Miss Sebastian is estactic to have the wonderful opportunity to direct and choreograph The Wizard of Oz! She has been directing for nine years and choreographing for the past eleven years at Beardsley. Miss Sebastian cannot express enough how proud she is of the cast, crew, directors, and parent volunteers. Their dedication, passion, hard work, and positivity never cease to amaze her. She would also like to extend her sincere gratitude to every teacher, administrator, custodian, and volunteer who helped make this production such a memorable experience for the students. Your support and commitment made this possible. Miss Sebastian warmly invites you to enjoy the show.

Mrs. Kellerman loves working with the talented students and staff at Hannah Beardsley each year. Wizard of Oz has been especially fun and she’s grateful to everyone for their hard work. When she’s not doing musical things, Mrs. Kellerman is a voice teacher and voice actor; she spends her free time with her charming and witty husband, keeping up with her children (HBMS & CLC alums!), gardening, and spending time with friends. Her 6 year old bunny, Bailey, loves scratches and treats.

Miss Przybylski is thrilled to co-direct her first musical, The Wizard of Oz, while also serving as Stage Crew Director! She is grateful for the opportunity to work with such a talented and dedicated group of students and is incredibly proud of the creativity, teamwork, and hard work shown by the cast, crew, directors, and parent volunteers. She would also like to thank the teachers, custodial staff, administrators, and volunteers whose time and support helped make this production possible. We hope you enjoy the journey down the Yellow Brick Road!

Claire is thrilled to be the student director this year! This is her third year in musical at Hannah Beardsley! Claire has also been in several shows as part of the stage crew at CLC's Summer Theater Camp and in the cast of two shows at Hannah Beardsley. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, playing tennis, and soccer. Claire would like to thank the cast, crew, and directors for putting on such a fantastic performance!

Ella is proud to be here yet again for the third and final time at Hannah Beardsley Middle School. She started loving musicals in the 5th grade, staying back after school to watch her best friend practice. In 6th grade, she was part of the backstage crew for Elf, and in 7th grade, she was part of the backstage crew for Cinderella. In this final musical for the Wizard of Oz, she is one of the Backstage Managers. Without these musicals, Ella would not have such amazing friends and understanding of physical work. Ella would love to thank the people who have been on the stage with her.

Grace is really thrilled to be a part of Hannah Beardsley Wizard of Oz. This is her 3rd year doing backstage crew for Hannah Beardsley. She loves hanging out with people and enjoys going places. Thanks Miss Przybylski and directors for giving me this amazing opportunity for my last year at Hannah!!

Athena so excited to be apart of the Wizard of OZ. This is her 2nd year and she is hopeful it's a good one. Enjoy the Wizard of OZ and enjoy the show.

Haylie has been doing the back stage crew for 2 years now one in 6th and the other in 7th. She has particiapted City League basketball and has done 2 musicals. Haylie is very into back stage, the art work, and moving things.

This year it is Jack's 4 year doing school musicals. this is the 3rd one while attending Hannah Beardsley middle school. in past years he has done the spotlight props, sound board, and this year is props and curtain. Jack Looks forward to doing the musical in high school as well.

Jonathan is excited to be a part of the stage crew for the first time! He has done a musical in fifth grade, and has done a talent show in fifth grade as well so he knows how to do things under an audience. He also likes to collaborate and work with other people and friends. Lastly, he enjoys to perform in an audience; especially a crowd!

Jonny is looking forward to being a crew member for the Wizard of Oz musical at Hannah Beardsley Middle School. Jonny has acted in many musicals at the Raue theater and Immanuel Lutheran School throughout his childhood, including A Christmas Carol, Beauty and the Beast, and Frozen. He also worked closely with the backstage crew on costumes, props, music, and backdrops. Jonny enjoys taking piano lessons and played in a music recital through Encore Music Academy, he also likes to hang out with his friends and play video games.

Judi has been so into musical and has always tried to be apart of something, and this year is her first year in stage crew. She is really thrilled to be apart of this years musical at Hannah. This year she decided she really wanted to join stage crew. Although Judi really loves singing and dancing, shes has really bad stage fright. Next year if she overcomes her fear she will audition for cast. She is really thankful for everything and will try her hardest!

Karley is very exited to be apart of crew for this years production. This is her 1st year doing backstage crew and she was apart of the cast for last years musical. Karley has done musicals since fourth grade. she has been in Go fish the musical, Cinderella, and a few theater camps. She loves drawing, crafts, and dancing. Karley would like to thank the directors, the cast, and crew for putting on a wonderful show.

Lydia is excited to be a part of the musical. She has been a crew member for multiple shows as a stage crew member. She has been in stage crew since fourth grade. She enjoys math, playing her Alto Saxophone, and Spanish class. Lydia is so grateful to everyone who made this show possible, including the cast, crew, and directors.

Maryann is excited to be part of the stage crew for the Hannah Beardsley musical for the first time. She was on the stage crew for Seussical the Musical in fourth grade and in the cast of The Lion King in fifth grade. She likes drawing, coloring, building, and listening to music in her free time. Maryann would like to thank the cast, crew, and directors for helping put on a fantastic musical.

Mason has some experiance with modeling via small structures with legos and larger ones with wood and carboard. I know how to use carboard knifes and I've made many things out of carboard. I would like to get a job to make most of the props for the play such as the yellow brick road.

Matthew is very exited for his second year of stage crew at Hannah. He likes doing set building, painting and decorating. He wants to do very good this year to try and be stage manager next year, even though he missed the first meeting.

Rhiannon is happy to be a part of her second musical at Hannah Beardsley. Last year, she was behind the scenes in Cinderella. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, building Lego's, and art. She has always loved to look on the creative side of things! She thanks the cast, crew, and directors for this amazing performance.

Sam is really exited to make his first set for a musical in his school.Sam has a older sister that makes sets for P.R and sometimes Sam helps out, Sam also has a dad that does construction work and electrical work.Sam love eating pancakes and waffles and hanging out with friends.

Zoey is very excited to be in her first musical here at HBMS, Zoey has only acted in one other musical (The Little Mermaid). She enjoys hanging out with her friends, going to Starbucks, and being with her family. Zoey would like to thank the cast, crew, and directors (especially Miss. Prz) for putting on such a great performance.

Beth is excited to be part of crew for their last year of middle school. They have been in crew since 5th grade. Beth has been in crew of summer camp, Cinderella and now the wizard of oz.They enjoys hanging out with her friends, soccer, singing, and drinking Starbucks! Beth would like to thank the cast, crew, and directors for putting on such a great performance!

Ava is thrilled to be a part of her second musical here at Hannah Beardsley! She has been acting, singing, dancing, writing books and movies and editing videos since she was very little. Ava has a very creative and knows how to make a scene perfect should you need her suggestions. Ava is also a part of Beardsley Live's crew and writes, films, and edits them herself. She cannot wait to make more memories that she will remember far into the future.

Brayden has not yet been involved in a musical, but his older brother Aaron recommends it. Brayden is excited to be part of crew and looks forward to helping and making new friends. His interests are Transformers, cardboard related crafts, and painting. Brayden would like to thank his older brother for recommending this, as he is already enjoying it.

Dylan has been in one play. He did a play in 5th grade, and he also did this one in his other play, where he was a bear. He has never done a backstage before, and this will be his first time doing it, and he is excited for it.