The biggest challenge Renata Marino faces in staging a socially distanced musical is choreographing the dance numbers.
Marino is directing and choreographing “The Wizard of Oz,” featuring a cast of home-schooled and cyberschool students participating in the Stage Right Arts in Education program.
The musical will play at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Science Hall Auditorium on the Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood campus.
“How do I make this show not look like I’m dealing with covid?” Marino said. “Everyone comes out and stands 6 feet apart and stays in their spot. There’s no partner dancing. There are no excessive patterns.