Daniels Library-Music Collaboration Casts 10 Students in Shubert Production

                 Ten students at John C. Daniels will perform in The Shubert Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz, thanks to the efforts of drama club co-advisors LMS TriciaMcGovern and Music Teacher Carmlyn Buleje,

                 Producers contacted Ms. Buleje about the openings for the muchkins. McGovern and Buleje chose ten members of the club to audition a song and dance routine before representatives from the theatre.





                 The students beat out three other local groups. “The ten were going to be taken as a group or not at all. They had to work together. That was huge. We didn’t have a lot of time to prepare. They only had about four hours over several days,” said McGovern, whose 12-year-old daughter Grace choreographed the routine.

To prepare for the show, the students meet after school two to three days a week for two hours and on Saturdays at the Wilson branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. The show runs Dec. 29 through Jan. 1.