Scarecrow on Fire written by Kevin Kling, directed by Michael Robins with Kevin Kling, Dan Chouinard, Simone Perrin, and Stephen Yoakam, with music from the House of Mercy Band (Chris Larson, Angela Talle, Jeremy Szopinski, and Doug Trail-Johnson), and Michelle Kinney.

Kevin imagines a twist to the story of The Wizard of Oz, as only he can. Dorothy is back in Kansas with a cyclone in her head, she's in trouble and calls for help. Can the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion find their way from Oz to Kansas?

With an all-star cast of Dan Chouinard as the Tinman, Stephen Yoakam as the Lion, Simone Perrin as Dorothy, and Kevin as the Scarecrow, these four plunge into one adventure after another and still arrive at the realization that, “Home. There really is no place like it.”

Kevin Kling was one of the first playwrights ILLUSION engaged for collaboration. He first performed his solo work 21A in ILLUSION’s studio warehouse (1984). Kevin played a collection of eight unforgettable characters on the Minneapolis to St. Paul bus route giving the play its name. ILLUSION produced his Lloyd's Prayer twice, in 1989 with Kevin playing the Raccoon Boy and Michael Sommers playing Lloyd and later in 2002 with Nathan Christopher playing the Raccoon Boy and Zach Curtis as Lloyd. Kevin has also performed at LIVE at Lyndale Gardens for each of the four years of this free outdoor series.