WICKED SCRIPT GROUP 2

Elphaba: Come with me.

Glinda: Where?
Elphaba: To the Emerald City.
Glinda: Really?
Ozians: ONE SHORT DAY, IN THE EMERALD CITY...
Glinda: I've always wanted to see the Emerald City!
Ozians:
ONE SHORT DAY, IN THE EMERALD CITY!
ONE SHORT DAY, IN THE EMERALD CITY
ONE SHORT DAY, FULL OF SO MUCH TO DO
EVER WAY THAT YOU LOOK AT THE CITY
THERE'S SOMETHING EXQUISITE
YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT
BEFORE THE DAY'S THROUGH
Elphaba: THERE ARE BUIDLING TALL AS QUOXWOOD TREES
Glinda: DRESS SALONS!
Elphaba: AND LIBRARIES
Glinda: Palaces!
Elphaba: Museums!
Both: A HUNDRED STRONG
THERE ARE WONDERS LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN!
Glinda: It's all grand!
Elphaba: And it's all green!
Both: I THINK WE'VE FOUND THE PLACE WHERE WE BELONG
I WANNA BE IN THIS HOI POLLOI
Elphaba: SO I'LL BE BACK FOR GOOD SOMEDAY
Glinda: TO MAKE MY LIFE AND MAKE MY WAY
Both: BUT FOR TODAY WE'LL WANDER AND ENJOY!
Ozians:
ONE SHORT DAY
IN THE EMERALD CITY
ONE SHORT DAY
TO HAVE A LIFETIME OF FUN
ONE SHORT DAY...
Both:
AND WE'RE WARNING THE CITY
NOW THAT WE'RE IN HERE
YOU'LL KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE
BEFORE WE ARE DONE!
Glinda: All the hustle and bustle! It's all so Ozmopolitan! Elphie... Elphie? C'mon we'll be late for WizOMania.
Elphaba: I want to remember this moment, always. Nobody's pointing, nobody's staring, for the first time, I'm
somewhere that I belong.
Glinda: You look positively, emerald.

The Stage Lights Dim & Wizomania (The Musical) Begins.

Wizomania Chorus:
WHO'S THE MAGE
WHO'S MAJOR ITINERARY IS
MAKING ALL OZ MERRIER
WHO'S THE SAGE
WHO SAGELY
SAILED IN TO SAVE OUR POSTERIORS?
WHO'S ENTHUSE ABOUT AIR BALLOONING
HAS ALL OF US HONEYMOONING?
OOOOOO
ISN'T HE WONDERFUL?
OUR WONDERFUL WIZARD?
Both: ONE SHORT DAY IN THE EMERALD CITY
Chorus: WHO'S THE MAGE WHO'S MAJOR ITINERARY IS MAKING ALL OZ MERRIER
Both: ONE SHORT DAY TO HAVE A LIFETIME OF FUN
Chorus: WHO'S THE SAGE WHO SAGELY SAILED INTO SAVE OUR POSTERIORS?
All: WHAT A WAY TO BE SEEING THE CITY!
Both:
WHERE SO MANY ROAM TO...
WE'LL CALL IT HOME TO
AND THEN JUST LIKE NOW WE CAN SAY,
"WE'RE JUST TWO FRIENDS,"
Elphaba:
TWO GOOD FRIENDS...
Glinda:
TWO BEST FRIENDS...
All:
SHARING ONE WONDERFUL
ONE SHORT...
Ozian Official: The Wizard will see you now!
All:
DAY!!!

[Scene 15 - Sentimental Man]

A Large Head Is Rolled Onstage... It Speaks To The Two... Voice Booming

Wizard: I am Oz, the great and terrible! Who are you and why do you seek me?
Glinda: Say something!
Elphaba: Uh... Elphaba Thropp your terribleness!
His Speaks Normally.
Wizard: Oh? Is that you Elphaba? I didn't realize!
He Climbs Out Of The Head.
Wizard: I hope I didn't startle you, it's so hard to make out peoples' faces all the way back there. So, let's see...
which is which? Elphaba! He grabs her hands. And you must be..
Glinda: Glinda. The Ga is silent.
Elphaba touches the Oz mask.
Wizard: I know. It isn't much, is it? But people expect this sort of thing. You have to give people what they want.
The thing is, I hardly ever let people meet the real me, but this being special occasion.
Elphaba: I'm so happy to meet you.
Wizard: Well, that's good. 'Cause that's what I love best: making people happy!
I AM A SENTIMENTAL MAN
WHO ALWAYS LONGED TO BE A FATHER
THAT'S WHY I DO THE BEST I CAN
TO TREAT EACH CITIZEN OF OZ AS SON
OR DAUGHTER
SO ELPHABA I'D LIKE TO RAISE YOU HIGH
'CUZ I THINK EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!
AND HELPING YOU WITH YOUR ASCENT
ALLOWS ME TO FEEL SO PARENTAL.
FOR I AM
A SENTIMENTAL MAN!
Elphaba: I'm here... we're here to alert you that something bad is happening...
Wizard: Please, I'm the Wizard of Oz. I already know why you've come.
Elphaba & Glinda: Oooo.
Wizard: Of course, you must prove yourself...
Glinda: Prove yourself, prove yourself.
Elphaba: But how?
Wizard: Oh, I don't know.
SOME SORT OF GESTURE
MOSTLY FOR SHOW
SOMETHING TO TEST YOUR ADEPTNESS.
I know! Madame, the book!
Morrible Enters.
Glinda: Madame Morrible...
Wizard: I believe you're well acquainted with my new Press Secretary.
Elphaba: Press Secretary?
Morrible: Oh, yes dearies, I've risen up in the world. You'll find that the Wizard is a very generous man. If you do
something for him, he'll do much for you.
Elphaba: What do you want me to do?
Wizard: Well, this is my monkey servent, Chistery. He looks so longingly at the birds every morning....
Morrible: So the Wizard was thinking, perhaps, a levitation spell...
Glinda: Noticing A Book In Morrible's Hands. Is that the Grimmerie?
Morrible: Yes, the ancient book of spells and enchantments. Hands It To Elphaba.
Glinda: Whispers. Can I touch it?
Morrlbe: Whispers. No!
Elphaba: What funny writing...
Morrible: Well it's a lost language. The lost language of spells.
Wizard: It's kind of a recipe book for change.
Morrible: Don't be discouraged if you can't decipherate it, dearie. I, myself, can only read a spell or two, and that
took years and years
Elphaba: AHVEN, TATEY, AVEN TATEY AVEN...
Wizard: She Continues Chanting. Oh, Chistery, what a experience you are about to have!
Elphaba: .................................. AH MAY AH TAY ATUM
Wizard: SINCE ONCE I HAVE MY OWN DAY IN THE SKY...
Elphaba: AH MAY AH TAH TAY MAY TU SE SAY TA!
Wizard: I KNOW EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!
Chistery Screams & Begins To Twitch.
Elphaba: What happened? Is something wrong?
Morrible: No just a transition, dearie.
Elphaba: No, stop you're hurting him!
Wizard: She's actually done it!
Chistery Sprouts Wings. And Begins Running Around The Stage.
Elphaba: NO! Quick, how do I reverse it?
Morrible: You can't!
Elphaba: What?!
Morrible: You can't! Spells are irreversible! I knew she had the power, I told you!
Elphaba: You planned all this?
Morrible: Well, you benefit too, dearie! You benefit, too.
Wizard: And this is only the beginning! Look.
The Other Monkeys Begin To Grow Wings And Fly.
Morrible: Won't they make perfect spies?
Elphaba: Spies?!
Wizard: You're right, that's a harsh word... how about scouts? That's what they'll be really. They'll fly around Oz!
Report any subversive Animal activity.
Elphaba: You can't read this book at all! Can you? That's why you need enemies, and cages, and spies. You
have no real power.
Wizard: Exactly... that's why I need you. Don't you see? The world is your oyster, now! You have so
many...opportunites. You both do.
Glinda: Thank you, your Ozness.
Wizard:
SINCE ONCE I HAD MY OWN DAY IN THE SKY
I KNOW EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO...
Elphaba: NO!
She Runs Off.
Morrible: Elphaba!
Glinda: Elphie! I am so sorry, your Wizardship. I'll fetch her back! Elphie wait!
She Runs After Her.
Wizard: We must get her back. She knows too much.
Morrible: Don't worry! I will handle it.
He Gets Back In The Head. Speaking, Again, With A Powerful Voice.
Wizard: Guards, guards! There is a fugitive loose in the palace! Find her, capture her, and bring her to me!
Guards: Yes your Ozness!

[Scene 17 - 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...
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 & Glinda.
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.
YOU CAN STILL BE WITH THE WIZARD
WHAT YOU'VE WORKED AND WAITED FOR
YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOU EVER WANTED...
Elphaba: I know...
BUT I DON'T WANT IT
NO, I CAN'T WANT IT
ANYMORE...
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN ME
SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME
I'M THROUGH WITH PLAYING BY THE RULES
OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME!
TOO LATE FOR SECOND GUESSING
TOO LATE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP
IT'S TIME TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS
CLOSE MY EYES...
AND LEAP
IT'S TIME TO TRY DEFYING GRAVITY
I THINK I'LL TRY DEFYING GRAVITY
AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN
Glinda:
CAN'T I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE HAVING DELUSIONS OF GRANDURE?
Elphaba:
I'M THROUHG EXCEPTING LIMITS
'CUZ SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE SO
SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,
BUT 'TIL I TRY I'LL NEVER KNOW!
TOO LONG I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF
LOSING LOVE I GUESS I'D LOST
WELL IF THAT'S LOVE,
IT COMES AT MUCH TOO HIGH A COST!
I'D SOONER BUY DEFYING GRAVITY
KISS ME GOODBYE I'M DEFYING GRAVITY
AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN!
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: As Elphaba Continues Chanting. What are you doing?! Stop it! 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 Towards Elphaba.
Elphaba: I told you, Glinda... I did it, I tell ya!
The Guards Bang On The Door Once 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.
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY
NOW THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS
Elphaba: You too.
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. The Guards Break Down The Door.
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. Hahahahaha. It's me! Up here!
It's me!
She Rises Up 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{No One mourns the Wicked reprise}

Ozians:
EVERY DAY THE WICKED
EVERY DAY THE TERROR GROWS
ALL OF OZ IS EVER ON ALERT
THAT'S THE WAY WITH WICKED-
SPREADING FEAR WHERE E'ER SHE GOES
SEEKING OUT NEW VICTIMS SHE CAN HURT!
Ozian Woman:
LIKE SOME TERRIBLE GREEN BLIZZARD
THROUGHOUT THE LAND SHE FLIES...
Ozian Man:
DEFAMING OUR POOR WIZARD
Ozians:
WITH HER CALUMNIES AND LIES
SHE LIES!
SAVE US FROM THE WICKED
SHIELD US SO WE WON'T BE HEXED
GIVE US WARNING
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT