Solomon Stahl, Playing the Role of “Tin Man” In The Wizard of Oz

By: Haley Michelson

left to right: Kylen Gray as Lion, Tessa Hemphill as Dorothy, Solomon Stahl as Tin Man, Jersey Hays as Scarecrow photo: Abby Miller- Redwood Gigantea

Solomon Stahl ’20, is an aspiring actor here at Redwood. He is playing the role of “Tin Man” in the upcoming musical, The Wizard of Oz.

When his friend dragged him out to auditions he “wasn’t looking forward to it.” It was a very different thing that he wasn’t used to.

To Stahl, being an actor is hard work, when you have a job and have a lot of hard class at school. But for Solomon, getting “4 hours of sleep at night and juggling everything” was the way to go.

Stahl believes his character in the musical, the Tin Man, ‘is a hopeless romantic’ and knew that the other aspects of his character reflects how he is. Outside of school, he does many things than just going home to do homework.

Stahl in last year’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress”

He partakes in many other musicals with Tulare County Office of Education Theater Company (TCOE). With TCOE he is able to sing, dance, and act, to be able to express his creativity through theater.

Although he doesn’t want to take his acting into his future, he remembers each experience he’s had and is grateful for all of the memories he’s made and is glad that his friend made him try out for the first place.