Hit the Bricks is a musical audio drama podcast. It debuted in January 2020. It follows cousins Jessi Hugson and Wallace Williams, 21st-century teenagers from Kansas who travel to Oz. Based on the lore of the Oz books, it includes appearances and cameos from many characters from the novels. It was written and directed by P.J. Scott-Blankenship.

Description

"Dorothy Gale lived on a farm in Kansas, with her Aunt Em and her Uncle Henry. The farm is still there… Dorothy is not."

100 years after L. Frank Baum's saga that began with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Gale Family Farm sits abandoned in what's left of the great Kansas prairies. After her parents' messy divorce, Jessi Hugson and her mother move to Dorothy's old neighborhood for a new beginning. Things were already off to a shaky start, but when Jessi and her cousin Wallace find a jewel-studded bracelet in Dorothy's front yard... things get twisted. Twister'd, even.

Now Jessi and Wallace find themselves in an Oz that's a little worse-for-wear. Dorothy is missing, and when her beloved friends went in search of her...well, they went missing too. Anybody with the means to get Jessi and Wallace home are gone and an Unseen Evil is lurking in the shadows.

Jessi must join forces with a new generation of Ozites and save Oz in this new Radio-Play in the tradition of the Audio Dramas and Fairylogues that came before it.

Characters

Starring:

• Jessi Hugson - Michelle Agresti
  • A girl who has recently moved from California to Kansas, and gets transported to Oz.
• Wallace Williams - PJ Scott-Blankenship
  • Jessi's cousin, who grew up in Kansas, and got transported to Oz.
• Lurlene Quelala - Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira
  • The daughter of Gayelette and Quelala, an unregistered witch.
• Jacoby Smith-Tinker - Jordan Higgs
  • The son of Mr. Tinker and Mr. Smith, who grew up on the moon.

Other supporting characters from the world of Oz:

• Scarecrow - Lee Davis-Thalbourne
• Scraps the Patchwork Girl - Charlotte Dow
• Sawhorse - Arthur Maurici
• Glinda the Good - Lauren Shippen
• Wicked Witch of the West - Megan Scharlau
• Wicked Witch of the South - Q Dyer
• Wicked Witch of the East
  • child - Dana Luery Shaw
  • adult - Em Mantoani
• The Kalidah - Briggon Snow
• Guardian of the Gates - Chad Ellis
• Professor Wogglebug - James Oliva
• Eureka - Kristen DiMercurio
• Jack Pumpkinhead - David Michmerhuizen
• Polychrome - Ishani Kanetkar
• Good Witch of the North - Karin Heimdhal
• Mr. Tinker - Morgan Givens
• Dorothy Gale - Jordan Cobb
• Mombi - Emma Sherr-Ziarko

Episodes

Season 1

• Prologue/Episode 0: Lost
• Episode 1: The Cyclone
• Episode 2: Welcome to Oz!
• Episode 3: Green Thumb
• Episode 4: Rotten
• Episode 5: Polar Opposites
• Episode 6: Rainbow Road
• Episode 7: The Boy in the Moon
• Episode 8: Ask the Flowers to Tell You
• Episode 9: Pessimistic Voices

Links

Official website: https://hitthebricks.com/

Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/HitTheBricksPod