El Otro Oz
Apr 1 @ 1:00 pm– 2:00 pm
Queens Theatre
14 United Nations Avenue
Queens, NY
Suggested Ages: 7 to 14+
Click your heels together tres veces and take a transformative journey during a salsa, merengue, and Mexican folk-infused musical inspired by The Wizard of Oz. As her fifteenth birthday approaches, Dora, a contemporary Latine teenager, struggles with her family’s ideas about tradition and dreads her impending quinceañera. But, when Dora gets swept away to a strange new land, she learns how to celebrate her unique rhythm and embrace her cultural identity.
Presented by acclaimed local troupe TheaterWorksUSA.
Also at 3 pm.
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