The Wizard of Oz
July 6
August 25, 2019
CST's Courtyard Theater
by L. Frank Baum
with music & lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
directed by Brian Hill
choreographed by Kenny Ingram
Michael Joseph Mitchell
Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz, beginning August 21
MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: Duke/Lucio in Measure for Measure, The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, Sir Davison/Count Bellievre in Schiller’s Mary Stuart. CHICAGO: Spring Awakening (Porchlight Music Theatre); Will Shakespeare in Elizabeth Rex (Oak Park Festival Theatre); My Fair Lady (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Assassination Theater (Museum of Broadcast Communications); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theatre); The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Underneath the Lintel (City Lit Theater Company); Scrooge, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane Theatre). REGIONAL: Asolo Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, BoarsHead Theater, Colonial Theatre. FILM: Falsely Accused; Scrooge & Marley. TELEVISION: Chicago Fire (NBC). EDUCATION: Drake University; National Theater Institute; Théâtre des Amandiers, France.