The 2003 Orleans County Youth Theatre Program will hold auditions for young persons entering fourth grade in the fall through college-age for the classic play The Wizard of Oz.

Interested youth are invited to attend open auditions on Thursday, June 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Medina High School Auditorium, Maple Ridge Road (Route 31A) in Medina. Everyone in attendance will be provided an opportunity to be involved in cast or crew, and there is no fee. Rehearsals are scheduled every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Monday, June 30 through the performance date of August 8. Orleans County Youth Theatre is for Orleans County children participants only.

The Orleans County Youth Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz is based on the perennial favorite and adapted for the youth theatre stage. Performances will take place Friday, August 8 at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. at Medina High School. Christopher Parada is directing the Orleans County Youth Theatre Program this year, which will be presented for the first time by Lake Plains Players with support from the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council.

The program is funded, in part, by the Curtis Foundation. For information, contact Christopher Parada at 716-735-6055 or GO ART! at 585-343-9313/info@goart.org. or visit www.goart.org.