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Music by Lyrics by LYNN AHERNS Book by LYNN AHERNS and STEPHEN FLAHERTY Co-conceived by LYNN AHERNS and STEPHEN FLAHERTY and Based on the works of Dr. Seuss July 9, 10, 11 & 15, 16, 17, 2021 Ironwoods Park Amphitheatre 14701 Mission Road, Leawood, KS 66224

and the City of Leawood Presents

Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Book by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens

July 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 2021 8:00 nightly Ironwoods Park Amphitheater 14701 Mission Road  Leawood, KS 66224

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SEUSSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MYI. www.mtishows.com

Please No Photos Of Any Kind The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Cast Cat in the Hat ...... Alec Bridges Jojo ...... Delilah Rose Pellow Horton ...... Colin Rohach Gertrude ...... Emily Vargo Mayzie ...... Laura Irwin Mayor ...... Ray Ettinger Mrs. Mayor...... Taylar Raber Kangaroo ...... Alyson Golladay General Ghengis Khan Schmitz ...... Matthew Henrickson ...... Joshua Young Cindy Lou Who ...... Lizzie Cure Yertle the Turtle ...... Zach Lofland Vlad Vladikoff...... Jennifer Coville Elephant Bird...... Avonlea Graves Bird Girls ...... Miranda Brand, Emily Bridges, Madison Dodd, Ella Graham, Haley Knudsen, Josephine Pellow Wickershams ...... John Carver, Kennedy Kinnick, Simon Schupp, Terrace Wyatt, Jr. Adult Ensemble ...... Noah Bridges, Erin Coleman, Jennifer Coville, Andrea Hobley, Carrigan Rohach, Rosie Smith Children’s Ensemble ...... Sloane Burgess, Lizzie Cure, Lucy Dandurand, Amelia Coville-Schweigert, Benjamin Garner, Wilson Rabel, Isaac Schupp, Ivy Sollenberger, Oliver Yeung, Veronica Stverak

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913-266-5434 • jawncollins.com ACT I Overture Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Horton Hears a Who Biggest Blame Fool Here on Who Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (Reprise) It’s Possible How to Raise a Child The Military Alone in the Universe The One Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz Amayzing Mayzie Amazing Gertrude Monkey Around Chasing the Whos How Lucky You Are Notice Me, Horton How Lucky You Are (Reprise)

INTERMISSION - 15 Minutes between Acts

ACT II Entr’acte Egg, Nest and Tree Circus McGurkus How Lucky You Are (Reprise) Amazing Horton Solla Sollew Havin’ a Hunch All For You The People Versus Alone in the Universe (Reprise) Oh, the Thinks You Can Think (Reprise) Green Eggs and Ham Letter From the Chair Rachel Phillips (Ensemble) is back for her KISS ME, KATE CAST fth LSC show. Since returning to KC last year, As Chair of Leawood Stage (LSC) I want to welcome and she has worked onstage and o at companies thankKat Rupercht you for ...... joining us as we present our first live productionLilli Vanessi/Kate of our including CYT, OCTA, and TIP, where she just 23rdDavid season. Martin ...... We are thrilled to be allowed to offer Fredlive theatreGraham/Petruchio to the performed in ! communityHaley Solowy that...... Lois has supported us throughout our history. Lane/Bianca Kiera Rader (Ensemble) is returning to LSC. SinceAlec Walberg 1998, LSC...... has worked with our presenting sponsor, Bill Calhoon/Lucentio the City of She studies dance at Miller-Marley Dance and LeawoodRod Chapin and ...... Man Leawood Parks and Recreation Department, to provide 1 Voice. Currently she performs as a Miller-Marley Entertainer and an OSHS Varsity Golden Girl. highJames quality Azeltine entertainment, ...... Man while educating and enriching lives in the 2 Previous credits include Beauty and the Beast localSabrina community. Stewart ...... LSC’s mission includes presenting performing arts, Paula Jamie Todd ...... Hattie (OSHS), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor educational programming, community building, and business- Dreamcoat (TTIP) and Oliver! (LSC). communityPaul Anderson cooperation...... The General Mike Brown ...... Harry Trevor/Baptista Kat Ruprecht (Lilli/Kate) is honored to be back EmbarkingRyan Foster on ...... Ralph a new chapter as an independent organization, LSC is a on stage as Lilli Vanessi. This is her second show at LSC in Promises, Promises. Previous roles: Roz, trueCarter community Stelting ...... theatre experience, focusing on family and volunteers Gremio of Fiona & Shirley Markowitz. Thank you Kevin for all ages and backgrounds. To offer affordable live performances LSC is Max Pardo ...... Hortensio being you. Ezra, thank you for making me a anBeau all-volunteer Ellis ...... Himself organization from the board members to the members mama. I love you weasel. of the cast, crew, and orchestra. If you like what we offer and would like Ensemble Katelyn Seyl (Ensemble) is excited to be a part to become a participant of LSC please talk to any of the Board Members Alexis Bowen, Lisa Earlenbaugh, Jessica Franz, Ella Graham, Brittany Hill, of this production of Kiss Me Kate. She does atScarlett the show Jones, this Stellaevening. Jones, Kauphusman, Kevin Keltner, Todd theatre at Blue Valley Southwest and dances at WeKern, are Pamela very happy Klifar, you Max are Pardo, here, Racheland very Phillips, happy Kieralive theatre Rader, isKim back! Sheek, Denise’s Dance Academy. Enjoy the show! Katelyn Seyl, Carter Stelting, Kate Wiese Kim Sheek (Ensemble) is delighted to return to - Michael Blinn, Chair, Leawood Stage Company the LSC stage, having appeared in Mousetrap, Oliver! and Oklahoma!. She is excited to be cast in Stealing Kandinsky by the Westport Center for the Arts and Scott Meyers Productions next October. Haley Solowy (Lois/Bianca) is very excited to be playing Lois in Kiss me Kate! She is an avid Shakespeare lover and attends UMKC for theatre performance. She would like to thank Sabrina, Alex, and Katy for supporting her through the process! Carter Stelting (Stagehand/Gremio) currently attends Olathe South. Credits include The Wizard of Oz at Starlight Theatre and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for the Barn Players. All his glory goes to God. Sabrina Stewart (Paula) is ecstatic to be returning to LSC! You might have last seen her in The Tempest at UMKC, Rock of Ages at the Barn Players, or White Christmas at Inspired Purpose. Sabrina would like to thank her family for all their love, Laure Ronnebaum for being a constant support system, and most importantly Lisa Earlenbaugh. Jamie Todd (Hattie) is going to be a freshman at Stephen’s College in Columbia, MO in the fall to study performance. Kiss Me Kate is her rst Leawood show and she is excited to be playing the role of Hattie. Seussical Staff Director ...... Chris McCoy Music Director/Conductor...... Langston Hemenway Choreographer...... Madison Shelley Costume Design...... Scotty Wiggins Costume Assistants...... Sean Dearing, Paula Oliveira , Christine Garner Kangaroo Puppet Creator ...... Brittany Church Accompanist ...... Todd Wiley Stage Manager ...... Paige Wright Assistant Stage Manager ...... Breanna Kristian Set Design ...... Michael Blinn Set Foreman...... Tyler Lashe’ Prop Master ...... Jenny O’Leary Prop Assistants ...... Bethany Elliot, Maggie Puderbaugh Tech Advisor ...... Eric Van Horn Artistic Director...... April Bishop Production Assistant ...... Jaimeson Satterfield Marketing ...... Kelli Mattison, Lindsay Lovejoy, ...... Kelsey Nicholes, Rachel Phillips Program/Web Design ...... Lindsay Lovejoy Set Art ...... April Bishop Set Construction ...... Tyler Lashe’, Chris Casey, Eric Van Horn, ...... members of the cast and crew Orchestra Conductor...... Kenneth Tysick Violin 1...... Tosh Watanabe Viola ...... Laura Gray Cello...... Ethan McWilliams Bass ...... Larry Dahlsten Bass Clarinet/Clarinet/Tenor Sax...... Holly Hague Saxophones...... Alex May Flute ...... Laura Newport Flute/Piccolo ...... Jerilyn Main Oboe, English Horn ...... Amy Schwartz Trombone ...... Ken Tysick Trumpet 1...... Scott Stevens Trumpet 2...... Michael Marsh Percussion ...... Eric Powers Drums ...... Charlie Betzelberger Director’s Note In March of this year, Dr. Seuss Enterprises – which controls the catalog of the author’s work – decided to cease publication on six classic Dr. Seuss books citing insensitive imagery and harmful racial representation. The announcement was met with a variety of reactions from support for the organization’s dedication to rectifying historical racism to derision for overly sensitive censorship or, as some in social media called it, the “cancelling of Dr. Seuss.” Seuss’ stepdaughter, Leagrey Dimond, describes the decision best by saying, “He was a man of his times who moved with his times, and he ultimately transcended his times.” Theodore Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904 and wrote over 60 books in his lifetime including some of the best-loved children’s books of all time: (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1960), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1964), and Oh, the Places You’ll Go (1990). His work sold over 600 billion copies and was translated into 20 different languages by the time of his death in 1991. Geisel adopted the moniker “Dr. Seuss” in the 1920s as he became a lauded political cartoonist publishing work in The Saturday Evening Post, Life, and Vanity Fair.

While the current politicization of Dr. Seuss seems to be a reaction to contemporary culture, Seuss was quite political in many of his books and cartoons throughout his life. (1971) is about deforestation published of the environmental movement, The Sneetches (1961) examines racial equality, (1984) is an allegory for the nuclear arms race, Yertle the Turtle (1958) focuses on anti-authoritarianism in politics, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) is a tale decrying consumerism. All of these works are represented in some form in Seussical and reflect the adaptor’s intention to preserve the moral messages inherent in Seuss’ oeuvre.

After a year of pandemic and international shut-down, racial turbulence, and political strife, I think Seussical is the perfect return for Leawood Stage Company. The joy of these beloved stories exudes from the characters, music, and storytelling adapted by Lynne Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty as well as the talent and of this cast and creative team. But what I love most about presenting this work at this particular moment in history is the message that holds the musical together: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Dr. Seuss understood the power of this line when he wrote it for Horton Hears a Who in 1954 at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Little did he know that 67 years later, this phrase of equity, acceptance, and inclusion would be more prescient than ever.

As Dr. Seuss wrote: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!” - Dr. Chris McCoy, Director, Seussical Cast Bios Miranda Brand (Bird Girl) This is Miranda’s third production with Leawood Stage Company. She enjoyed playing a Jetette in in 2018, and Charity Haze in The Butler Did It! via zoom production in 2020. Miranda is thrilled to be getting back to the stage and get to perform in one of her favorite musicals. Alec Bridges (Cat in the Hat) is elated to be wearing the hat! Recent credits include Melchior in Spring Awakening (Faust Theatre), Soldier in Sunday in the Park With George (OCTA), and Ash in Evil Dead (Padgett Productions). Thanks to my dad, my mom, Madison and D. Emily Bridges (Bird Girl) is thrilled to be a part of Seussical at LSC! Recent performances include at TITP and Sister Act with The Barn Players. Emily teaches theatre at Emporia Middle School. Many thanks to the Seuss company, her students, and (as always) Shayne. Noah Bridges (Ensemble) is very excited to perform in Seussical. This is Noah’s second show at Leawood Stage Company, he has previously performed in . He would like to thank his Friends, Family, and D for their never-ending support. Sloane Burgess (Children’s Ensemble) has a variety of experiences that range from Broadway-producing theatre to print ads. She was singing almost before she could talk, so the stage has allowed her to share that passion with others. Sloane is happiest in the lights! John Carver (Wickersham) is excited to participate in his first community show! John spends his free time watching movies and having lots of fun. John would like to thank his mother for coming to every show. Erin Coleman (Ensemble) is excited to be back at LSC since last playing Model in in 2012. More recent performances have been in NYC at Jean’s Players include Carrie in Carousel, Vivian in Legally Blonde, and Niki in Centuria. Thanks to Chris for this amazing opportunity! Amelia Coville Schweigert (Children’s Ensemble) is so excited to not only be doing her first show with Leawood, but to be able to be in another show with her momma. Their first show together was The Wizard of Oz at Theatre in the Park. She has performed in Christmas Carol at the REP and Wizard of Oz at Starlight. She thanks her two moms for continuing to support the arts! Jennifer Coville (Ensemble, Vlad) is beyond thrilled to be doing another show with Leawood! Performing with her daughter Amelia has been an incredible experience. Last seen as the Witch in Wizard of Oz at TTIP and Anita at LSC in West Side Story. Thank you to friends and family and my “hoard” Elizabeth Cure (Cindy Lou Who, Children’s Ensemble) age 10, will be entering 5th grade at Ascension Catholic School this fall. This is Elizabeth’s first show with LSC but has been in four shows previously, her favorite being Matilda where she played the title role. Elizabeth also loves softball, soccer, reading, and art. Lucy Dandurand (Children’s Ensemble) has brains in her head as a 3rd grader at Holy Trinity and (dance) shoes on her feet as a TiniTainer at Miller Marley. Big hugs and thanks to Seuss staff, her teachers and family. Off to great places! Madison Dodd (Bird Girl) is thrilled to be back with Leawood this summer! Recent credits include New Theatre, Maples Repertory Theatre, Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre, Worlds of Fun, Okoboji Summer Theatre and Faust Theatre. Thanks to the Bridges, especially Alec for their love and support! Ray Ettinger (Mayor) is so glad to return to the Ironwoods stage. He has worked in several LSC shows as music director and on-stage recently appeared as King Sextimus in Upon a Mattress and was in rehearsals for The Civil War when everything closed down. How exciting it is to return to this fabulous production. Benjamin Garner (Children’s Ensemble) is going into 7th grade and is the youngest of 10 children. He has performed with his family in community theatre since he was 7. His favorite role was Ralphie in The Christmas Story, The Musical. Alyson Golladay (Kangaroo) says it’s about time theatre came back! She’s been tired sitting around waiting, so sit back, relax and R.E.S.P.E.C.K. all this amazing talent and hard work this amazing cast and staff have put together. Love to you all and enjoy the show…obviously! Ella Graham (Bird Girl) is thrilled to be a part of Seussical! She is currently studying PR and theatre at Loyola . Recent credits include Small Alison in and Rebecca in Our Town. Thank you to her friends, family, and Gary. Avonlea Graves (Elephant Bird/Children’s Ensemble) is thrilled to make her musical theatre debut! Avonlea enjoys dancing, playing piano, and choreographing dances with her sister and cousins. You may have seen her on TV in Capitol Federal commercials or in various print and social media ads. Matthew Henrickson (General Genghis Khan Schmitz) is thrilled to be back at Ironwood after having never opened in Civil War the previous LIVE. BREATHE. BANK. KC. season. Matt was previously in Bonnie and Clyde at Leawood and has At Country Club Bank, performed all around the KC area. He we support the dreamers, the is so excited to share the stage with his doers, the leaders, and visionaries. diva wife Laura Irwin. For generations we've been Andrea Hobley (Ensemble) is proud to call Kansas City ours. delighted to make her return to the We're local, homegrown and LSC stage!!! Her last show here was Once Upon a Mattress! Big thanks to understand what it means to all of my friends and family for always live here, do business here supporting my dreams and crazy and raise a family here. adventures!!! XOXOX Numbers 6:24-26 We’re banking on you, Laura Irwin (Mayzie) is thrilled to Kansas City. be returning to the stage in this production. She was previously on the Leawood Stage as Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress. She would like to thank her family and specifically her 816-931-4060 | www.countryclubbank.com husband (General Schmitz) for their Member FDIC love and support. Kennedy Kinnick (Wickersham) attends Raymore-Peculiar High School. Recently, she played Winnefred the Woebegone in RayPec’s production of Once Upon a Mattress. Kennedy was nominated for a Blue Star for best actress in a musical. This is her first production with Leawood Stage Company and she is thrilled to be playing a Wickersham brother! Haley Knudsen (Bird Girl) is thrilled to be at Leawood Stage, performing one of her dream shows! A KC native, Haley is a Loyola Chicago Theatre Education alum (go Ramblers!) and wannabe yogi. She would like to thank the directors and amazing crew, her family, and her better half. Enjoy the show! Zach Lofland (Yertle the Turtle) is thrilled to be performing in his fourth LSC show! He has also performed with The White Theatre, Theatre in the Park, The Barn Players, The Culture House, and KC Fringe Festival. Love to family & friends! Josephine Pellow (Bird Girl) is so excited to be back for another summer at Leawood Stage after playing Annie in Annie in 2017! She has appeared on many stages around KC. When Josephine isn’t performing, she loves to travel! After 15 months of quarantine, she’s so happy to be performing again! Delilah Rose Pellow (Jojo) Some of Delilah’s credits include Little in Anastasia on Broadway and the First National Tour! She also got to tour as Cindy Lou Who in The Grinch National Tour. She is so excited to be in Seussical and wants everyone to know that “Anything’s Possible!” Taylar Rabel (Mrs. Mayor) is beyond excited to be doing my first show with LSC! Thanks to the directorial staff for allowing me to make wonderful memories with my son, Wilson, on stage and thanks to Nate for being the most supportive husband! Wilson Rabel (Children’s Ensemble) is so excited to be in his first show at Leawood Stage Company! Thanks to the directors for allowing him to do another show with all of you! Carrigan Rohach (Ensemble) is elated to be in her first show with LSC. She was last seen as Olaf in Frozen at TITP. Off stage she can be found studying to become a dermatologist and working with the National MS Society. Colin Rohach (Horton) is thrilled to be playing Horton in Leawood Stage’s production. Colin is best known for playing “Eubie” in The Happy Elf for two years at The Theatre in the Park. He is in his final year of law school and will take the BAR exam this February. Colin thanks his family. Dogecoin to the moon! Isaac Schupp (Children’s Ensemble) is happy to be back on stage. He has performed in Peter Pan at The J and he was cast as Young Will in Big Fish at OCTA. He will be in 4th grade in the Ray-Pec School District. Enjoy the show! Simon Schupp (Wickersham) is excited to join LSC! He has performed with many theaters in the area including Spinning Tree and MTH. He is excited to perform with his son again, after being in Peter Pan at The J together. Rosie Smith (Ensemble) is excited to join the ensemble of Seussical this summer. A k-12 Music Education graduate from William Jewell College, Rosie has taught 6-12 vocal music in Paola KS the past 2 years. Rosie plans to pursue her master’s degree in Choral Conducting at State University in this fall. Ivy Sollenberger (Children’s Ensemble) is thrilled to be in her first Leawood Stage Company production! She is a dance student at Miller Marley School of Dance & Voice and a soon-to-be 3rd grader at Holy Trinity. Love to Ezra! Veronica Stverak (Children’s Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Leawood Stage debut. Although new to Leawood Stage, Veronica has been dancing with Miller Marley since she was 3! She thanks Uncle Chris for this opportunity, and she hopes you enjoy the show! Emily Vargo (Gertrude) is excited to perform in front of a live audience for the first time in over a year! Emily holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Wichita State University and loves performing whenever she can. She was last seen as Portia in Something Rotten with The White Theatre. This is her first show with LSC. Terrace Wyatt Jr. (Wickersham) is thrilled to return to the stage with LSC as his third production with them. He graduated from William Jewell College with a B.A. in Theatre. He has performed throughout in the KC area including Starlight, KC Rep, BRTKC, Shawnee Mission’s TIP, and many more. Terrace is incredibly blessed to perform once again since the lockdown!

AlecOliver Walberg Yeung (Bill/Lucentio) (Children’s Ensemble) is excited is to a 12-year-oldjoin the Leawood boy who Stage has Companyrecently for the rstentered time! theAlec theatre has performed scene. He on has numerous done 2 schoolstages, shows.including He thoselikes , at Theatre drawing, in the KISS ME, KATE Park,and MTH,writing. Faust He andloves Starlight. being in the children’s ensemble! June 1948 (Grinch) is a human being. He teaches middle school math and KateJoshua Wiese Young (Ensemble) is excited for my Leawood Stage premier and happy to be ACT I backscience on theand stage occasionally after an narrates 8 year hiatus. audiobooks. Love to Just my don’tbiggest mention fan club The - Tom,Penguins Emily, to him; he still has nightmares. Scene I - The Stage of Ford’s Theatre, Baltimore ...... Matthew and Brennan! Another Op’nin’, Another Show ...... Hattie, Ensemble Scene 2 - Backstage Corridor What Can’t You Behave ...... Lois and Bill Scene 3 - Dressing Rooms of Lilli & Fred Wunderbar ...... Fred and Lilli So In Love ...... Lilli Scene 4 - Padua, Italy We Open in Venice ...... Katherine, Petruchio, Biance, and Lucentio Scene 5 - A Market Square in Padua ...... Tom, Dick or Harry ...... Bianca, Gremio, Hortensio, and Lucentio Congratulations on 21 seasons of I’ve Come To Wive It Wealthily in Padua ...... Petruchio and Men Community Theater Excellence. I Hate Men ...... Katerine Were Thine That Special Face ...... Petruchio Scene 6 - Backstage Corridor Scene 7 - Dressing Room of Lilli & Fred Scene 8 - A Country Road in Padua ...... Staff Bios Cantiamo D’Amore ...... Ensemble Hersh Ellis (Director/Scenic Designer) is NYC Based Director. Artistic Director of Scene 9 -Church Square in Padua Home Grown Theatre Company. Director of the Century Club’s annual Christmas Carol Kiss Me, Kate ...... Petruchio, Katherine, and Ensemble (starring Alec Baldwin, Sam Waterston, Marsha Mason, and Others). O-Broadway productions for TheatreLab NYC, Dixon Place, The Secret Theatre, INTERMISSION 15 Minutes between Acts Club, etc. Assistant/ Support positions: Heathers: The Musical (world premiere), Paci c Overtures (Starring George Takei), and work at The Public Theatre, , Rattlestick etc. Lincoln Center Directors Lab Member. Pace Performing Arts. ACT II Hershellis.com Brush Up Your Shakespeare...... Man 1 and Man 2 Scene I - The Theater Alley Alexa Edmonds (Stage Manager) is in her second year of college at JCCC. She is Too Darn Hot ...... Paula and Ensemble majoring in technical theatre and excited to be stage managing Farragut North at JCCC in the spring. This is her third-time stage managing for Leawood Stage Scene 2 - Petruchio’s House Company and she would like to thank everyone for their participation in LSC shows. Scene 3 - Before the Taming of the Shrew Curtain Where Is The Life That Late I Led ...... Petruchio Ariel Glorsky (Assistant Choreographer) is thrilled to be taking part in her rst Scene 4 - Backstage Corridor summer with Leawood Stage Company. Ariel, a junior at Wichita State University, is Always True To You In My Fashion ...... Lois pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance. She is incredibly proud of this talented and dedicated cast of artists. Scene 5 - Dressing Rooms of Lilli & Fred From This Moment On ...... General Howell and Lilli Maggie McGuire (Props) was actively involved in high school theater, and will be Scene 6 - Backstage Corridor minoring in theater next year at Wichita State University. She would like to thank her Bianca ...... Bill and Ensemble family, and the Leawood Stage Company for this opportunity. Reprise: So In Love ...... Fred Jenny O’Leary (Costumer) is a costume designer with a degree in Film and Theatrical Scene 7 - Before the Taming of the Shrew Curtain Production Design. She has costumed over 700 shows as a rental associate, and Scene 8 - The Garden of the Baptista’s House ...... dressed over 30 professional shows. She is excited to be costuming both Kiss Me, I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple ...... Katherine Kate and Courtyard Shakespeare’s Henry V! Reprise: Kiss Me, Kate ...... Petruchio, Katherine, and Ensemble Seussical Staff Bios Dr. Chris McCoy (Director) is Asst. Professor of Theatre at William Jewell College. He has worked for Seattle Children’s Theatre, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, and Kansas City’s Theater League. He also received an OPERA America fellowship through which he worked at Saint Louis Opera Theatre, San Diego Opera, and Austin Lyric Opera. Notable productions include Asst. Director for the Broadway production Soul Doctor, a Sacramento Regional Theatre Award in choreography for Spring Awakening, and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to devise an original performance about hate crimes called (Un)Civil (Dis)Obedience. Langston Hemenway (Music Director and Conductor) was music director and conductor for (2017) and (2019) at Theatre in the Park; Godspell (2016) and Carrie (2018) with Jewell Theatre Company and has appeared in numerous shows throughout the KC metro. His day job is Director of Instrumental Studies at William Jewell College. This is his first show with Leawood Stage Company. Madison Shelley (Choreographer) is so excited to be the choreographer for Seussical. Thanks for coming to see the show and all of the casts’ awesome dance moves! Jenny O’Leary (Prop master) is a costume designer trying her hand at props! She has a degree in Theatrical Production Design from KU and an impressive résumé that won’t fit 40 words. Her last LSC show was Kiss“ Me, Kate!” Tyler Lasche (Set Builder) Tyler is very honored to work on this set for Leawood Stage Company. Tyler is the Technical Director at Blue Valley High School and Blue Valley Southwest. Tyler has worked on sets for many theatre companies such as, Theatre In The Park, The Barn Players, and Jewish Community Center. He would like to personally thank Chris Casey and the Cast and Crew for helping during this process.

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