Now playing: Seussical the Musical
By Kaley Considine
Posted March 26, 2015
Its that time of year again when the Aitkin Concert Choir puts on their annual musical and this year it will be “Seussical!” It is based on the Dr. Seuss books: Horton Hears a Who!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Horton Hatches the Egg, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, McElligot’s Pool, Hunches in Bunches, If I Ran the Circus, The Butter Battle Book, Oh the Things You Can Think!, The Cat in the Hat, The Sneetches and Other Stories, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, Oh the Places You’ll Go!, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
The Cat in the Hat serves as the narrator for the play, which is a combination of many of Dr. Seuss' most famous works. Musical Director Mrs. Blake said, “The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to a butter battling military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton's attention to the speck of dust and his "loitering" care of Mayzie LaBird's egg has elicited taunting and accusations from the rest of the animal kingdom, except for Gertrude McFuzz, who longs for his attention, and JoJo, whose "thinks" save them all in the end.” The leads have been practicing since January and the entire cast has been practicing since February. Mrs. Blake says, “It is a fantastic musical with parts for everyone. This is a fun, imaginative show so please encourage all of your friends and family to come see it. They will love it.” This year the musical will be performed on March 25th-28th at 2:30 pm on March 25th and 7:30 pm on March 26th-28th. Tickets to the musical are on sale now in the high school district office. Ticket prices vary from $6.00-$10.00.
The cast consists of the entire concert choir, and leads are:
The Cat in the Hat: Nikki Courtemanche
Jojo: Mikaela Justen
Horton the Elephant: Sampson Perrine
Gertrude McFuzz: Elise Courtemanche
Mayzie La Bird: Lisa Anderson
Sour Kangaroo: Rachel Curtiss
General Genghis Khan Schmitz: Erik Sanbeck
Bird Girls: Casey Coombs, Lydia Lahmann Sharbonda, Emili Lane, Ellie Michaletz, Elena Kyar, Serena Rubio
The Wickersham Brothers: Nic Bordwell, Wyatt Kokesh, Jack Kuppich, Drew Nordean, Tom Nadeau
Mrs. Mayor: Marissa Kinzer
Mr. Mayor: Abel Palkie
Judge Yertle the Turtle/Who: Seth Weinand
Grinch/Who: Caleb Curtiss
Cindy Lou Who: Emily Harmon
Thing 1 and 2: Taylor Ehnstrom and Brooke Miller
Vlad Vladikoff (Eagle)/Who: Jake Pederson/ Shelly Stephani
The Whos (includes Cadets): Casie Ambuehl, Anna Beneke, Peyton Brezinsky, Ally Bright, Korben Cline, Logan Cluff, Rachael Coombs, Taylor Courier, Taylor Crotty, Monon Dulou, Bethany Kinzer, Basia Lapa, Amber Moren, Holly Orpin, Jake Pederson, Sam Peterson, Amanda Rom, Kaitlyn Scharrer, Sam Stiernagle, Bo Workman
Jungle Creatures (Fish, Hunches, Circus Animals, Hunters): Abby Bobenmoyer, Danny Christianson, Shellby Fisher, Jesse Henline, Megan Host, Maddi Johnson, Marisa Kittleson, Amber Kuhlmann, Karsten Larson, Jerod Novak, Sarah Pederson, Dylan Quade, Justice Ramos, Shelly Stephani.
Posted March 26, 2015
Its that time of year again when the Aitkin Concert Choir puts on their annual musical and this year it will be “Seussical!” It is based on the Dr. Seuss books: Horton Hears a Who!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Horton Hatches the Egg, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, McElligot’s Pool, Hunches in Bunches, If I Ran the Circus, The Butter Battle Book, Oh the Things You Can Think!, The Cat in the Hat, The Sneetches and Other Stories, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, Oh the Places You’ll Go!, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
The Cat in the Hat serves as the narrator for the play, which is a combination of many of Dr. Seuss' most famous works. Musical Director Mrs. Blake said, “The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to a butter battling military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton's attention to the speck of dust and his "loitering" care of Mayzie LaBird's egg has elicited taunting and accusations from the rest of the animal kingdom, except for Gertrude McFuzz, who longs for his attention, and JoJo, whose "thinks" save them all in the end.” The leads have been practicing since January and the entire cast has been practicing since February. Mrs. Blake says, “It is a fantastic musical with parts for everyone. This is a fun, imaginative show so please encourage all of your friends and family to come see it. They will love it.” This year the musical will be performed on March 25th-28th at 2:30 pm on March 25th and 7:30 pm on March 26th-28th. Tickets to the musical are on sale now in the high school district office. Ticket prices vary from $6.00-$10.00.
The cast consists of the entire concert choir, and leads are:
The Cat in the Hat: Nikki Courtemanche
Jojo: Mikaela Justen
Horton the Elephant: Sampson Perrine
Gertrude McFuzz: Elise Courtemanche
Mayzie La Bird: Lisa Anderson
Sour Kangaroo: Rachel Curtiss
General Genghis Khan Schmitz: Erik Sanbeck
Bird Girls: Casey Coombs, Lydia Lahmann Sharbonda, Emili Lane, Ellie Michaletz, Elena Kyar, Serena Rubio
The Wickersham Brothers: Nic Bordwell, Wyatt Kokesh, Jack Kuppich, Drew Nordean, Tom Nadeau
Mrs. Mayor: Marissa Kinzer
Mr. Mayor: Abel Palkie
Judge Yertle the Turtle/Who: Seth Weinand
Grinch/Who: Caleb Curtiss
Cindy Lou Who: Emily Harmon
Thing 1 and 2: Taylor Ehnstrom and Brooke Miller
Vlad Vladikoff (Eagle)/Who: Jake Pederson/ Shelly Stephani
The Whos (includes Cadets): Casie Ambuehl, Anna Beneke, Peyton Brezinsky, Ally Bright, Korben Cline, Logan Cluff, Rachael Coombs, Taylor Courier, Taylor Crotty, Monon Dulou, Bethany Kinzer, Basia Lapa, Amber Moren, Holly Orpin, Jake Pederson, Sam Peterson, Amanda Rom, Kaitlyn Scharrer, Sam Stiernagle, Bo Workman
Jungle Creatures (Fish, Hunches, Circus Animals, Hunters): Abby Bobenmoyer, Danny Christianson, Shellby Fisher, Jesse Henline, Megan Host, Maddi Johnson, Marisa Kittleson, Amber Kuhlmann, Karsten Larson, Jerod Novak, Sarah Pederson, Dylan Quade, Justice Ramos, Shelly Stephani.