Wicked

NARRATOR: WHEN DORTHEY TRIUMPHED OVER THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST IN THE FAMOUS STORY THE WIZARD OF OZ, WE HEARD ONLY HER SIDE OF T HE STORY. BUT WHAT ABOUT HER ARCH-NEMESIS: THE MYSTERIOUS WITCH? HOW DID SHE BECOME SO WICKED? NARRATOR: WICKED IS THE STORY ABOUT A LAND WHERE ANIMALS TALK AND WHERE FRIENDS MAKE CHOICES THAT WILLL DETERMINE THEIR PATHS IN LIFE. OUR STORY BEGINS WITH THE ALLEGED MELTING OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST… OZIANS: (SUNG) good news! She’s dead! The witch of the west is dead! The wickedest witch there ever was! The enemy of all of us here in oz is dead! Good news! LURLINEMAS: (SPOKEN) look it’s Glinda! (GLINDA FLOATS IN ON A BUBBLE) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) it’s good to see me isn’t it? No need to respond to that, it was theoretical, fellow Ozians  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) Glinda, how exactly did we rid ourselves of the horrible witch? GLINDA: (SPOKEN) because there has been much rumor and speculation…innuendo, outuendo…let me set the record straight, according to the time dragon clock the melting occurred at the 13 th hour; a direct result of a bucket of water thrown by a female child. Yes the wicked witch of the west is dead!  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) She was wicked! I knew it the moment I saw her. LURLINEMAS: No you thought ARDUENNAS: Don’t contradict me LURLINEMAS: Fine! Well how do you know how wicked she was? GLINDA: (SPOKEN) That is a good good question; one that many people find most confusing. Are people born wicked or do they have wickedness cast upon them? After all, she had a childhood. (FREX AND MELENA ENTER) She had a father, who just so happened to be the governor of munchkin land… GLINDA: (SPOKEN) And of course, from the moment she was born she was well…different! FREX AND MIDWIFE: (SUNG) It’s a healthy little, perfect little…AHHH! MIDWIFE: (SPOKEN) How can it be? FREX: (SPOKEN) What does it mean? MIDWIFE: (SPOKEN) It’s atrocious! FREX: (SUNG) It’s obscene FREX AND MIDWIFE: (SUNG) Like a froggy, ferny cabbage, the baby is unnaturally GREEN! FREX: (SPOKEN) Take it away! Take it away! GLINDA: (SPOKEN) So you see, it couldn’t have been easy! (FREX, MIDWIFE AND MELENA EXIT) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) well, this has been fun! But as you can imagine I have much to attend to, with the Wizard’s unexpected departure. So if there are no further questions….  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) Glinda, is it true you were her friend? (OZIANS GASP)

GLINDA: It…It depends on what you call a friend…We did know each other; after all we all went to Shiz; the same school (SCENE BEGINS IN THE SHIZ’S MAIN HALL; STUDENTS ARE ON STAGE) STUDENTS: (SUNG) O, hallowed halls and vine draped walls the proudest site there is, when grey and seer our hair hath turned, we shall still revere the lessons learned in our days at dear old shiz. Our days at dear old shiz. GALINDA: (SUNG) OOOOOOOOOOLD  ALL: (SUNG) Dear old Shizzzzzz! (FREX WHEELS NESSAROSE ON STAGE, ELPHABA FOLLOWS. STUDENTS LOOK AT ELPHABA, AND REACT TO HER SKIN COLOR) BOQ: Wholly OZ! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) What?! What are you looking at? Oh, Do I have something in my teeth? Okay, let’s get this over with. No, I’m not seasick. Yes I’ve always been green and no I didn’t chew on grass as a child! FREX: (SPOKEN) Elphaba! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Oh, this is my younger sister, Nessarose…as you can see; she is a perfectly normal color! FREX: (SPOKEN) Elphaba, stop making a spectacle of yourself! I’m only sending you here for one reason! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Yes I know, to look after Nessarose... (FREX HOLDS OUT A BOX) LURLINEMAS: That’s the governor’s daughter?  ARDUENNAS: Can Can you believe they’re sisters? FREX: (SPOKEN) My precious girl: a parting gift! NESSAROSE: (SPOKEN) Now father... (FREX PULLS SILVER SHOES FROM THE BOX) Jeweled shoes! FREX: (SPOKEN) as benefits to the future governor of Munchkin land, Elphaba, take care of your sister. And try not to talk so much! (FREX KISSES NESSAROSE AND EXITS) NESSAROSE: (SPOKEN) Elphaba…

ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Well, what could he have gotten me? I clash with everything! (MADAME MORRIBLE ENTERS) MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Welcome, new students! I am Madame Morrible, Headmistress her at Shiz University. And whether  you’re here to study logic, literature, or lignifications, I know I speak for my fellow faculty members when I say we have nothing but the highest hopes for some of you! (SHE SEES NESSAROSE) You! You must be Miss Nessarose, the governor’s daughter. What a tragically beautiful face you have! SHE THEN NOTICES ELPHABA)...And you must be… ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) I’m the other daughter Elphaba. I’m beautifully tragic LURLINEMAS: No doubt about that… MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Yes, I’m sure you’re very bright. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Bright? She’s PHOSPHORESCENT.

BOQ: More like and asparagus if you ask me Glinda! But, I know you’re always right…You’re so smart ARDUENNAS: Snap out of it Boq! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Now, regarding room assignments... ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Madame Morrible, we’ve not received our dorms yet... MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Oh yes. Well the governor, made his concern for your sister’ well being quite clear. So, I thought it would be best if she share my private compartment where I can assist her as needed. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) But, Madame I’ve always looked after my sister   ARDUENNAS: Is my hair alright? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) As for you my dear Elphaba. I do not seem to have you on my list. Do not fret though, I am sure arrangements can be made. Who would like to share a room with the lovely Miss Elphaba? LURLINEMAS: Does mine? GALINDA: (SPOKEN TO STUDENTS) Yes, it looks fine. No need to check mine. I already know. BOQ: Of course you know. It’s always soLURLINEMAS: Looks like Boq’s a little love crazed this year…AGAIN GALINDA: Oh, how sweet. But can you blame him? You know I don’t even think Madame Morrible read my essay!  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) That’s so unfair! BOQ: (SPOKEN) You should say something… GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Should I?  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) Do it! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Now, which come on… Which of you ladies would be willing to volunteer to share a room with Elphaba? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Madame MorribleMADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Thank you dear! How very kind of you.

GALINDA: (SPOKEN) What? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Miss Elphaba, you may share with Miss Galinda. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Excuse me? MADAME MORRIBLE: Everyone to your d orms! (MADAME MORRIBLE GRABS NESSAROSE) ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) MADAME...LET HER GO!!! (NESSAROSE'S WHEELCHAIR IS TORN FROM MORRIBLE'S HANDS AND BEGINS T O WHEEL ITSELF BACK TO ELPHABA) MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) How did she do that?

GALINDA: (to Boq) Are you thinking what I’m thinking? BOQ: Really? GALINDA: What a freak!

BOQ: Will you go out with me?

GALINDA: What? BOQ: I er… I mean Will you sew-show about the dorms to me? NESSAROSE: (SPOKEN) ELPHABA! You promised things would be different! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) you mean this has happened before? ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) UH... Something comes over me. Something I can’t describe. I’ll try to control myself Madame. I’m sorry. MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) What? Never apologize for a talent! A talent is a gift! Have you ever considered a gift in sorcery? ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Sorcery? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) I shall tutor you myself and take no other students. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) WHAT! LURLINEMAS: Quick before she starts  ARDUENNAS: Come on BOQ! BOQ: Miss Galinda ARDUENNAS: BOQ!

THE WIZARD AND I

(SCENE CHANGES, BEDS AND BOOKS ON THE FLOOR. ONE SIDE IS PINK AND BRIGHT, THE OTHER LITTERED WITH CLOTHES AND BOOKS) LOATHING

(SCENE CHANGES: IN A CLASSROOM WITH A CHALKBOARD) DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Settle down have read your most recent essays. And I am amazed to repot the progress. Although, some of us still tend to favor form over content... (DR. DILLAMOND HANDS GALINDA HER PAPER) Miss Glinda GALINDA: (SPOKEN) It’s Galinda DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Excuse me, Glinda. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) I really don’t see what the problem is. Every other professor seems to be able to pronounce my name. LURLINEMAS: GA-linda?  ARDUENNAS: Shut up, Lurlinemas!

ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Maybe pronouncing your precious name isn’t the sole purpose of doctor Dillamond’s life. Maybe he’s not like every other professor. Maybe some of us are a little different. BOQ: (SPOKEN) …I er agree… LURLINEMAS:(SPOKEN) Boq! Do you like Galinda or not?!  ARDUENNNAS: When does this class end? ELPHABA: I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE INSTEAD OF TALKING, YOU COULD FOCUS. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT YOUR BRAIN WOULD BE CAPABLE OF EVEN THAT THOUGH...  ARDUENNAS: (GASPS) GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Oh! It seems the artichoke is steamed... (STUDENTS LAUGH) DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Class, class! Miss Elphaba has a point! As you know, I am the sole animal on the faculty. The token goat, as it was. But it wasn’t always this way. Oh, dear students, how I wish you could have seen it as it once was. Where you could walk down the halls and see and antelope explicating a sonnet, a snow leopard solving and equation, a wildebeest waxing philosophic. Don’t you see, my dear students, how our OZ is becoming less and less. Now who can tell me what sent these events into motion? ELPHABA: (RAISES HAND) (SPOKEN) From what I’ve read. It all started with the great drought.  ARDUENNAS: You don’t think I’m dumb do you? LURLINEMAS: Of course not honey…(To Boq, she makes pretends to gag) BOQ: Galinda is smarter than us all… DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) exactly, food grew scarce. People grew hungrier and angrier. And the question became “Whom can we blame?” Can anyone tell me what is meant by the term “scapegoat?”

Boq: SCAPEGOAT? (ELPHABA RAISES HER HAND)

DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Someone besides Miss Elphaba. Ah yes Miss Glinda...

GALINDA: (SPOKEN) It’s Galinda…With a GA. And I don’t understand why you can’t just teach us history instead of always harping on the past. DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Well, perhaps these question will enlighten you... (HE TURNS OVER TO THE CHALK BOARD AND ON IT IS WRITTEN: ANIMALS SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD) WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? I'M WAITING FOR AN ANSWER... VERY WELL, THAT WILL BE ALL FOR TODAY... YOU HEARD ME, CLASS DISMISSED!!! (ALL STUDENTS EXIT EXCEPT ELPHABA & NESSAROSE) NESSAROSE: GALINDA! WAIT- Elphaba… ELPHABA: Go on I’ll just be a moment DR. DILLAMOND: Is there something you’d like to ask me about Miss Elphaba? I don’t want to keep you from your friends… ELPHABA: That’s ok I don’t have any friends…

DR. DILLAMOND: Neither do I. But, a smart girl like you should have plenty. What about your lovely sister? ELPAHAB A: Nessa? Oh, I never thought about that. But I don’t think she considers me a friend. All my life she’s always resented me! I have to be there for her and I try my best, but I’m never good enough. She’s ashamed of me… (NESSAROSE WALKS IN AND HEARS THIS. SHE RUNS OUT CRYING) DR. DILLAMOND: There’s absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. You should go back to your dorm and get started on the essays I’ve assigned. If you ever need a friend…I’ll always be here. ELPHABA: Thank you Dr. Dillamond. And you shouldn’t let people bother you. I mean, I always do but you shouldn’t. (EXIT. GALINDA AND BOQ ENTER. BOQ CARRYING HER BOOKS) GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Oh my gosh! BIQ, DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? THAT'S FIYERO TIGGULAR; THE WINKIE PRINCE WHOSE REPUTATION IS SO SCANDALACIOUS! (BOQ LOOKS DISGUSTED AND FIYERO WALKS TOWARDS THEM. GALINDA SWISHES HER HAIR. FIYERO, NOTICING HER STRANGE BEHAVIOR, DOES THE SAME. GALINDA SPEAKS TO FIYERO-) Were you looking for something…or someone? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Uhh, yeah. History class. BOQ: (SPOKEN) The history building’s right over there, my friend. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Don’t be silly Biq, that class just ended. FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Oh! Perfect timing! So what does one do for fun around here? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Well…You know there is an Ozdust ballroom down the street. BOQ: (SPOKEN) WE'VE BEEN STUDYING! GALINDA: You’re so funny Biq BOQ: It’s BOQ. GALINDA: Oh, Bit we’ve got a ton of time until the test! I’m Galinda by the way… FIYERO: Well Galinda I’mBOQ: MR. FIYERO TIGGULAR! THE SCANDULOUS! (FIYERO LAUGHS) GALINDA: BIQ! BOQ: I’m sorry Galinda, I didn’t mean to upset youFIYERO: That’s ok. I guess I’ve earned that reputation. No matter, I’m proud of it… DANCING THROUGH LIFE

BOQ: I hope Miss Galinda…You’ll save at least on dance for me? GALINDA: Oh Biq, you’re terribly sweet… BOQ: It’s Bo-Nevermind

GALINDA: How very sweet of you, but er… (SUNG) SEE THAT TRAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL? THE ONE IN THE CHAIR, IT SEEMS SO UNFAIR! WE SHOULD GO ON A STROLL AND NOT HER! GEE I WISH SOMEONE WOULD BE MY HERO. IF THAT SOMEONE WERE TO GO AND ASK HER? BOQ: Hero? I guess I can do it! (BOQ MIMES ASKING NESSAROSE) (DANCING THROUGH LIFE CONTINUES) (SCENE CHANGES: IN A CLASSROOM) NESSAROSE: Hello Elphie ELPHABA: Oh, Hi ‘Nessa! I wasn’t expecting you… What’s wrong, do you need something? NESSAROSE: Oh no! I just wanted to see you and chat ELPHABA: CHAT?! NESSAROSE: Yes, the most amazing thing happened today! (SUNG) ONE NIGHT, JUST THIS ONE NIGHT, I’M ABOUT TO HAVE A FUN NIGHT WITH THIS MUNCHKIN BOY THAT ASKED ME OUT TONIGHT! ELPHABA: Nessie, you should really go back to your dorm. It’s late… NESSAROSE: (SUNG) WE DESERVE EACH OTHER... (SPOKEN) Don’t you see Elphaba? I owe it all to Galinda! ELPHABA: GALINDA? Miss Whoop-di-doo? She’s terribleNESSAROSE: HOW CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!? SHE’S WONDERFUL! AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT NO WONDER YOU’RE A...A FREAK! ELPHABA: NESSIE! LURLINEMAS: Hey, Nessarose! ARDUENNAS: Well, how rude! If she didn’t want to get a facial she could have just said so… SCENE CHANGE FIYERO: Galinda, you’re the funniest gal I’ve ever met… The prettiest too… MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) MISS UPLAND? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Madame Morrible! What are you doing here? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) I have something for you. (MADAME MORRIBLE HANDS GALINDA A SMALL WAND.GALINDA GASPS) GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Madame…A training wand! How can I ever express my gratitude? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Oh, don’t thank me! This was your roomate’s idea, not mine.  ARDUENNAS: (SPOKEN) WHAT? ELPHABA? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Miss Elphaba requested I include you in the sorcery lessons. She insisted I tell you tonight or she would drop out of the seminar.

LURLINEMAS: (SPOKEN) But…why? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) I have no idea. My personal opinion is that she does not have what it takes. I hope you’ll prove me wrong. I doubt it! LURLINEMAS: GALINDA YOU’RE SO AMAZING!  ARDUENNAS: We knew you’d get what you wanted! FIYERO: A training wand… wow GALINDA: Oh I’m so happy! LURLINEMAS: SO are we!

(MADAME MORRIBLE EXITS. FIYERO WALKS TO GALINDA) FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Good, let’s dance! (THY BEGIN TO DANCE. ELPHABA WALKS IN AND THEY STOP, AND GASP. EVERYONE STARTS LAUGHING) FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Who in OZ’S name is this? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) MY ROOMMATE... PLEASE, DON'T ... STARE! FIYERO: (SPOKEN) How can you help it?

(ELPHABA TAKES OFF THE HAT, PAUSES, THEN PUTS IT BACK ON AND BEGINS TO DANCE. SHE IS ALONE. THERE IS NO MUSIC) FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Well, I’ll say…She doesn’t give a twig about what anybody else thinks… LURLINEMAS: (SPOKEN) Of course she does, she just pretends she doesn’t! BOQ: MISS GALINDA, YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT! NESSAROSE: Boq? Where are you my darling? BOQ: COMING NESSA! GALINDA: (SPOKEN) OH I feel awful! LURLINEMAS: Oh, Galinda! You’re so good feeling sorry for such and outcast!  ARDUENNAS: SHUT UP! TAKE IT FROM ME GALINDA! YOU’RE SO SELFLESS! LURLINEMAS: HEY I JUST SAID THAT!  ARDUENNAS: NO YOU DIDN’T! LURLINEMAS: YOU’RE JUST JELOUS BECAUSE SHE LIKES ME BETTER...  ARDUENNAS: YOU? BETTER! DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH LURLINEMAS: I WOULDN’T WANT TO. THAT HORRIBLE NOSE OF YOURS IS ALL NASILLY!

 ARDUENNAS: WELL YOU’LL HAVE TO HEAR MY LAUGH AGAIN, AFTER I RIP YOUR HAIR OFF! GALINDA: Excuse me girls... (SHE WALKS OVER TO ELPHABA AND CLEARS HER THROAT) May I cut in? (GALINDA BEGINS DANCING JUST AS HORRIBLY. ELPHABA STARTS DANCING WITH GALINDA. THE STUDENTS JOIN IN AND THE MUSIC STARTS  AGAIN) (ELPHABA & GALINDA BARGE INTO THEIR SUITE...GALINDA IS IN HYSTERICS) GALINDA: (SPOKEN) YOUR VERY FIRST PARTY EVER?! YOUR VERY FIRST PARTY! OH I KNOW! LET'S TELL EACH OTHER SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE... I'LL GO FIRST: FIYERO AND I ARE GOING TO BE MARRIED (SHE SQUEALS). ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Really? He asked you already? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) No, he doesn’t know yet! And you can call me Galinda. I’ll call you Elphie! You’re going to be my next project! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Project? You really don’t have to do that! POPULAR

ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Hair flip, flip! (SEES FIYERO STARING) WHAT!? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Nothing, it’s just that you’ve been "GALINDA-FIED". (DR. DILLAMOND ENTERS THE CLASSROOM) DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Take your seats, class! I have something to say, and very little time to say it! This is my last day here at Shiz. I am no longer permitted to teach. I want to thank you for your sharing, enthusiasm, and essays, no matter how feebly structured. (MADAME MORRIBLE RUSHES IN) MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Doctor Dillamond! I’m so dreadfully sorry! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Madame, We’ve got to do something! DR. DILLAMOND: (SPOKEN) Miss Elphaba, they can take away my job, but I shall continue speaking out! (TWO MEN BEGIN TO DRAG DR. DILLAMOND OUT OF THE ROOM) THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU THE WHOLE STORY! REMEMBER THAT, CLASS! REMEMBER THAT. (DR. DILLAMOND IS DRAGGED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ROOM) (A TEACHER WALKS IN) PROFESSOR: Hello students. I’ll be filling in for Dr. Dillamond. For our first project, I’ve brought in a lion cub!  ARDUENNAS: HOW CUTE! LURLINEMAS: ITS ADORABLE!  ARDUENNAS: WE SHOULD NAME IT FURRY! BOQ: WILL YOU TWO PLEASE SHUT UP FOR ONE SECOND! NESSAROSE: Oh Boq, you’re so perfect… BOQ: I…listen Nessa… LURLINEMAS: Shouldn’t a cute little thing like that have a bigger cage? PROFESSOR: Oh no! It’s for his own good. They need to be taught confinement and respect. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) IF THIS IS FOR HIS OWN GOOD, THEN WHY IS HE TREMBLING?

PROFESSOR: (SPOKEN) He’s just excited to be here, that’s all. (HE HITS THE CAGE) Now as I was saying, one of the benefit of  caging a lion cub when it’s young is that it will never in fact learn to talkELPHABA: (SPOKEN) WHAT? THAT’S HORRIBLE! PROFESSOR: (SPOKEN) Now, he may seem a bit agitated, but that’s easily remedied. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) WHAT SHOULD I DO? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) What? What are you talking about? I’m not sure. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) WELL, SOMEBODY HAS TO... DO SOMETHING!!! (SPARKS BEGIN TO FLY EVERYWHERE. EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR FIYERO AND ELPHABA ARE TREMBLING UNCONTROLLABLY) FIYERO: (SPOKEN) WHAT'S HAPPENING?! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) I DON'T KNOW. I GOT MAD...AND-OH NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE? THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! FIYERO: MINE? IELPHABA: OH NO! FIYERO: (SPOKEN) ALL RIGHT! JUST DON'T MOVE…AND DON'T GET MAD AT ME (FIYERO GRABS THECAGED LION CUB AND RUNS OFFSTAGE. ELPHABA FOLLOWS. THEY RE-ENTER UNDER A BRIDGE) ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) CAREFUL! DON'T SHAKE HIM! FIYERO: (SPOKEN) I'M NOT! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) We can’t just let him loose somewhere. We have to find someplace…safe. FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Don’t you think I realize that? You must think I’m really stupid or something! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) NO, NOT

REALLY  STUPID.

FIYERO: (SPOKEN) WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, YOU'RE CAUSING SOME SORT OF COMMOTION?! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) I DON'T CAUSE COMMOTIONS. I AM ONE. FIYERO: (SPOKEN) THAT'S FOR SURE. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) OH! SO YOU THINK I SHOULD JUST KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT! IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) No! I’m justELPHABA: (SPOKEN) DO YOU THINK I WANT TO BE THIS WAY? DO YOU THINK I WANT TO CARE THIS MUCH? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EASIER MY LIFE WOULD BE IF I DIDN'T? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) DO YOU EVER LET ANYONE ELSE TALK? HANDS TOUCH ELPHABA: I...I’M NOT SURE... FIYERO: (SOFTLY) I…I’m sorry. I should…er...I...should get this cub to safety...

ELPHABA: Fiyero? FIYERO: Yes? ELPHABA: Thank you I’M NOT THAT GIRL

MADME MORRIBLE: Elphaba! There you are child! I have simply wonderful news! The Wizard has requested to meet you in the Emerald City! My dear, you’ve done it! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) MADAME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT T O SAY! HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU? (ELPHABA CLOSES THE UMBRELLA AND GIVES MADAME MORRIBLE A BIG HUG) MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Oh, careful dear, you mustn’t get wet. (MADAME MORRIBLE RE-OPENS THE UMBRELLA, AND THEN CLOSES IT AGAIN) OH, I KNOW! (MADAME MORRIBLE WAVES HER HAND, AND THE SUN COMES OUT) Didn’t I tell you? Weather is my specialty at OZ. Oh make me proud dearie! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) I Will! I’ll try! (MADAME MORRIBLE EXITS)(SUNG) AND THERE WE'LL FINALLY BE THE WIZARD AND I... ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Please! You’ll hardly know I’m gone! Besides, you’ll have Fiyero. Where is he anyway? I expected him to come say goodbye. Not that we know each other… LURLINEMAS: Oh, I care to differ…She seemed to realize you were here, when GALINDA ditched us last night for you!  ARDUENNAS: LEAVE HER ALONE YOU MUNCHKIN! ITS NOT HER FAULT SHE DOESN’T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOU! LURLINEMAS: Don’t mind her. She’s just angry because Professor Yackle failed her!  ARDUENNAS: Lurlinemas! No he didn’t! GALINDA: (SPOKEN) GIRLS, REALLY! Speaking of Fieyero though I don’t know him either these days. He’s distant. And moodified… and he’s been thinking. Which worries me a lot. I didn’t know he cared so much about that old goat! (FIYERO ENTERS) Oh there he is! Over here dearest! Oh look how sweet of him! He brought me flowers! (FIYERO HANDS ELPHABA FLOWERS) FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Elphaba, I’m happy for you… BOQ: Really? Well are you and Galinda getting little distant? NESSAROSE: BOQ! Elphie! I’m so happy for you too! I always knew you could do it, I’m really proud to call you my sister. You’ve always been there for me and- we’re all proud of you! Right Boq? BOQ: I’m sorry! I just can’t do this anymore! (RUNS OFFSTAGE) NESSAROSE: Boq? Boq! Please wait! GALINDA: Maybe he isn’t the right one NessaNESSAROSE: No! I know he’s the one! BOQ! (Runs off stage) ELPHABA: NESSIE! GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Elphaba! Leave her don’t worry about it. She’ll be fine. Besides this is your special day right, Fiyero? FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Yeah… Elphaba, you know I’ve been thinking…

ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Yes, I’ve heard FIYERO: (SPOKEN) …about that lion cub and everything. Y’know I think a lot about that day… ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Really? So do I. GALINDA: (SPOKEN) ME TOO! POOR DOCTOR DILLAMOND. IT MAKES ONE WANT TO... UH... TAKE A STAND. SO I'VE BEEN THINKING OF... UH... CHANGING MY NAME. FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Your name? GALINDA: (SPOKEN) Yes! Well, since Doctor Dillamond had his own way of pronouncing it, in solidarity and to express my outrage, I will henceforth be known no longer as Galinda, but simply Glinda. LURLINEMAS: You’re so selfless…Glinda!  ARDUENNAS: Yes, you’re so modest and amazing! FIYERO: (SPOKEN) Oh, well that’s very admirable of you…Glinda (TO ELPHABA) Elphaba…good luck. (FIYERO RUNS OFF) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) I don’t care! I want him! I don’t even think he’s perfect anymore and I still want him! This must be what other  people fell like. How do they bear it? (GLINDA AND ELPHABA EMBRACE) ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Come with me? GLINDA: (SPOKEN) (between sobs) whe-where? ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) TO THE EMERALD CITY. ONE SHORT DAY IN THE EMERALD CITY

 ALL: (SUNG) DAY!!! (SCENE SHIFTS TO THE WIZARD’S LAIR. ELPHABA AND GLINDA ARE ON STAGE. A HUGE OZ MASK IS ROLLED ON) WIZARD: (SPOKEN IN A BOOMING VOICE) I AM OZ, THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE! WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU SEEK ME? GLINDA: (SPOKEN) Say something Elphie! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Uh, I’m Elphaba your terribleness WIZARD: (SPOKEN IN A NORMAL VOICE) Oh? Is that you Elphaba? I didn’t realize! (HE CLIMBS OUT FROM BEHIND THE MASK) I hope I didn’t startle you. Let’s see…which is which? (HE LOOKS AT Elphaba) Elphaba! And you must beGLINDA: (SPOKEN) Glinda. The GA is silent…

(ELPHABA TOUCHES THE GIANT OZ MASK) WIZARD: (SPOKEN) Well that very…A uh nice name! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) We’re not just here for ourselves. GLINDA: We’re not?

ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) No, we’re here because something bad is happening to the animals in OZ… WIZARD: (SPOKEN) Please I am the Wizard of OZ. I already know why you’ve come…and I fully intend to grant you’re requests (PAUSE) of course, you must prove yourselves first. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) But how? WIZARD: (SPOKEN) Oh I don’t know. Some sort of gesture; mostly for show. Something to test your ability…I know! Madame the book! (MADAME MORRIBLE ENTERS CARRYING THE GRIMMERIE. CHISTERY FOLLOWS) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) Madame Morrible? WIZARD: (SPOKEN) I believe you’re well acquainted with my new press secretary? ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) Press secretary? GLINDA: Ooh I just love the color of your dress today Madame! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Oh yes my dears. I’ve risen up in the world. You’ll find that the wizard is a generous man. If you do something for him, he’ll do something for you. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) What do you want me to do? WIZARD: (SPOKEN) Well, this is my monkey, Boo. He looks at the birds every morning with such longing and yearning. If only he could fly… MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) …So the wizard was thinking…maybe a simple levitation spell? (GLINDA NOTICES THE GRIMMERIE IN MADAME MORRIBLES’S HANDS) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) Is that the GRIMMERIE?! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Yes, the ancient book of spells and enchantments… (MADAME MORRIBLE HANDS THE BOOK TO ELPHABA) GLINDA: (SPOKEN) Can I touch it? MADAME MORRLBE: (SPOKEN) no ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) What funny writing… MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Well it’s a lost language. The lost language of spells. WIZARD: (SPOKEN) It’s kind of a recipe book for a change… MADAME MORRIBLE: Don’t be discouraged if you can’t read it. Me, myself, I can’t read more than two spells at the most and that took years and years… ELPHABA: (CHANTED) AHVEN, TATEY, AVEN TATEY AVEN...AH MAY AH T AY ATUM…AH MAY AH TAH TAY MAY TU SE SAY TA! WIZARD: (SUNG) I know everyone deserves a chance to fly! (Boo SCREAMS & BEGINS TO TWITCH) ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) What happened?!

MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) NO, it’s just the transition dearie. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) NO, MAKE IT STOP IT’S HURTING HIM! WIZARD: (SPOKEN) SHE'S ACTUALLY DONE IT! (Boo SPROUTS WINGS IN PAIN AND STARTS FLYING) ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) NO! QUICK, HOW DO I REVERSE IT? MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) You can’t. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) WHAT?! MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Won’t they make perfect spies? ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) SPIES?! WIZARD: (SPOKEN) You’re right. That was a harsh word. We should call them scouts. What they’ll really do is fly around OZ and report animal activity! ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) You can’t read this book at all can you? You don’t have any real power! WIZARD: (SPOKEN) Exactly, you see that’s why I need you! The world is your oyster and now you have so many opportunities…You both do! GLINDA: (SPOKEN) Thank you so much your OZNESS. ELPHABA: (SPOKEN) No! (ELPHABA RUNS OFFSTAGE) MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) ELPHABA! GLINDA: (SPOKEN) ELPHIE! (TO WIZARD) I am so sorry your wizardship! I’ll fetch her back! (TO ELPHABA) ELPHIE WAIT! (GLINDA RUNS OFFSTAGE AFTER ELPHABA) WIZARD: (SPOKEN) We most get her back! She knows too much. MADAME MORRIBLE: (SPOKEN) Don’t worry, I will handle it. (THE WIZARD GETS BACK INTO THE HEAD) WIZARD: (SPOKEN IN A BOOMING VOICE) GUARDS, GUARDS! THERE IS A FUGITIVE LOOSE IN THE PALACE! FIND HER, CAPTURE HER, AND BRING HER TO ME! GUARDS: (SPOKEN FROM OFFSTAGE) Yes y our OZNESS! (SCENE SHIFTS TO THE WIZARD’S UPSTAIRS LAIR) DEFYING GRAVITY

GLINDA: Elphie, wait! Where are you going? ELPHABA: Oh no! There are no more stairs! This might be the attic... GLINDA: Elphaba, listen to me! ELPHABA: I have to barricade the door! She Picks Up A Broom And Places It Over A Trap Door. GLINDA: Elphaba, why couldn't you have stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle? I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY HOW YOU'VE HURT YOUR CAUSE FOREVER I HOPE YOU THINK YOU'RE CLEVER

ELPHABA: I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY TOO I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD HOW YOU WOULD GROVEL IN SUBMISSION TO FEED YOUR OWN AMBISSION BOTH: SO THOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY RIGHT NOW... MADAME MORRIBLE: Citizens of Oz, there is an enemy that must be found and captured! Believe nothing she says. She's evil. Responsible for the mutilation of these poor, innocent monkeys! Her green skin is but an outward manifestation of her twisted nature! THIS DISTORTION…THIS REPULSION…THIS…WICKED WITCH! (THE SCENE FADES TO ELPHABA AND GL INDA) GLINDA: Don't be afraid... ELPHABA: I'm not... it's the Wizard who should be afraid... OF ME! GLINDA: Elphie, just say you're sorry before it's too late. DEFYING GRAVITY

(THE GUARDS BANG ON THE LOCKED DOOR) GUARD: Open this door, in the name of his supreme Ozness! ELPHABA: Ah May Ah Tay Ah Tum Ditum... GLINDA: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP, STOP! That's what started all this in the first place... that hideous levitation spell! STOP!!! (ELPHABA STOPS CHANTING) GLINDA: Well... Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are... (A BROOMSTICK FLOATS ACROSS THE ROOM T O ELPHABA) ELPHABA: I told you, Glinda... I did it, I tell ya! (THE GUARD BANGS ON THE DOOR AGAIN)

ELPHABA: Quick! Get on! GLINDA: What? ELPHABA: Come with me... think of what we could do... together. UNLIMITED, TOGETHER WE'RE UNLIMITED TOGETHER WE'LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE'S EVER BEEN, GLINDA DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED 'EM GLINDA: IF WE WORK IN TANDEM BOTH: JUST YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY WITH YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY ELPHABA: THEY'LL NEVER BRING US DOWN. Well, are you coming? GLINDA: Elphie, you're trembling... here, put this around you... (SHE DRAPES A BLACK CAPE AROUND HER AND A HAT)

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS ELPHABA: You too. GLINDA: I HOPE IT BRINGS YOU BLISS BOTH: I REALLY HOPE YOU GET IT  AND YOU DON'T LIVE TO REGRET IT I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY IN THE END! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY... MY FRIEND... (ELPHABA RUNS OFF) GUARD: There she is! Don't let her get away! (THEY GRAB HOLD OF GLINDA)

GLINDA: What in Oz?! Let go of me! Do you hear me? Let go! ELPHABA: It's not her. She has nothing to do with. I'm the one you want. It's me. It's me! Up here! It's me! (SHE RISES TO CENTER STAGE HOLDING HER BROOM) ELPHABA: SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME, LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY  AS SOMEONE TOLD ME LATELY, EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!  AND IF I'M FLYING SOLO,  AT LEAST I'M FLYING FREE! TO THOSE WHO GROUND ME, TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME! TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYING GRAVITY!!! I'M FLYING HIGH DEFYING GRAVITY!!!  AND SOON I'LL MATCH THEM IN RENOWN  AND NOBODY IN ALL OF OZ... NO WIZARD THAT THERE IS OR WAS IS EVER GONNA BRING ME DOWN!!!

OZIANS: LOOK AT HER, SHE'S WICKED GET HER!!! ELPHABA: BRING ME DOWN!!!! OZIANS: NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED! SO WE'VE GOT TO BRING HER... ELPHABA: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! OZIANS: DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (SCENE CHANGE)

GLINDA: Fellow Ozians, as terrifying as terror is, let us put aside our panic for this one day... and celebrate! OH WHAT A CELEBRATION WE'LL HAVE TODAY!

OZIANS: THANK GOODNESS! GLINDA: LET'S HAVE A CELEBRATION THE GLINDA WAY! OZIANS: THANK GOODNESS! MADAME MORRIBLE: FINALLY A DAY THAT'S TOTALLY WICKED WITCH FREE  ALL: WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER THANK GOODNESS! THANK GOODNESS

MADAME MORRIBLE: And thank goodness for you, Glinda, and your handsome swain, our new captain of the guards. Now you've been at the forefront of the hunt for the Wicked Witch, haven't you? FIYERO: Not really, but I don't like to think of her as a Wicked Witch. MADAME MORRIBLE: Captain, how does it feel? FIYERO: Frustrating... but I became captain of the guard to find her, and I will keep searching! MADAME MORRIBLE: No, being engaged! OZIANS: Congratulations! FIYERO: This is an engagement party? GLINDA: Surprised? FIYERO: Yes! GLINDA: Good, we hoped you'd be... the Wizard and I! I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER

OZIANS: I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA EYE THAT ALWAYS REMAINS AWAKE!: I HEAR THAT SHE CAN SHED HER SKIN AS EASILY AS A SNAKE! I HEAR SOME REBEL ANIMALS ARE GIVING HER FOOD AND SHELTER! Ozian: I HEAR HER SOUL IS SO UNCLEAN, PURE WATER CAN MELT HER! FIYERO: What? OZIANS: MELT HER! PLEASE SOMEBODY GO AND MELT HER! FIYERO: Do you hear that?! Water will melt her? People are so empty-headed they'll believe anything! GLINDA: Excuse me just a tick-tock!

FIYERO: I can't just stand here grinning pretending to go along with all of this! GLINDA: Do you think I like to hear them say those awful things about her? I hate it! FIYERO: Then what are we doing here? Let's go, let's get out of here! GLINDA: We can't leave now, not when people are looking to us to raise their spirits. FIYERO: You can't leave, because you can't resist this. And that is the truth. GLINDA: Maybe I can't. Is that so wrong? Who could? FIYERO: You know who could. Who has. GLINDA: Fiyero, I miss her too, but we can't just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you. But don't you see? She doesn't want to be found. We have to face it. FIYERO: You're right. I'm sorry, you're right. And if it's going to make you happy, of course I'll marry you. GLINDA: But it'll make you happy too, right? FIYERO: You know me... I'm always happy. (HE RUNS OFF) GLINDA: Fiyero! Thanks plenty dearest! He's gone to fetch me a refreshment, he's so thoughtful that way! THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER BOQ: Will there be anything else, Madame? NESSAROSE: I've asked you to call me Nessarose, remember? BOQ: Yes, Madame. NESSAROSE: Boq... (ELPHABA’S VOICE IN A CLOSET) ELPHABA: Well, it seems the beautiful only get more beautiful. I'm sorry. Did I scare you? I seem to have that effect on people. It's good to see you. NESSAROSE: What are you doing here? ELPHABA: Well, there's no place like home. I never thought I'd hear myself say this but I need father's help. I need him to stand with me. NESSAROSE: That's impossible. ELPHABA: No, no it's not. Not if you ask him. You know he'll listen to you. NESSAROSE: Father's dead. ELPHABA: What? NESSAROSE: He's dead. I'm the governor... Well what did you expect? After he learned what you'd done, how you'd disgraced us he died... of shame. Embarrassed to death. ELPHABA: Good, I'm glad. It's better that way.

NESSAROSE: That's a wicked thing to say. ELPHABA: No, it's true. Because now it's just us. You can help me and together we can... NESSAROSE: Elphaba, shut up! First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I'm an un-elected official! And why should I help you? You fly around Oz, trying to rescue animals you've never even met, and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!  ALL OF MY LIFE, I'VE DEPENDED ON YOU HOW DO YOU THINK THAT FEELS?  ALL OF MY LIFE I'VE DEPENDED ON YOU  AND THIS HIDEOUS CHAIR WITH WHEELS! SCROUNGING FOR SCRAPS OF PITY TO PICK UP  AND LONGING TO KICK UP MY HEELS... ELPHABA: Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything! The power is mysterious. It's not like coddling up a pair of... WAIT… NESSAROSE: What are you doing? (ELPHABA BEGINS CHANTING) NESSAROSE: What is that? Ah! My shoes! It feels like... like they're on fire! What have you done to my shoes??? (She Lifts Her Dress, Revealing The Ruby Slippers. Nessarose Stands, But Falls. Elphaba Gives Her A Hand.) NESSAROSE: No, don't help me. She Stands. ELPHABA: Oh, Nessa, at last... I'VE DONE WHAT LONG AGO I SHOULD  AND FINALLY FROM THESE POWERS SOMETHING GOOD FINALLY SOMETHING GOOD... NESSAROSE: Boq! Boq! Come quickly! BOQ: Yes, what is it, Madame? ELPHABA: Boq... BOQ: What are you doing here? You stay back! ELPHABA: Boq, it's just me, I'm not going to hurt you! BOQ: No! You're lying! That's all you ever do! You and your sister! She's as wicked as you are! ELPHABA: What are you talking about? BOQ: I'm talking about my life. The little that's left of it. I'm not free to leave Munchkin land, none of us are. Ever since she took power, she's been stripping the Munchkins of our rights... and we didn't have that many to begin with! And do you know why? NESSAROSE: To keep you here, with me. But none of that matters anymore. Look. (SHE STANDS) BOQ: You did this for her? NESSAROSE: For both of us! BOQ: Nessa, this changes everything. NESSAROSE: I know. Boq: LISTEN NESSA...

UH NESSA, SURELY NOW I'LL MATTER LESS TO YOU  AND YOU WON'T MIND MY LEAVING HERE TONIGHT... THAT BALL THAT'S BEING STAGED  ANNOUNCING GLINDA IS ENGAGED YES NESSA THAT'S RIGHT! I'VE GOT TO GO APPEAL TO HER EXPRESS THE WAY I FEEL TO HER Oh, Nessa, I lost my heart to Glinda from the moment I first saw her. You know that. NESSAROSE: DID YOU THINK I'D LET YOU LEAVE ME HERE FLAT? YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR HEART TO ME, I TELL YOU! IF I HAVE TO... I HAVE TO... MAGIC SPELL YOU... Ah... Tum... Tah... Tae... BOQ: What is she doing?! ELPHABA: No, Nessa, you're pronouncing the words all wrong! Boq: Gasps. My heart feels like it's... shrinking. Nessarose: Elphaba, do something! Elphaba: I can't! You can't reverse a spell once it's been cast! I have to find another spell... it's the only thing that might work. NESSAROSE: Save him, please! JUST SAVE HIM, MY POOR BOQ, MY SWEET MY BRAVE, DON'T LEAVE ME 'TIL MY SORRY LIFE HAS CEASED...  ALL ALONE AND LOVELESS HERE JUST THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR JUST HER AND ME! THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST! WE DESERVE EACH OTHER... NESSAROSE: Well... what about his heart?

ELPHABA: It's all right. He won't need one now. I have to go. I have business to attend to in the Emerald City. Nessa, I have done everything I could for you but it has never been enough and it never will be... NESSAROSE: Elphaba, wait! Elphaba! BOQ: Where am I? What happened? NESSAROSE: Nothing, Boq, you just fell asleep... and... (He Sits Up, Squeaking. He Is Made Of Tin. Nessarose Screams.) ELPHABA: There you are! I'm setting those monkeys free! And don't try to interfere, or call the guards... WIZARD: I'm not calling anyone. The truth is I'm glad to see you again. It gets pretty lonely around here. And I know you must get lonely too. ELPHABA: You don't know the first thing about me. WIZARD: Oh, but I do. I do know you. I can't explain it exactly. You know what I mean? Elphaba, you've been so strong through all of  this, aren't you tired of being the strong one? Wouldn't you like someone to take care of you I AM A SENTIMENTAL MAN ELPHABA: I'LL ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSITION WIZARD: Wonderful

ELPHABA: ON ONE CONDITION

WIZARD: Yes? ELPHABA: You set those Monkeys free. WIZARD: Done. (ELPHABA LOOKS AROUND SMILING THEN A CRAWLING MONKEY IN A SHEET COMES IN, SHE PULLS IT OFF) ELPHABA: No! It can't be! Doctor Dillamond... WIZARD: Elphaba, we just couldn't keep letting him speak out... ELPHABA: Doctor Dillamond, are you alright? Don't be afraid. It's me, Elphaba. DILLAMOND: Bahhhhh. ELPHABA: Can't you speak? No... We have nothing in common. I am nothing like you and I never will be and I will fight you until the day I die!!! WIZARD: Guards, guards!!! GUARD: Halt! FIYERO: Are you alright, your Ozness? ELPHABA: Fiyero! FIYERO: Never mind all that. Fetch me some... some water. GUARD: Water, sir?

FIYERO: You heard me, as much as you can carry. GLINDA: What's going on... Elphie? Oh, thank Oz you're alive! Only you shouldn't have come. If anyone discoveries you ... FIYERO: Glinda, you'd better go. GLINDA: Fiyero, what are you... FIYERO: Please, just go back to the ball. GLINDA: Fine, go! You deserve each other... AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE

FIYERO: I'll come with you! ELPHABA: Oh! I... no it can’t be! FIYERO: what is it! ELPHABA: a house! Its flying in the sky!

FIYERO: what? ELPHABA: I must go FIYERO: what? ELPHABA: don’t you see? I have to. Just trust me! FIYERO: I’m coming ELPHABA: No, you mustn't, it's too dangerous! I’m sorry goodbye… FIYERO: Listen to me, listen! My family has a castle in Kiamo Ko. Now, no one is ever there except for the sentries who watch over it. It's the perfect hiding place; tunnels, secret passageways. You'll be safe there.

ELPHABA: We will see each other again, won't we? FIYERO: Elphaba, we are going to be together always. You can see houses flying through the sky, can't you see that? (SCENE CHANGE, GLINDA BEGINS OFFSTAGE AND THEN WALKS ON)

GLINDA: That's right, you just take that one road, the whole time. Waves offstage. Oh, I hope they don't get lost. I'm so bad at giving directions. (KNEELS BY HOUSE) Oh Nessa… (ELPHABA APPEARS) ELPHABA: What a touching display of grief. I wanted something to remember her by, and all that is left were those shoes, and now that wretched little farm girl has walked off with them. So I'd appreciate some time, alone, to say goodbye to my sister. (GLINDA, LOOKS SHOCKED) ELPHABA: Nessa, please, please, please forgive me... GLINDA: Elphie... you mustn't blame yourself. It's dreadful, it is, to have a house fall on you, but accidents will happen. ELPHABA: You call this an accident? GLINDA: Well... a regime change. Caused by a bizarre and unexpected twister of fate. ELPHABA: You think cyclones just appear out of the blue? GALINDA: Well, I…why are you still carrying around that old filthy broomstick? ELPHABA: Well, we can't all come and go by bubble. Whose invention was that, the Wizard's? Of course, even if it wasn't I'm sure he'd still take credit for it. GLINDA: Yes, well, a lot of us are taking things that don't belong to us, aren't we? ELPHABA: Now wait just a clock tick! I know it may be difficult for that blissful, blonde brain of yours to comprehend that someone like him could actually choose someone like me! But it's happened... it's real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want, you can't change it! He never belonged to you, he doesn't love you, and he never did! He loves me! (GLINDA SLAPS HER) ELPHABA: Feel better now? GLINDA: Yes, I do. ELPHABA: Good, so do I. (slaps her back)

GUARD: Sorry it took us so long to get here, Miss. ELPHABA: I can't believe you would sink this low! To use my sister's death as a trap to capture me?! GLINDA: I never meant for this to happen! Elphie! (FIYERO RUNS ON) FIYERO: Let the green girl go! I said let her go! Or explain to all Oz how the Wizard's guards watched while Glinda the Good was slain. (THE GUARDS RELEASE HER) FIYERO: Elphaba, go, now. ELPHABA: No, not without you. GLINDA: Fiyero, please. FIYERO: Hush! Now! Go! GUARD: Seize him! GLINDA: Wait, what?! What are you doing? Stop it! In the name of goodness, stop! Don't you see? He wasn't going to harm me, he  just... he just... he loves her. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED

GLINDA: No, no, that's not the way it happened! Madame, you've got to stop this, it's gone too far! MADAME MORRIBLE: Oh, I think Elphaba can take care of herself. GLINDA: Madame, something's been troubling me about Nessarose and that cyclone. MADAME MORRIBLE: Now, you listen to me, Missy, you may have fooled the rest of Oz with this "aren't I good" routine, but you know better. You've wanted this since the beginning... and now you're getting what you wanted. So just smile and wave and shut up! Good fortune, good fortune witch hunters! (GLINDA RUNS OFFSTAGE, ELPHABA COMES ON AND MADAME MORRIBLE EXITS) GLINDA: They're coming for you. ELPHABA: Go away! GLINDA: Let the little girl go, and that poor little dog... Dodo. I know you don't want to hear this, but someone has to say it... You are out of control! I mean, come on! They're just shoes, let it go! Elphaba, you can't go on like this. ELPHABA: I can do anything I want. I am the Wicked Witch of the West! (BOO BRINGS HER A LETTER, SHE READS IT) GLINDA: What is it? What's wrong? It's Fiyero, isn't it? Is he... ELPHABA: We've seen his face for the last time. You're right... It's time I surrender. You can't be found here! You must go. GLINDA: No. ELPHABA: You must leave. GLINDA: No! Elphie, I'll tell them everything.

ELPHABA: No! They'll only turn against you. GLINDA: I don't care! ELPHABA: I do! Promise me, promise me, you won't try to clear my name... promise. GLINDA: Alright... I promise. But I don't understand. ELPHABA: I'M LIMITED JUST LOOK AT ME, I'M LIMITED  AND JUST LOOK AT YOU, YOU CAN DO ALL I COULDN'T DO, GLINDA ELPHABA: Here. Go on. Take this. (HANDS HER THE GIMMERIE) GLINDA: Elphie... you know I can't read that... Elphie... ELPHABA: NOW IT'S UP TO YOU FOR BOTH OF US NOW IT'S UP TO YOU FOR GOOD

(A SHADOW OF DORTHEY THROWING THE BUCKET COMES ON, ELPHABA FALLS. GLINDA COMES ON CRYING. AND PICKS UP HER HAT) GLINDA: Oh Elphie, no! No, no, no! FIYERO(HE IS A SCARECROW) (Walks On Stage. He Bends Down & Knocks On A Trap Door In The Floor.) It worked! (HE OPENS DOOR AND ELPHABA CLIMBS OUT) ELPHABA: Fiyero! I thought you'd never get here. FIYERO: It's time to go. ELPHABA: We can never come back to OZ can we? FIYERO: No. ELPHABA: I only wish... FIYERO: What? ELPHABA: Glinda could know that we're alive. FIYERO: She can't know, not if we want to be safe. No one can ever know. OZIANS: GOOD NEWS... FIYERO: Come... GLINDA: WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? BUT... ELPHABA & GLINDA: BECAUSE I KNEW YOU...

OZIANS: NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED... GLINDA: BECAUSE I KNEW YOU... ELPHABA & GLINDA: I HAVE BEEN CHANGED... OZIANS: NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED! WICKED... WICKED!!!

CAST

ELPHABA GLINDA FIYERO NESSAROSE BOQ DR. DILLAMOND MADAME MORRIBLE FREX MELENA/MIDWIFE LURLINEMAS ADRUENNAS GUARD BOO  THE WIZARD OF OZ