Backstage at Oz is a comedy musical that follows the backstage antics of a group of six actors and a director who are taking part in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. There is a pompous Shakespearian actor who thinks his role as Oz (Richard Solis) is beneath him, a nervous drunk playing the Cowardly Lion (Dave Cortez), a practiced extravert playing the Tin Man (Jose DeHoyos), a sharp-tongued cynic playing Glinda the Good Witch (Whitney Marlett), and a more easygoing actress playing The Wicked Witch (Nicole Erwin). The Pollyanna nature of the actress playing Dorothy (Jayme Seward) fits the part aside from her top heavy build. The actors pull together later after the Munchkins go on strike demanding bigger pay for little people.