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Seussical ™ the Musical EDUCATOR RESOURCE GUIDE From the same creative team who brought you last season’s hit — Disney’s The Little Mermaid PRESENTS SEUSSICAL ™ THE MUSICAL FEB 1-25 2018 DIRECTED BY Melissa Rain Anderson DANCE & CIRCUS CHOREOGRAPHY BY 2 Ring Circus MUSIC BY Stephen Flaherty LYRICS BY Lynn AhrensSeason Sponsors: BOOK BY Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty CO-CONCEIVED BY Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Eric Idle BASED ON THE WORKS OF Dr. Seuss SEASON SPONSORS CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE PRESENTS SEUSSICAL™ The Musical TABLE OF CONTENTS Synopsis………………………………………………………………………………..3-4 Curriculum Connections……………………………………………………………..…5 Before Seeing The Show…………………….………………………………..……..…6 Theatre Etiquette…………………………………………………………………….….7 After Seeing The Show…………………………………………………………………8 Excerpts From The Playbill…..….………………………………………………….9-15 Seuss and the Art of Invented Words………………………………………….……16 Teaching Tolerance………………………………….……………………………..17-19 Activity Pages………………………………………………………………………20-22 Recommended Reads…………………………………………………………………23 How’d We Do?……………………………………………………………………..…..24 ABOUT THIS GUIDE The following resource guide is a collection of all the best “thinks” we could find related to Seuss and our show. We’ve scoured the internet, but the thinks don’t stop there. Please see the end of this guide for additional places to explore. Also, keep an eye out for Thing 1 and Thing 2. If you’ve downloaded the PDF version of this document, click on them for access to direct print-outs and further reading. ! (!2) SYNOPSIS BACKGROUND Our play is based on several Dr. Seuss stories including Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches the Egg and Gertrude McFuzz. It is adapted especially for young audiences from the Broadway version of SEUSSICAL™. ACT ONE On an open stage, a child uses his imagination to bring The Cat In The Hat to life. The Cat encourages us to let our imaginations run wild, conjuring the world of Dr. Seuss in a song called “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think.” The child imagines the Jungle of Nool, where Horton the elephant is splashing in a pool. He hears a cry for help that no one else can hear coming from a dust speck. The animals in the jungle don’t believe him and make fun of him. The dust speck turns out to be the planet of Who, the tiniest planet in the sky. The population of Who introduces themselves in the song “Here on Who.” A little Who boy, Jojo, is scolded by his parents for thinking outlandish thoughts. Jojo and Horton sing the song “Alone in the Universe” about how nobody understands them. Back in the jungle, Gertrude McFuzz, a bird, is sad because she has a tail with only one feather and Horton never notices her. She talks to the very showy bird, Mayzie, who suggests she visit the doctor for some feather-growing pills. Gertrude overdoes it and gets a huge tail as a result. The animals are still torturing Horton about the dust speck he has placed on a clover. They get the evil eagle, Vlad Vladikoff to steal the clover. As the curtain falls at the end of Act One, the Whos and their clover plummet downward straight into a giant field of identical clovers. ! (!3) ACT TWO Horton begins searching the field for the Whos on the dust speck. As he searches, Gertrude arrives and tries to get him to notice her new tail, but he is so busy that she gives up and leaves. While Horton searches, Mayzie the bird calls to him from her nest. She complains that she is bored sitting on her egg and she asks if Horton could sit on it for her while she takes a break. Horton agrees and ends up sitting on the egg for months until some hunters find him and take him and the tree to New York where they sell him to a circus. Horton is very sad until Gertrude finds him. She tells him the story of her tail which is now back to one feather. But her best news is that she found his clover and saved the planet of Who. Their troubles are not over, however, because the jungle animals put Horton on trial for talking to a dust speck and sitting on an egg. They plan on boiling the speck, so Horton urges the Whos to shout as loud as they can so they can be heard. Little Jojo gives a great yell and the jungle animals finally hear him. They all vow to protect the planet of Who along with Horton. Finally, Horton’s egg hatches and out comes… an elephant bird? Horton and Gertrude decide to take care of it together and combine their strengths, Horton’s on land and Gertrude’s in the air. With all set for happy endings, the entire cast addresses the audience, encouraging them to think, dare, and dream as boldly as Dr. Seuss. ………… ………… Follow The Things to the source of this Synopsis: ………… Theatreworks USA’s SEUSSICAL™ Study Guide ………… ………… ! (!4) CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS The following are based on the North Carolina Common Core State Standards, as well as the North Carolina Essential Standards for Theatre Arts. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY CCR Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key points and supporting details and ideas. CCR Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. CCR Anchor Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. THEATRE ARTS Analysis Standard A.1: Analyze literary texts and performances. Aesthetics Standard AE.1: Understand how to design technical theatre components such as as costumes, set, props, makeup, lighting, and sound. Culture Standard CU.2: Understand the traditions, roles, and conventions of theatre as an art form. ! (!5) BEFORE SEEING THE SHOW 1. You may want to read Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches the Egg, and Gertrude McFuzz. Review the plot and characters with your students. 2. One of the themes in the show is loyalty. Have your students look up the word in the dictionary. Ask your students what it means to them; discuss examples of how you can be loyal to someone. 3. Discuss the difference between seeing a play and a movie. For example, a play happens in front of a live audience. The actors need to recreate the same play over and over again, giving the audience the illusion that the story is being told for the very first time. In a movie, the actors only need to nail their performances once. They are able to try a scene a number of different ways very quickly to find the best version. 4. Dr. Seuss is known for creating nonsense words in his stories. Can you remember any from his books? Listen for them as you watch the show. 5. One song in the show is called “Oh, The Thinks You Can Think.” Discuss what a “think” could be. 6. Pick a book by Dr. Seuss and challenge your students to sketch their own scenery and costumes inspired by the story. What does the world of Dr. Seuss look like in real life? 7. If you are joining us at the theatre for the fully staged production, have a look at the end of this guide for a collection of useful theatre terms. Follow The Things for more lesson ideas: ………… ………… Arvada Center’s SEUSSICAL™ Study Guide ………… ………… ! (!6) THEATRE ETIQUETTE You, the audience, play an important part in the success of a theatrical performance. Please make clear to your students that the rules of attending a live theatrical performance are different than watching television at home or a movie in a cinema. We want you to laugh, cheer, clap, and really enjoy your time with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, but there are a few rules that need to be followed. Please review the following theatre etiquette rules with your students prior to your visit: • Eating, drinking, and gum-chewing are not permitted in the theatre. Help us keep our space clean for our next audiences! • Our production of SEUSSICAL™ involves intricate aerial work and choreography. The performers love hearing applause, but an audience’s loud comments, whispering, and other noises can be very distracting. • Photography or video recording are prohibited in the theatre. • Double check that you’ve turned off all cell phones! Better yet, silence them just in case, AND turn them off. Remember that the performers can SEE you! ! (!7) AFTER SEEING THE SHOW 1. What were some of the nonsense words you heard in the show? Make a list of them with their meanings. 2. What does Horton do to show that he is loyal? Who else is loyal in the show? Have students identify something they have done that shows loyalty. 3. Describe the planet Who. What would it be like to live there? 4. How do the characters change throughout the play? 5. How did the director of the show use circus elements (trapeze, lyra hoops, swings, silks, hula hoops etc.) to better tell the story? 6. Gertrude thinks more feathers will get her noticed. Name some things your students wear or have that make them feel more important. Does having certain things really make people more important? In the end, Gertrude realizes it’s what she DOES—not what she looks like—that makes her important to Horton. What can you do to make yourself more important to others? 7. Dr. Seuss’ friend once bet him $50 that he couldn’t write an entire book using only 220 words. So he wrote Green Eggs and Ham and won the bet.
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