The Audience Is Front and Center at JOURNEY TO OZ at Symphony Space

The audience helps create Dorothy's adventure in this highly interactive production of a classic tale. Experiential Theater Company presents 'Journey to Oz'.

Inspired by L. Frank Baum's classic stories, this unique adaptation puts the audience front and center - literally - as the audience is invited on a journey to Oz with Dorothy. Everyone becomes part of the show in this interactive production, singing, dancing and sometimes even acting along with the cast. Kids and adults in the audience will help the scarecrow, the tin woodsman, the lion, and all the citizens of the Emerald City as they embark on this adventure.Whether it's joining together to whip up a cyclone, helping the Witch of the West put on her makeup, or volunteering to join the cast onstage to play one of the roles, this production reminds the audience that amid a world full of adventure, there is, indeed, no place like home.

L. Frank Baum and illustrator W. W. Denslow were influenced by the innovations of the late 19th century. Electricity, steam powered engines, and innovations like the moving picture captured the imaginations of writers and dreamers. Oz is a magical place of inspiration borne out of events like the 1892 Chicago World's Fair and the advent of traveling circuses. This play features images and theatricality of more than a century's past using the sights and sounds from Baum's books and his times.

Under the direction of Christopher Parks, the Experiential Theater Company is dedicated to creating quality immersive theater productions for young audiences and their families. Learn more about Experiential Theater Company on their website, and view a video preview on their YouTube channel.

The new year will bring family-friendly performances every weekend to the Upper West Side. Tickets are available now at SymphonySpace.org.