PROUDLY PRESENTS Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Co-Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Eric Idle Based on the works of Dr. Seuss Music Supervised, Adapted, and Produced by Bryan Louiselle Directed by Freda Humber BISS Head of School, Randal Eplin WELCOME! We hope you appreciate the hard work that we have invested in making a show to entertain you. Seussical? What is a Seussical? The name combines the word musical with Seuss, the name of one of the world’s Sincerely, most beloved authors. Millions of children and former — The Cast, Crew, & Production Team of BISS Seussical, Jr. children around the world have been enjoying the funny, zany, and morally complex works created by Dr. Seuss for decades. WHEN THE STORY BEGINS In 1937, a writer named Theodore Seuss Geisel started publishing books for children. He published most of his Seussical, Jr. celebrates three things: the imagination, the books under the name Dr. Seuss. His frst was And to power of one person to make a difference to make the Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. The characters in world better, and the works of Dr. Seuss. today’s play were taken from several of Dr. Seuss’s books, including The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, Horton A girl appears on the stage and sees a strange hat on the Hatches the Egg, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and ground. She wonders whom it could belong to. She begins Yertle the Turtle. Seuss’s work has proved so popular that to put the hat on her head. The Cat in the Hat appears and beginning in 1942, several of his books have been made takes the hat from the girl. It is his hat! The girl and the Cat into movies. Seuss’s work frst made it to the big stage in talk about how fun it is to think and to use the imagination. 1994, when a theatrical version of The Grinch Who Stole The frst song, “Oh, The Thinks You Can Think,” introduces Christmas appeared. In 2000, Seussical frst appeared on characters that will appear in the play. We then travel via stage. Seussical, Jr. adapted the Seussical story to make the girl’s imagination to the Jungle of Nool. Here we meet it easier for children to understand. Horton the Elephant bathing in a pool. Over the last several months, the members of the cast and a group of teachers have been working to produce a special version of Seussical for the BISS community. MUSICAL NUMBERS Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! How Lucky You Are Horton Hears a Who Mayzie’s Exit/Horton Sits on the Egg Biggest Blame Biggest Blame Playoff Egg, Nest and Tree Gertrude McFuzz Sold/Mayzie in Palm Beach Here on Who Mayzie at the Circus Meet JoJo the Who Amayzing Horton On, The Thinks You Can Think! (Reprise) Alone in the Universe (Reprise) It’s Possible (Pt. 1) Solla Sollew It’s Possible (Pt. 2) Gertrude/Espionage (Pt. 1) Alone in the Universe Gertrude/Espionage (Pt. 2) The One Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude All for You McFuzz The Whos Return Amayzing Mayzie The People Versus Horton the Elephant Amayzing Gertrude (Pt.1) Yopp! Amayzing Gertrude (Pt. 2) Alone in the Universe (Reprise) Monkey Around/Chasing the Whos Oh, the Thinks You Can Think (Reprise) Notice Me, Horton Green Eggs and Ham (Final Bows) CAST & CREW Set Design Crew: Ricky Jang (Tae Hyon), Jae Hun Kim, Girl/JoJo Rosalind Liu Tu Bui, Tasnuva Fahmeema Maniza, Anh Vu, Aishwarya The Cat in the Hat Jae Hun Kim Meluveettil Suresh, Akari Kanaoka, Kaho Ochiai, Hyo Min Horton the Elephant C.J. Williams Park, Rachel Kang, Sol Mi Kim, Shiori Kanaoka, Ye Eun Sour Kangaroo Lauren Williams Lim, Edward Chiang, Phoom Kuljanyavivat, Se Yeon Park, Young Kangaroo Alice Shao Danielle John, Kana Takahashi, Zi Xi Niu, Eliodoro James Wickershams Natalie Ee Bucsit, Samuel He, and Huang Xin Ya Julian Rivera Vicky Chen Assistant Director and Scene Artist: Amy Lithimane Gertrude Labiba Mahpara Secondary School Music Director: Myrto Sifnaiou Bird Girls Kylie Apis Elementary School Music Director: Carolina Poblete Daniela Amat Poblete Marketing and Jack-of-All-Trades: Mike Frazer Jaya Garga Sound: Spyros Kitsionas and Amy Lithimane Mayzie Sofa Amat Poblete Costumes: Destyni Rivera and Kelly McBride Mr. Mayor Mahad Ahmed Program Design and Gopher: Bryan Ellison Mrs. Mayor/Bird Girl Jojo Jin Singing Coach: Dawid Bochen The Grinch Randal Eplin Lighting: Eliodoro James Bucsit Yertle the Turtle Mark Higgs Ticketing: Amy Lithimane, Wang Xiao Min, and the PTO Elephant Bird Nicholas Ee/Leo Liu Additional Thanks: Ms. Jennifer LeVarge, Mr. Antony Geralis, Ms. Melaina Talamahina, Nick Baker and Citizens of Whoville: Kimy Wang, Nina Hu, Katelyn the Design/Technology students, Yosef Karasik, Tarn Tan, Evelyn Cheung, Chloe Ee, Felix Wang, and Kurtley McDonald, Brenda Williams, Jeanne Xu, Jason Zhang, Talamahina Daiyan Mahpara, Shosuke Ono, and the BISS Custodial and Building Management Staff Choir: Cocona Okusa, Cathy Wang, Emma Finnerup, Evelyn Foong, Alex He, Kelly Gao, Leo Liu, Michelle Lin, Ziying Lee, Chloe Ee, Crystal Ra, Helen Mao, Nina Hu, Judy Liu, Annie Cai, Willow Liu, Tianyi Xie, and Alice Shao Seussical, Jr is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com The videotaping of, recording, or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. BISS will soon provide a recording of this production. .