MCHS production: Seussical the Musical review
March 24, 2022
Our Madison County High School Drama has put on some spectacular productions this school year. They performed Seussical on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of this week, and the show was wonderful! Seussical is a musical based off of Dr. Suess’ stories but the main plot is ‘Horton Hears a Who’. The play begins with a boy named JoJo who sees a striped hat and imagines what would wear this hat and he imagines a Cat (The Cat in the Hat). The Cat then tells the boy of what a big imagination he has, and encourages him to keep thinking. Then we are introduced to Horton, and then it follows the plot of ‘Horton Hears a Who’. There is one lesson in this show that everyone should listen to: You should never change yourself for someone. It is shown by a bird named Gertrude McFuzz who has 1 tail feather and likes Horton. She thinks he never noticed her because of her tail, so she goes to a doctor to get a bigger tail so he will notice her. Throughout the musical it featured a ton of great songs sung by the cast! Below is a list of the amazing cast and crew of Seussical.
Cast:
The Cat In The Hat – Billy Hallberg
JoJo – Aislinn Bellew
Horton the Elephant – Burke Booth
Gertrude McFuzz – Sophia Rogers
Mayzie La Bird – Katie Carrouth
Sour Kangaroo – Anna Moon
Mr. Mayor – Ben Doster
Yertle the Turtle – Ethan Brantley
The Grinch – Cole Kempf
Vlad Vladikoff – Austin Morgan
Wickersham Brothers – Emory Burrows, Braydon Hardegree, and Micha Trump
Bird Girls – Mallory Brooks, Anna Claire Childers, Caitlin Daniel, Destiny Merchant, and Peyton Miller
Mrs. Mayor – Matti Moon
Ensemble – Abbi Adams, Kailey Avera, Nate Berryman, Lauren Bricker, Joshua Browning, Mackenzie Locke, Colton Pace, and Evelyn Priest
Crew:
Director – Mr. Jones
Music Director – Tripp Leffler
Choreographer – Heather Hogan
Stage Crew – Payden Moore Kaleigh Williams, and Shyann Gillespie
Light Board Operator – Henry Hallberg
Sound Board Operator – Daniel Fairchild
Music Operator – Chris Fountain
Scenic Painters – Haley Ellard, Xiammyra Silva
Set Construction – Colton Pace