Schedule

for OzCon 2023

Key to Rooms
Emerald City Room = Auditorium Baum’s Bazaar = Mountain Vista
Rainbow Room = Campus Vista Wizard’s Lounge = Exhibit Lounge

Friday July 28th

3:00 PM
Registra on Opens – Wizard’s Lounge/Hallway

4:00 PM
Baum’s Bazaar – Dealer’s Room Open for business.
Open Recep on – Wizard’s Lounge/Hallway

5:45 PM
Dinner – Dining Rooms
Join us in the dining room for a catered meal.

7:00 PM
Welcome from the OzCon organizers – Emerald City Room

7:15 PM
The Tin Woods Presenta on & Screening
Join us in viewing this special presenta on. Only at OzCon, Nick Boxwell and Ma zilla Duron are presen ng the
Public Premier (backers will see it previously) of their completed short lm, The Tin Woods. A stop-mo on lm
about the Tin Woodman’s origin story, this project has been in the works for years and the directors are as proud
to present their work as we are honored to present it here.

8:15 PM
Eshbaugh & McLellan
The 1930s saw the birth of Oz Anima on, and we're discussing it. Ted Eshbaugh’s 1933 short lm, The Wizard of
Oz, was the rst fully animated Oz project, and it is well-documented. Ken McLellan's 1938 project, not so much.
See recently created clips that bring to life the pitch book for McLellan's never produced lm. Lee Speth has
generously allowed Nate Barlow to create proof-of-concept anima ons from this truly unique Oz treasure. What
might have been if this lm, for which McLellan obtained the full permissions of Maud Gage Baum, had ever
been completed?

8:45 PM
Break

9:00 PM
History of Anima on & Oz
Listen in and ask a panel of Oz experts as they weigh in on the history of anima on and how The Wizard of Oz
has been told through this medium. Panelists include Freddy Fogarty, A cus Gannaway, Eric Gjovaag, and Erica
Olivera.

10:00 PM
Closing Statements
Join us for a drink at the OzCon a er-party (complete with cash bar).

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 Saturday, July 29th
9:00 AM
Registra on Opens – Wizard’s Lounge
Welcome from the OzCon organizers and opening statement – Emerald City Room
Baum’s Bazaar – Dealer’s Room Open for business.

9:30 AM
Costume Contest – Emerald City Room
See fellow Ozians parade on stage in their Ozzy ou its and vote for your favorites. Prizes awarded to the best
children’s, adult, and group costumes.

10:30 AM
Oz Anima on: The Rare, The Bad, and The Oddi es – Rainbow Room.
Anima on has allowed Oz to be envisioned in many forms, some good, some bad, some just head-scratching.
How well do they represent the Oz canon? That's up to you.

11:00 AM
Adults Who Love and Care—The Ul mate Fairy Tale? Em, Henry, and Dorothy – Emerald City Room
College professor, Oz expert and all-around powerhouse, Dina Massachi explores how animated versions of Oz,
in contrast to the longstanding literary tradi on of killing the protagonist’s parents, tend to keep Dorothy from
experiencing any sort of terrible orphan-related trauma by introducing competent adult gures within her
Wonderful Wizard of Oz world. Oz anima ons change the role of Henry, Em, and the general vibe of Kansas in
order to remove the poten al of trauma. Instead of crea ng a dichotomy where the orphan is either vic mized
or granted pure freedom, modern, animated versions of Oz have found a way to create adults who love, care and
do not hover in ways that restrict the child — and really, isn’t that the ul mate fairy tale?

Collector’s Show & Tell – Rainbow Room

Freddy Fogarty hosts a gathering of Oz collectors sharing their unusual nds and favorites. Bring your latest Oz
discoveries and ques ons.

Quiz Time – Wizard’s Lounge

Test your knowledge of Ozzy trivia by taking one of the annual quizzes. There are separate quizzes, and prizes for
novices, fans of the fourteen Baum books, and trivia masters who know all forty books in the series.

12:00 PM
Lunch Break – Dining Rooms
Join us in the dining room for a catered meal.

1:00 PM
OzCon Auc on – Emerald City Room
Join in the bidding for Oz collec bles of all kinds! Conven ons are a great place to nd bargains and never-
before-seen items to round out your collec on. Proceeds bene t the Interna onal Wizard of Oz Club. (The
auc on will last un l 4:30.)

Oz and the Musical: Anima ng the American Fairy Tale in Song and Dance – Rainbow Room
Ryan Bunch talks about his book on the history of how The Wizard of Oz has been told through the medium of
the musical. From MGM, to The Wiz, to Wicked, and beyond, Ryan Bunch will explore all the aspects of Oz on
stage and in music and how the Great American Fairy Tale has been given life in another way.
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 Author Signings – Baum’s Bazaar
If listening to our authors has go en you curious about what else they have to say, come pick up a copy of their
books at the Bazaar and have them sign it while you’re at it. Autographed books make great conven on
souvenirs! Sessions will occur throughout the a ernoon.

Children’s Ac vi es – Wizard’s Lounge

Margaret Koontz leads a series of children’s ac vi es for our younger a endees to par cipate in. (Ac vi es will
last un l 4:30)

2:00 PM
The Remarkable Research of Oz – Rainbow Room
Eric Shanower's new book, All Wound Up, tells the complete story of L. Frank Baum's 1913 musical extravaganza
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz. Researching a forgo en stage work more than one hundred years old can be a challenge.
Come hear about some of the surprising twists and turns in Shanower's path to uncovering the crea on and
produc on of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz.

3:00 PM
The MGM Wizard of Oz Film as You’ve Never Seen It Before – Rainbow Room
Neil Cuadra will introduce a discovered lm project, done on a dare, to recut the famous lm with the dialog in
alphabe cal order. The edi ng process was clever but tedious, and the results were interes ng, amusing, and
some mes hilarious.

4:00 PM
Courageous Cowards – Emerald City Room
Wri en by Ruth Plumly Thompson and published in 1923, The Cowardly Lion of Oz celebrates its 100th
anniversary this year! Peter Han talks about Ruth Plumly Thompson's early development as Royal Historian of
Oz, this book, its in uence on the Oz series, and what it contributed to the lore and world of Oz.

Last hour to shop in Baum’s Bazaar for the day!

Auc on Se lement – Wizard’s Lounge

5:00 PM
Break

5:30 PM
OzCon Saturday Royal Awards Banquet – Dining Rooms
Join us in the dining room for the Royal Banquet. It’s an OzCon tradi on that we try to dress up a bit for this
dinner. During the meal, we will toast the 50th Anniversary of The Annotated Wizard of Oz and the winners of
both conven on and annual awards will be announced.

Saturday Evening Program

Emerald City Room
7:00 PM
Dorothy & The Wizard of Oz
Writer and television showrunner Brad Birch takes you into the world of the 2017-2020 animated series Dorothy
& The Wizard of Oz, which combines elements from both the Oz books and the MGM movie. Brad wrote several
episodes of the series, as well as the Dorothy’s Christmas in Oz special. Hear his tales about the making of this
recent addi on to the animated Oz canon.
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 8:00 PM
Oz and the Supernatural
Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Gita Morena, John Bell, and Dina Massachi talk about the supernatural and Oz. This
panel digs into the magical universe, and universal magic, of L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. How do his fairies and
other creatures, their magical implements, and the rules of life in Oz di er from other fantasy series and
tradi onal beliefs? What can we learn from viewing the supernatural through an Ozian lens?

9:00 PM
Break

9:15 PM
School Days in the Land of Oz
We end the night with a fun revival of a rare Oz play. Originally wri en as a puppet play in 1927 and later
purchased by Reilly & lee for promo onal purposes, a group of players will put on a performance about a regular
school day in Oz, featuring H.M. Wogglebug T.E. as the teacher and many beloved characters like the Scarecrow,
Dorothy, and the Patchwork Girl as students. Hijinks and puns will ensue!

10:15 PM
Finish o the night with Ozzy fellowship and karaoke (complete with a cash bar).

Sunday, July 30th

9:00 AM
Animated Oz Film – Emerald City Room

Last chance to shop at Baum’s Bazaar! Closes 12:00 PM

10:30 AM
The Li le Studio That Nearly Could: Filma on's A empted Journeys Back to Oz – Emerald City Room
Sarah K. Crotzer explores Filma on Associates' many Oz- and Baum-related projects across three decades, most
of which were never produced. Special emphasis is given to The Yellow Brixx Road, a proposed syndicated series
that would have brought Dorothy and the Wizard into American homes ve days a week in the early 1980s.
11:30 AM
Oz Parodies – Emerald City Room
Sam Milazzo talks about Wizard of Oz references and parodies across the world of anima on.

12:30 PM
Lunch Break
Join us in the dining room for a catered meal.

1:30 PM
Preview and Farewell – Emerald City Room
Hear about plans for OzCon 2024, get involved, and say goodbye to old and new Ozzy friends.
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