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# ‘Wizard of Oz’ to open at Samohi
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/wizard-of-oz-to-open-at-samohi/
- Published: 2003-04-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:56:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica High School’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” will take place at the newly-restored Barnum Hall Theater on May 2-17.

Performances will take place on Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.

The Barnum Hall Theater was completed in 1938 by the Federal Works Progress Administration and also served as the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium when it was first built.

After many years, however, Barnum Hall began to show significant wear and tear, and its doors were finally closed for repairs in 1996\. Barnum Hall is now fully restored to its original Art-Deco opulence.

Santa Monica High School’s theater arts department returns to the theater for the first time since Peter Pan in 1996.

Call 310-458-5939 or for tickets and information.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 28, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)