Courage, and making smart choices with kindness and love: That’s the theme of TOCS Meets the Wizard of Oz, a lively show taking the stage in Holly Springs this weekend.

What is TOCS? It’s Together on Center Stage, a performing arts vehicle for people regardless of experience or abilities.

“Together on Center Stage is an inclusion project, and that’s really important,” said Alan Rosen, volunteer director of this group, which is supported by the Holly Springs Civitan Club. “I believe everybody can do it; we look not at limitations, but at possibilities.

“We storyboard, and always have a theme like tolerance, respect or humility,” Rosen said. “The participants come up with ideas and we put it together.”

TOCS’ members will perform in three shows this weekend: Friday night at 7, and Saturday at 3 and 7 p.m. All shows take place at the Holly Springs Cultural Center.

Tickets are $8 at the door; for more info, call (919) 567-4000 or see togetheroncenterstage.org.

And stay tuned for the November/December issue of Cary Magazine, featuring the full story of Together on Center Stage, and how you can take part!