Is Dorothy At The End Of The Yellow Brick Road?
The third chapter of the Kansas Collection finally reunites us with Dorothy — strong acting, a fascinating concept, but a more passive experience than the two episodes before it.
I feel like I am in a real life game of thrones, watching from inside the TV.
Our reviewerWe Finally Find Dorothy — But From Further Away
The Kansas Collection's first two chapters, The Key and The Axe, introduced us to a post-Wizard-of-Oz world where Dorothy has vanished and Oz has fallen into war between the Scarecrow, Glinda and the Tin Man. The Door, the third installment from The Speakeasy Society, is where we finally track her down.
The story delivers: a message from the Wizard leads us to Dorothy's location, and a dramatic reveal — aided by magic and cards — brings her memory of Oz flooding back, right before the Wizard betrays the group under threat from Phoebe, one of Princess Ozma's agents. It's a genuine gut-punch of a twist that sets up real stakes for the next chapter.
The acting remains the strongest reason to keep coming back — The Speakeasy Society consistently delivers intense, absorbing performances that pull us further into the story each time. The overall concept, too, is what makes the series worth following: a real-life, immersive take on a serialized drama, like stepping inside a game of thrones rather than watching one.
Where The Door falls short of its predecessors is interactivity. This installment kept us in a single room for the entire event, and it showed — we came away feeling more like an observer than a participant, a step back from how involved The Key and The Axe made us feel.
Even with that dip in interactivity, the story itself is escalating in a way that's hard to walk away from — Ozma's plan to marry the Scarecrow and reclaim Oz through Phoebe's body is exactly the kind of twist that makes us want the next chapter immediately.
Why We Love It
- The Speakeasy Society's acting remains consistently strong and absorbing
- The immersive-theater concept feels like stepping inside a real, unfolding story
Considerations
- This installment felt less interactive than The Key or The Axe — the entire event took place in one room
- We felt more like an observer than an active participant in the story
Inside the Experience (Spoilers Ahead)
By the time we stepped into the waiting room for The Door, the world finally clicked into place: Dorothy killed the Wicked Witch and returned to Kansas, but Oz spiraled into war in her absence, with Glinda and the Tin Man fighting the Scarecrow while nothing is quite as it seems.
We also learned more about Princess Ozma, who believes herself Oz's rightful ruler and is currently inhabiting the body of Phoebe, one of the Scarecrow's helpers — a detail that pays off hard by the end of this chapter.
Spoiler Warning
The Wizard leads us to Dorothy, only to betray the group under threat from Phoebe — Phil steals Dorothy away to Oz, leaving Phoebe (secretly controlled by Ozma) behind with us.
We Recommend This To Readers Who:
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Already following the Kansas Collection
The Door pays off threads from The Key and The Axe with a real twist.
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New to the series
It's not too late to catch up — the story is still building toward its next chapter.
A Closer Look
A Strong Story Chapter, A Quieter Experience
The Door raises the stakes of the Kansas Collection's story in a real way, even if this installment feels a little less hands-on than the two before it — we're already looking forward to the next chapter.
