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The Charlotte Players held auditions for its production of “The Wizard of Oz” on Monday. The show is scheduled to be held Nov. 9-17 at the Cultural Center Theater, 2280 Aaron St. in Port Charlotte.
Here, Ciara Hanson, a 2011 graduate of Port Charlotte High School, was one of many who auditioned at the Charlotte Players Community Theater.

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“The Wizard of Oz” production staff Cheryl Callan, stage manager, and Gary Obeldobel, artistic director, listen while one of many children and adults audition for parts in the musical, which will take the stage Nov. 9-17 at the Cultural Center Theater.

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Rachel Mace, a 2012 graduate of Port Charlotte High School, reads a scene from “The Wizard of Oz” during open auditions for the musical production.

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Jaci Cushman accompanies Victoria Martin, a senior at Charlotte High School, on piano while she sings “Nothing” from “A Chorus Line,” during open auditions for “The Wizard of Oz,” at the Charlotte Players Community Theater Center in Port Charlotte.

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Nikole Darna, 9, a fourth-grader at Vineland Elementary School, practices a dance routine from "The Wizard of Oz" with Deshay Burbidge, 17, a senior at Port Charlotte High School, who assisted with scene and script readings and choreography during the auditions.

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Isabel Fuentes, a freshman at Imagine School at North Port, reads a script from “The Wizard of Oz” during open auditions for the production.

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Sara Hart, 16, a junior at Charlotte High School, sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” during open auditions for “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Dorothy Hubbard, right, auditions with Deshay Burbidge, 17, a senior at Port Charlotte High School, reading for the part of Glenda the good witch, for “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Beverly Back of Port Charlotte sings “What I Did for Love” during open auditions for a part in the musical production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Kim Fisackerly, left, of Rotonda West, reads a scene as Auntie Em from "The Wizard of Oz," with Deshay Burbidge, who assisted with line reading and dance routine auditions.

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North Port resident Deborah Fuentes was one of many adults who auditioned for parts in “The Wizard of Oz” at the Charlotte Players Community Theater Center.

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Brandon Butler of Port Charlotte sits at the piano with Jaci Cushman while they sing “If I Only had the Nerve” for the Cowardly Lion’s character, one of many songs featured in the musical production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Renee Martellini of Lake Suzy came in costume as the Wicked Witch to the open auditions for “The Wizard of Oz.”