safe
there.
FIYERO: Elphaba, we are going to be together always. You can see houses flying through the sky, can't
you see that?
[They embrace and exit separately. As they leave, the MONKEYS continue to pantomime the twister with
the small house carried aloft until it crashes to the ground]
[SCENE 1]
NARRATOR 1: Fiyero had rescued Elphaba from the Wizards guards, and run off into the wilderness with
her, breaking Galinda’s, er Glinda’s heart in the process. After finally learning of his love for her, Elphaba
thought they might finally be free to lie and love together.
NARRATOR 2: But suddenly, Elphaba heard her sister screaming in pain and when she looked up, she
saw a house flying through the sky. Knowing there would be trouble, she left Fiyero in the woods
promising to find him later, and set out in search of her sister. Meanwhile, a young girl from Kansas was
about to find herself in the middle of the whole mess!
[The farm house is now a 2D flat with feet and slippers protruding from beneath. From “inside” we hear
DOROTHY’S voice]
[DOROTHY steps “out” through the door, with TOTO in her basket. Looks around and speak]
(sings)
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.
[DOROTHY gets lost in her song, the MUNCHKINS and GLINDA encircle the stage, listening]
[DOROTHY looks around, confused by it all. She sees GLINDA. – then reacts]
GLINDA: Well, I'm a little muddled. 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 that (gestures at
the feet under the farmhouse) is 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?
DOROTHY: Oh, but I've already told you, I'm not a witch at all -- witches are old and ugly.
GLINDA: The Munchkins. They're laughing because I am a witch. I'm Glinda, the Witch of the North.
DOROTHY: You are! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I've never heard of a beautiful witch before.
GLINDA: Only Wicked witches are ugly. The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the
Wicked Witch of the East.
GLINDA: The little people who live in this land -- it's Munchkinland, and you are their national hero, my
dear. (calling out to the hidden MUNCHKINS) It's all right -- you may all come out and thank her. It's all
right now - you may all come out.
GLINDA (sings)
Come out, come out, wherever you are
And meet the young lady who fell from a star.
She fell from the sky, she fell very far.
And Kansas she says is the name of the star.
MUNCHKINS (sing)
Kansas she says is the name of the star.
GLINDA (sings)
She brings you good news. Or haven't you heard?
When she fell out of Kansas, a miracle occurred.
Let the joyous news be spread
The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
MUNCHKINS (sing)
Ding Dong! The Witch is dead.
Which old Witch?
The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up, you sleepy head.
Rub your eyes
Get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead!
She's gone where the Goblins go
Below...Below...Below
Yo -- ho, let's open up and sing
And ring the bells out.
Ding Dong! The merry-oh!
Sing it high
Sing it low
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!
[THREE TOUGH KIDS hand Lollypop to DOROTHY, then move back to other MUNCHKINS]
MUNCHKINS (sing)
We welcome you to Munchkinland
Tra la la la la la
Tra la la tra la la
Tra la la la la la la
[The WICKED WITCH of the West (ELPHABA) appears. As she moves to farm house, MUNCHKINS
scream and cower. She looks at Witch of the East's feet protruding from under the farm house.]
DOROTHY: (holds TOTO, frightened, whispers to GLINDA) I thought you said she was dead.
GLINDA: That was her sister -- the Wicked Witch of the East. This is the Wicked Witch of the West. And
she's worse than the other one ever was.
[The WITCH turns away from the farm house -- and roars at GLINDA and DOROTHY]
ELPHABA: Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East? Was it you? Answer me!
GLINDA: Leave her alone!
ELPHABA: You stay out of this! I'm here for vengeance! So it was you, was it? You killed her didn't you?
DOROTHY: No -- No! It was an accident! I didn't mean to kill anybody! Really I didn't!
[GLINDA nods at the MUNCHKINS, who run and steal the slippers off the WWOTE’s feet]
ELPHABA: Didn't mean it, eh? Accident, eh? Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too
-- and this is how I do it!
[She turns to pull the slippers off her sister’s feet. But the MUNCHKINS are already putting them on
DOROTHY’s feet]
ELPHABA: They're gone! The ruby slippers! What have you done with them? Give them back to me, or
I'll ---
GLINDA: It's too late! There they are, (she points to DOROTHY’S feet) and there they'll stay!
DOROTHY: (reacts as she looks down – gasps - then looks up at GLINDA) Oh!
ELPHABA: Give me back my slippers! I'm the only one that knows how to use them. They're of no use to
you! Give them back to me! Give them back!
GLINDA: Keep tight inside of them -- their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want
them so badly!
ELPHABA: You stay out of this, Ga-linda, or I'll fix you as well!
GLINDA: (laughs) Oh, rubbish! You have no power here. Be gone, before somebody drops a house on
you, too.
ELPHABA: Very well -- I'll bide my time -- and as for you, my fine lady, it's true, I can't attend to you here
and now as I'd like, but just try to stay out of my way just try! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
(laughs)
[The WICKED WITCH backs away from DOROTHY and GLINDA. She laughs menacingly -- the
MUNCHKINS hug the ground with fear]
GLINDA: It's all right. You can all get up. Pooh! -- what a smell of sulphur! I'm afraid you've made rather
a bad enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you'll
sleep, my dear.
DOROTHY: Oh, I'd give anything to get out of Oz altogether -- but which is the way back to Kansas?
(looks at farmhouse) I can't go the way I came.
GLINDA: No -- that's true. The only person who might know would be the great and wonderful Wizard of
Oz himself!
GLINDA: Oh, very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Emerald City, and that's a long journey from
here. Did you bring your broomstick with you?
GLINDA: Well, then, you'll have to walk. The Munchkins will see you safely to the border of
Munchkinland. And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, or you will be at
the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West.
GLINDA: It's always best to start at the beginning -- and all you do is follow the Yellow Brick Road.
DOROTHY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow Brick Road?
(DOROTHY and the MUNCHKINS dance down the road as they sing)
[DOROTHY dances around behind the stage as the song ends. The Munchkins scatter as GLINDA
watches them leave]
[SCENE 2]
GLINDA: That's right, you just take that one road, the whole time. (Waves offstage.) Oh, I hope they don't
get lost. I'm so bad at giving directions. (She sees the house, picks up flowers and lays them in front of the
house.) Oh, Nessa.
[ELPHABA re-appears.]
ELPHABA: I wanted something to remember her by, and all that is left were those shoes, and now that
wretched little farm girl has walked off with them. So I'd appreciate some time, alone, to say goodbye to
my sister.
GLINDA: Elphie... you mustn't blame yourself. It's dreadful, it is, to have a house fall on you, but accidents
will happen.
GLINDA: Well... a regime change. Caused by a bizarre and unexpected twister of fate.
ELPHABA: No, of course you never! You're too busy telling everyone how wonderful everything is!
GLINDA: Be encouraging! And what exactly have you been doing besides riding around on that filthy, old
thing?
ELPHABA: Well, we can't all come and go by bubble. Who's invention was that, the Wizard's? Of course,
even if it wasn't I'm sure he'd still take credit for it.
GLINDA: Yes, well, a lot of us are taking things that don't belong to us, aren't we?
ELPHABA: Now wait just a clock tick! I know it may be difficult for that blissful, blonde brain of yours to
comprehend that someone like Fiyero could actually choose someone like me! But it's happened... it's
real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want, you can't change it!
He never belonged to you, he doesn't love you, and he never did! He loves me!
ELPHABA: Good, so do I.
[They both pull back into a fighting stance. GLINDA then twirls her wand skillfully and ELPHABA arms
herself with her broom. They circle, charge and clash weapons twice. On the third pass, they drop their
"weapons" and beat each other senselessly.]
ELPHABA: I can't believe you would sink this low! To use my sister's death as a trap to capture me?!
FIYERO: I said let her go! (He aims at GLINDA) Or explain to all Oz how the Wizard's guards watched
while Glinda the Good was slain.
GLINDA: Fiyero...
[ELPHABA hesitates.]
GLINDA: Do it!
GLINDA: Wait, what?! What are you doing? Stop it! In the name of goodness, stop! Don't you see? He
wasn't going to harm me, he just... he just... he loves her.
GUARD: Take him up to that field there! Put him up on one of those poles until he tells us where the witch
went.
GLINDA: No, don't hurt him! Please, don't hurt him! Fiyero!!!!
ELPHABA: Fiyero!!!!
(sings)
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
LET HIS FLESH NOT BE TORN LET HIS BLOOD LEAVE NO STAIN,
WILL THEY BEAT HIM, LET HIM FEEL NO PAIN...
LET HIS BONES NEVER BREAK AND HOWEVER THEY TRY TO DESTROY HIM,
LET HIM NEVER DIE, LET HIM NEVER DIE!
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA... ELEKA
AH! WHAT GOOD IS THIS CHANTING?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M READING
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TRICK I OUGHT TO TRY!
FIYERO WHERE ARE YOU?! ALREADY DEAD OR BLEEDING?
ONE MORE DISASTER I CAN ADD TO MY GENEROUS SUPPLY!
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
NO ACT OF CHARITY GOES UNRESENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
THAT'S MY NEW CREED
MY ROAD OF GOOD INTENTIONS
LED WHERE SUCH ROADS ALWAYS LEAD
NO GOOD DEED
GOES UNPUNISHED!
NESSA...
DOCTOR DILLAMOND...
FIYERO...
FIYERO!!!
ONE QUESTION HAUNTS AND HURTS
TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH TO MENTION
WAS I REALLY SEEKING GOOD
OR JUST SEEKING ATTENTION?
IS THAT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE WHEN LOOKED AT WITH AN ICE COLD EYE?
IF THAT'S ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE
MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON WHY
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
ALL HELPFUL URGES SHOULD BE CIRCUMVENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
SURE, I MEANT WELL, WELL LOOK AT WHAT WELL MEANT DID!
ALRIGHT, ENOUGH, SO BE IT!
SO BE IT THEN...
LET ALL OF OZ BE AGREED
I'M WICKED THROUGH AND THROUGH
SINCE I COULD NOT SUCCEED
FIYERO SAVING YOU
I PROMISE NO GOOD DEED WILL I ATTEMPT TO DO AGAIN
EVER AGAIN!
NO GOOD DEAD, WILL I DO AGAIN!!!!!!!!
[SCENE 3]
NARRATOR 1: So Dorothy was off to the Emerald City to meet the awesome, amazing, astounding
Wizard of Oz with Elphaba hot on her heels in pursuit of the ruby slippers. It was a long walk, and there
were many sights to see along the way. One of those happened to be a scarecrow alone in a vast
cornfield. Hey, he looks awfully familiar…
DOROTHY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow....? (Puzzled, she looks about.) Now which
way do we go?
SCARECROW: (points to left with his other arm) It's pleasant down that way, too.
DOROTHY: (to TOTO) That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?
SCARECROW: Of course, people do.... (crosses his arms and points in both directions)...go both ways!
DOROTHY: Are you doing that on purpose, or can't you make up your mind?
SCARECROW: That's the trouble. I can't make up my mind. I haven't got a brain -- only straw.
SCARECROW: I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?
SCARECROW: Oh, I'm not feeling at all well. You see, it's very tedious being stuck up here all day long
with a pole up your back.
DOROTHY: Oh, dear -- that must be terribly uncomfortable. Can't you get down?
SCARECROW: Down? No, you see, I'm -- Well, -- I'm – (gestures to pole behind him)
SCARECROW: Oh, that's very kind of you -- very kind. If you'll just bend the nail down in the back, maybe
I'll slip off and...
DOROTHY: Oh....
[DOROTHY turns the nail and the SCARECROW falls to the ground]
DOROTHY: Yes.
SCARECROW: Ohhhh –
DOROTHY: Ohh!
SCARECROW: Whhhooops! (Straw flies out of him as he tumbles on the floor) Ha-ha -- there goes some
of me again!
DOROTHY: Ohhh –
[DOROTHY screams as the SCARECROW whirls about and falls to the ground again]
SCARECROW: I didn't think so. (to DOROTHY) Boo! (no reaction) Oh, as a scarecrow, I'm a failure,
because I haven't got a brain.
DOROTHY: Well, what would you do with a brain if you had one?
[SCARECROW stumbles to his feet. DOROTHY rises, moves to him -- holds him up as he starts to fall]
(sings)
I could while away the hours,
Conferrin' with the flowers,
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
I'd unravel every riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain.
DOROTHY: (sings)
With the thoughts you'll be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain.
SCARECROW (sings)
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 some more.
[SCARECROW ends up in a heap on the road. DOROTHY rushes to him -- she picks up some of his
straw -- kneels by him and speaks as she helps him put back some of the straw]
DOROTHY: Wonderful! Why, if our Scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the crows'd be scared to
pieces!
DOROTHY: Mm-hmm.
DOROTHY: That's where I live. And I want to get back there so badly I'm going all the way to Emerald
City to get the Wizard of Oz to help me.
DOROTHY: Mm-hmm.
SCARECROW: Do you think if I went with you, this Wizard would give me some brains?
DOROTHY: I couldn't say. But even if he didn't, you'd be no worse off than you are now.
DOROTHY: But maybe you'd better not. I've got a witch mad at me, and you might get into trouble.
SCARECROW: Witch? Hmmph! I'm not afraid of a witch! I’ve met plenty of them. I'm not afraid of
anything --- except a lighted match.
SCARECROW: But I'd face a whole box full of them for the chance of getting some brains. Won't you
take me with you?
DOROTHY: To Oz?
SCARECROW: To Oz!
BOTH (sing)
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
(DOROTHY and SCARECROW head off down the road, and around behind the stage)
[SCENE 4]
NARRATOR 2: So, together with their new friend, Dorothy and Toto continued down the Yellow Brick
Road to the Emerald City to meet the magnanimous, munificent, miraculous Wizard of Oz. It was still a
very long walk, and there were still many more sights to see along the way. They came upon one of those
just outside an abandoned apple orchard…
[DOROTHY and SCARECROW come skipping around the stage on the YBR]
SCARECROW: What?
DOROTHY: Oil can? Oh -- oh, here it is! (picks up oil can) Where do you want to be oiled first?
[The TIN MAN tries to move mouth -- squeaks out a few sounds’
TIN MAN: Mm.....mm...mm...m...m...my, my, my, my goodness -- I can talk again! Oh -- oil my arms,
please – oil my elbows.
[DOROTHY starts to pull the axe arm of the TIN MAN down -- SCARECROW oils him]
DOROTHY: Oh...
[DOROTHY lowers the right arm of the TIN MAN so that it hangs naturally]
TIN MAN: Oh –
TIN MAN: No -- it feels wonderful. I've held that axe up for ages. Oh ---
DOROTHY: Oh, goodness! How did you ever get like this?
[As SCARECROW busies himself with the oil can -- the TIN MAN begins his story]
TIN MAN: Oh -- well, I was chopping that tree -- minding my own business -- when suddenly it started to
rain, and right in the middle of a chop, I...I rusted solid. And I've been that way ever since.
TIN MAN: My...my neck. My...my neck. Perfect? Oh -- bang on my chest if you think I'm perfect. Go
ahead -- bang on it!
[She does.]
DOROTHY: Oh --!
DOROTHY: Oh –
TIN MAN: All hollow. Oh --
[TIN MAN falls back as SCARECROW and DOROTHY enter to help him -- he
holds them off -- begins to sing]
[TIN MAN swings his axe, SCARECROW tries to get out of the way and falls over -- DOROTHY grabs the
TIN MAN’s hand --]
DOROTHY: Oh, dear -- That was wonderful! You know -- we were just wondering why you couldn't come
to Emerald City with us to ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart.
TIN MAN: Emerald City? Why, that's a long and dangerous journey. And it might rain on the way.
SCARECROW: But you've just been saying how much you want a heart.
TIN MAN: Well, suppose the Wizard wouldn't get me one when we got there?
DOROTHY: Oh, but he will! He must! We've come such a long way already.
ELPHABA: Why, you've just begun! Forgotten about me, eh? Well, I haven't forgotten about you! Helping
the little lady along, are you, my fine gentlemen? Well, stay away from her! (points at the SCARECROW)
Or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you!
ELPHABA: I'll use you for a bee-hive! (laughs) And as for you, my little Dorothy, I wish you luck with
the Wizard of Oz. And a happy journey back to Kansas!
SCARECROW: I'm not afraid of her. I'll see you get safely to the Wizard now, whether I get a brain or
not! Stuff a mattress with me! Hah!
TIN MAN: I'll see you reach the Wizard, whether I get a heart of not. Bee-hive -- bah! Let her try and
make a bee-hive out of me!
DOROTHY: It’s just that the Witch is so wicked. I don't think you two ought to come with me because
you'll get into trouble.
SCARECROW: Oh, you don't think we're going to let you face her alone, do you?
SCARECROW: To Oz?
[The THREE lock arms as they dance down the brick road and around behind the stage]
NARRATOR: So, together with their new friend, Dorothy, Toto and the Scarecrow continued down the
Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to meet the wondermous, splendiferous, magicalicious Wizard of
Oz. It was still a very, very long walk, and there were still many, many more sights to see along the way.
But first they had to travel through a deep, dark, and creepy forest….
[DOROTHY, SCARECROW and TIN MAN creep nervously down the YBR]
DOROTHY: I don't like this forest! It's -- it's deep, dark and creepy!
SCARECROW: Of course, I don't know, but I think it'll get darker before it gets lighter.
DOROTHY: Oh –
TIN MAN: Some -- but mostly lions, and tigers, and bears.
DOROTHY: Lions?
LION: Put 'em up! Put 'em up! Which one of you first? I'll fight you both together if you want! I'll fight you
with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. I'll fight you with my eyes closed. (to
TIN MAN) Oh --pulling an axe on me, eh? (to SCARECROW) Sneaking up on me, eh? (snarls)
LION: Oh, scared, huh? Afraid, huh? How long can you stay fresh in that can? (laughs) Come on -- get up
and fight, you shivering junk yard! (turns to SCARECROW) Put your hands up, you lop-sided bag of hay!
LION: (to TOTO) Well, I'll get you, anyway, Pee-Wee. (starts for Toto)
LION: (backs away – crying) What -- what did you do that for? I didn't bite him.
DOROTHY: No, but you tried to. It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking
on poor little dogs –
LION: Well, you didn't have to go and hit me, did you? Is my nose bleeding?
DOROTHY: Well, of course not. My goodness, what a fuss you're making. Well, naturally, when you go
around picking on things weaker than you are -- Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!
LION: You're right -- I am a coward. I haven't any courage at all. I even scare myself. Look at the circles
under my eyes. I haven't slept in weeks.
SCARECROW: Oh, that's too bad. Don't you think the Wizard could help him, too?
DOROTHY: I don't see why not. Why don't you come along with us? We're on our way to see the Wizard
now. (points at Tin Man) To get him a heart.
LION: Wouldn't you be ashamed to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion? I would.
LION: Gee, that's -- that's awfully nice of you. My life has been simply unbearable.
DOROTHY: Oh?
LION (sings)
Yeh, it's sad, believe me, Missy
When you're born to be a sissy,
Without the vim and verve.
But I could show my prowess --
Be a lion not a mou-ess --
If I only had the nerve
SCARECROW (sings)
I'd be clever as a gizzard --
DOROTHY (sings)
If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve.
SCARECROW (sings)
Then I'm sure to get a brain --
DOROTHY (sings)
A home --
LION (sings)
The nerve.
ALL (sing)
Oh, we're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz
If ever a Wiz there was....
If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was
The Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does!
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
[The FOUR dance around behind the stage. The WITCH enters from the other side, with her FLYING
MONKEYS following closely]
ELPHABA: A-hah! (laughs) So! You won't take warning, eh? All the worse for you, then. I'll take care of
you now instead of later! Hah! When I have those ruby slippers, my power will be the greatest in Oz!
Come my beauties, there’s wickedness to be done (laughs)
[SCENE 6]
NARRATOR: The brave band of travelers continued on for many miles, narrowly avoiding the Wicked
Witch’s grasp at every turn, until finally the shining towers of the Emerald City were in sight.
[The FOUR emerge from behind the stage, and see the Emerald City]
VOICES (sing)
You're out of the woods
You're out of the dark
You're out of the night
Step into the sun
Step into the light
Keep straight ahead for....
The most glorious place --
Of the earth or the sky
Hold onto your breath
Hold onto your heart
Hold onto your hope --
March up to the gate
And bid it open --- open --- open.
DOORMAN: It's on the door -- as plain as the nose on my face! It (looks at empty door) Oh --
[Doorman disappears -- re-enters --hangs sign on door -- then exits -- closing window]
DOORMAN: Well, that's more like it. Now, state your business!
DOORMAN: Ooooh! The Wizard? But nobody can see the Great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the Great Oz!
Even I've never seen him!
DOROTHY: Oh, please! Please sir. I've got to see the Wizard! The Good Witch of the North sent me!
DOORMAN: So she is! Well, bust my buttons! Why didn't you say that in the first place? That's a horse
of a different color! Come on in!
[The Gate opens, and the FOUR enter. They are surrounded by OZIANS “ooh” and “aah” at their
presence])
DOORMAN (sings)
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- ho -- ho --
And a couple of tra -- la -- las.
That's how we laugh the day away
In the Merry Old Land of Oz.
OZIAN #1 (sings)
Buzz -- buzz -- buzz --
Chirp -- Chirp -- Chirp --
And a couple of la – di - das --
That's how the crickets crick all day
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
OZIAN #2 (sings)
We get up at twelve....
And start to work at one
Take an hour for lunch....
OZIAN #3 (sings)
..And then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!
ALL (sing)
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- ho -- ho --
Ha -- ha -- ha -- ha --
That's how we laugh the day away
With a ho -- ho -- ho
Ha -- ha -- ha
In the Merry Old Land of …..
[MONKEYS enter carrying LETTER SIGNS. In the dark, the LETTERS light up]
DOROTHY: Oh –
SCARECROW: Well, we'd better hurry if we're going to see the Wizard!
GUARD: Here -- here -- here -- wait a minute! Wait a minute! Stop - stop - stop! It's all right!
Everything is all right! The Great and Powerful Oz has matters well in hand - I hope -- So you can all go
home. There's nothing to worry about. Go on home!
DOROTHY: If you please, sir. We want to see the Wizard right away -- all four of us.
GUARD: Orders are -- nobody can see the Great Oz! Not nobody -- not no how!
GUARD: Not nobody! Not no how! Now, pardon me. We've gotta change the guards.
[He turns his back, takes off his fake moustache, then turns back around again]
GUARD: The Witch's Dorothy? Well -- that makes a difference. Just wait here -- I'll announce you at
once.
[GUARD exits]
SCARECROW: Did you hear that? He'll announce us at once! I've as good as got my brain!
LION: In another hour, I'll be King of the Forest. Long Live the King!
[GUARD enters])
GUARD: Go on home! The Wizard says go away!
DOROTHY: (sadly)Oh –
DOROTHY: (beginning to cry) Oh -- and I was so happy! I thought I was on my way home!
TIN MAN: (starting to sob) Don't cry, Dorothy! We're going to get you to the Wizard.
GUARD: (sobbing) Oh, oh -- please don't cry any more. I'll get you into the Wizard somehow. Come on.
LION: Wait a minute, fellahs. I was just thinkin'. I really don't want to see the Wizard this much. I better
wait for you outside.
DOROTHY: Don't you know the Wizard's going to give you some courage?
ALL: C’mon!
[SCENE 7]
[The Four react with fear -- the others shove DOROTHY forward – she comes forward]
DOROTHY: If -- If you please, I - I am Dorothy, (looks back at the others) the small and meek. We've
come to ask you --
OZ'S VOICE: The Great and Powerful Oz knows why you have come. Step forward...Tin Man!
OZ'S VOICE: You dare to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of
caliginous junk!
TIN MAN: Ohhhh -- yes...yes, sir -- Y-Yes, your Honor. You see, a while back, we were walking down the
Yellow Brick Road, and –
OZ'S VOICE: You have the effrontery to ask for a brain? You billowing bale of bovine fodder!
SCARECROW: (trembling) Y-Yes -- Yes, Your Honor -- I mean, Your Excellency -- I -- I mean -- Your
Wizardry!
[The LION groans with fear as he comes slowly forward. He tries to speak -- faints and falls to the floor --
Dorothy and the others run forward to him]
DOROTHY: Oh -- Oh -- Oh!.(turns and speaks as she looks toward the VOICE) You ought to be ashamed
of yourself -- frightening him like that, when he came to you for help!
OZ'S VOICE: Silence! Whippersnapper! The beneficent Oz has every intention of granting your requests!
[DOROTHY helps the LION to his feet -- the FOUR of them listen as OZ speaks]
OZ'S VOICE: But first, you must prove yourselves worthy by performing a very small task. Bring me the
broomstick of the Witch of the West.
TIN MAN: B-B-B-B-B-But if we do that, we'll have to kill her to get it!
OZ'S VOICE: Bring me her broomstick, and I'll grant your requests.
[The LION jumps with fright. They all run from the room.]
[SCENE 8]
NARRATOR: And so, our fearless foursome found themselves back on the road again. This time,
unbelievably enough, running toward the Wicked Witch. Crazy, huh? But if they were ever to have their
hearts’ desire, they would first have to face their worst nightmare.
[As the NARRATOR continues, a single SPOTLIGHT comes up in the darkness. Our HEROES are
pantomiming walking in place]
So back down the Yellow Brick Road they went, taking a sharp left at the deep, dark and creepy forest,
then eventually leaving the path completely. Meanwhile, Evil Elphaba had plans all her own. Hold on folks,
this is gonna get spooky…
[OUR HEROES still walking in place, as now road signs move past them: They read “HAUNTED
FOREST”, “WITCH’S CASTLE 1 MILE”, “I'D TURN BACK IF I WERE YOU!”]
[The FLYING MONKEYS attack-- DOROTHY and group run around, trying to avoid their grasp. They grab
DOROTHY and drag her off. The others try to save her, but are stopped by the MONKEYS]
[LION runs to the center of a group of monkeys - he doubles his fists – growls]
LION: Why, I'll – (MONKEY hits him over the head with axe) Foul! Foul!
[The MONKEYS tear SCARECROW apart – throwing straw everywhere - SCARECROW yells]
[MONKEYS exit]
LION: (running to SCARECROW) They sure knocked the stuffings out of you, didn't they?
SCARECROW: Don't stand there talking! Help me! We've got to find Dorothy!
TIN MAN: Oh, poor Dorothy. We’ve got to get her away from that wicked witch!.
[SCENE 9]
[Witches Castle Room. WITCH looks at TOTO in basket -- DOROTHY in chair crying]
ELPHABA: What a nice little dog! And you, my dear. What an unexpected pleasure! It's so kind of you to
visit me in my loneliness.
DOROTHY: What are you going to do with my dog? Give him back to me!
ELPHABA: All in good time, my little pretty – all in good time.
DOROTHY: But the Good Witch of the North told me not to.
ELPHABA: Very well! (to MONKEYS) Throw that basket in the river and drown him!
DOROTHY: No! No -- no! Here -- you can have your old slippers -- but give me back Toto.
ELPHABA: (looks down at slippers) That's a good little girl. I knew you'd see reason.
ELPHABA: No! Fool, that I am! I should have remembered -- those slippers will never come off, as long
as you're …alive.
ELPHABA: What do you thing I'm going to do? But that's not what's worrying me -- it's how to do it.
These things must be done delicately...or you hurt the spell. You've been more trouble to me than
you're worth, one way or another but it'll soon be over now!
ELPHABA: Do you see that? That's how much longer you've got to be alive! And it isn't long, my pretty!
It isn't long! I can't wait forever to get those shoes!
[WITCH exits.]
SCARECROW: That's the castle of the Wicked Witch! Dorothy's in that awful place!
TIN MAN: Oh, I hate to think of her in there. We've got to get her out. (cries)
SCARECROW: Don't cry now. We haven't got the oil-can with us and you've been squeaking enough as
it is. I've got a plan how to get in there.
LION: All right, I'll go in there for Dorothy -- Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch – guards or no guards -- I'll
tear 'em apart. (growls) I may not come out alive, but I'm going in there. There's only one thing I want
you fellows to do.
[BLACKOUT]
[SCENE 10]
ELPHABA: Oh, for Oz's sake, stop crying!!! I can't listen to it anymore! Oh, you want to see your precious
Kansas again?! Then get those shoes off your feet!!! Little brat... takes a dead woman's shoes; must have
been raised in a barn! (She Sees GLINDA.) Go away.
ELPHABA: Go away!
GLINDA: Let the little girl go, and that poor little dog... Dodo. I know you don't want to hear this, but
someone has to say it... You are out of control! I mean, come on! They're just shoes, let it go! Elphaba,
you can't go on like this.
ELPHABA: I can do anything I want. I am the Wicked Witch of the West! (A MONKEY Brings her a letter.)
At last! What took you so long? (She reads it.) What's this? Why are you bothering me with this? (She
reads on.)
GLINDA: What is it? What's wrong? It's Fiyero, isn't it? Is he...
GLINDA: Oh no!
ELPHABA: You can't be found here! You must go. (Refers to a corner)
GLINDA: No.
ELPHABA: I do! Promise me, promise me, you won't try to clear my name... promise.
ELPHABA: (sings)
I'M LIMITED
JUST LOOK AT ME, I'M LIMITED
AND JUST LOOK AT YOU, YOU CAN DO ALL I COULDN'T DO, GLINDA
GLINDA: And I've had so many friends... but only one that mattered.
(sings)
I'VE HEARD IT SAID
THAT PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON
BRINGING SOMETHING WE MUST LEARN
AND WE ARE LED TO THOSE
WHO HELP US MOST TO GROW
IF WE LET THEM
AND WE HELP THEM IN RETURN
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE
BUT I KNOW I'M WHO I AM TODAY
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
LIKE A COMMIT PULLED FROM ORBIT,
AS IT PASSES A SUN
LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER
HALF WAY THROUGH THE WOOD
WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
BUT, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU...
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED
FOR GOOD...
ELPHABA: LIKE A SHIP BLOWN FROM ITS MOORING BY A WIND OFF THE SEA
GLINDA: WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
ELPHABA: You have to hide. No one can know you were here. Hide yourself!
[SCENE 11]
DOROTHY: Oh Toto! I’m so frightened. Is this the end? Will we ever see Kansas again?
SCARECROW: Wait! We'd better make sure. Dorothy, are you in there?
DOROTHY: Yes, it's me! She's locked me in! Oh, I knew you'd get here in time!
LION: Listen, fellows. It's her. We gotta get her out! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!
LION: Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!
LION: Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!
DOROTHY: Oh, hurry -- please hurry! The hour glass is almost empty!
DOROTHY: Oh my!
[They start to leave Suddenly, the WITCH appears with her MONKEYS. They surround them]]
DOROTHY: Oh!
ELPHABA: Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning! (laughs)
ELPHABA: Thought you'd be pretty foxy, didn't you? Well, I'm going to start in on you right here - one
after the other! And the last to go will see the first three go before her! And your mangy little dog, too!
[The WITCH hands her broom to Chistery, who gives her a torch]
SCARECROW: No -- No -- No -- No!
SCARECROW: Help! I'm burning! I'm burning! I'm burning! Help! Help! Help!
[DOROTHY picks up a bucket - throws water at SCARECROW -- some of it hits the WITCH)
ELPHABA: Ohhh -- you cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh -- what a world --
what a world!
(The FOUR watch the WITCH as she screams and sinks to the floor – fog comes up and obscures their
vision)
ELPHABA: Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness!?
Ohhh! Look out! Look out! I'm going. Ohhhh! Ohhhhhh....
[The WITCH “melts” in a cloud of “fog”, and after the fog clears only her cloak and hat remain on the floor.
ALL look down amazed.]
DOROTHY: I -- I didn't mean to kill her....really I didn't! It's...it's just that he was on fire!
DOROTHY: Oh -- thank you so much! Now we can go back to the Wizard and tell him the Wicked Witch
is dead!
ALL
(sing)
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Which old Witch?
The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up, you sleepy head.
Rub your eyes
Get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead!
She's gone where the Goblins go
Below...Below...Below
Yo -- ho, let's open up and sing
And ring the bells out.
Ding Dong! The merry-oh!
Sing it high
Sing it low
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!
[SCENE 12]
NARRATOR: With broomstick in hand, Dorothy and her friends returned to the Wizard, who kept his
promise and gave them all their hearts’ desire. The Scarecrow got his brain, the Tin Man his heart, and the
Lion his courage. And Dorothy finally found her way back to Kansas.
DOROTHY’s VOICE: There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home
NARRATOR: The corrupt Wizard was sent packing, But there was still one more thing that the Scarecrow
desired, more than anything else in the world.
[The SCARECROW (FIYERO) walks on stage. He bends down & knocks on the floor.]
FIYERO: It worked!
GLINDA: Fellow Ozians, friends, we have been through a frightening time. There will be other times and
other things that frighten us. But if you let me, I'd like to try to help. I'd like to try to be... Glinda the Good.
FIYERO: No.
FIYERO: What?
FIYERO: She can't know, not if we want to be safe. No one can ever know.
FIYERO: Come...
GLINDA: WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? BUT...