Seussical Program

16 Pages·2016·4.46 MB·English

CELEBRATING CORONADO PLAYHOUSE’S 70th SEASON!
PRESENTS
Music by Stephen Flaherty
lyrics by lynn ahrenS
Book by lynn ahrenS and Stephen Flaherty
Co-Conceived by lynn ahrenS, Stephen Flaherty, and eriC idle
Based on the works of dr. SeuSS
Cast
(in alphabetical order):
Ryan Burtanog .........................................................................................Horton the Elephant
Marc Caro-Willcox ....................................................................................Wickersham Brother
Oliver Caro-Willcox ...............................................................................General Schmitz/Lorax
Daryl Daley ..............................................................................................Mrs. Mayor, Bird Girl
Alex Dunbar ..............................................................................................................Mr. Mayor
Ferril Gardner ...................................................................................................Sour Kangaroo
Sophia Johnson .........................................................................................................Gertrude
Trevor Johnson ..............................................................Yertle the Turtle/Vlad Vladikoff/Grinch
Ryan Luster ..............................................................................................Wickersham Brother
Drew McMullen .................................................................................................................JoJo
Wilfred Paloma ...........................................................................................Wikersham Brother
Eileen Parks ....................................................................................................Young Kangaroo
Jazz Ruiz .....................................................................................................................Bird Girl
Meredith Russo .............................................................................................................Mayzie
Jacob Sampson ..........................................................................................The Cat in the Hat
Ashley Stewart ...................................................................................Who/Fox-in-Socks/Fish
Julia Van Skike .................................................................................................Cindy Lou Who
Kylie Young ..................................................................................................................Bird Girl
Michael Anthony and the Seussical Orchestra:
SPONSORED IN PART BY: HARRY GRANRuTH & KATY SKYRuD
Conductor, Keyboard: Michael Anthony
Violin: Jennifer Williams Bass: Martin Martiarena Keyboard: Sean LaPerruque
Reeds: Sharon Martin Guitar: Carlos Avelar Drums: Jon Berghouse
Setting
“Oh, the thinks you can think” when Dr. Seuss’ best-loved characters
collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper!
Seussical runs about 2 hours and has one 15-minute intermission
Announcement
Please turn off all electronic devices and cell phones during the performance. Restrooms are located in the
recreation center near the front desk. If you need to exit during the performance, please use the rear exit of
the theatre as light from the hallway interferes with the performance.
Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.MTIShows.com
Production Team and Theatre Staff
Director .............................................................................................................Desha Crownover
Music Director / Conductor ................................................................................Michael Anthony
Choreography ..........................................................................................................Erin Petersen
Technical Director ..............................................................................................Michael Barahura
Producer ....................................................................................................................Katy Skyrud
Student Director .....................................................................................................Colette Huber
Production Stage Manager ....................................................................................Maddy Ringer
Rehearsal Stage Manager ..................................................................................Megan Barahura
Scenic Design .....................................................................................................Jacob Sampson
Lighting Design and Special Effects ..................................................................Michael Barahura
Sound Design ............................................................................................................Larry Namer
Costume Design .................................................................................................Marcee Drysdale
Seamstress ................................................................................................Kelly Fox, Katie Surrey
Wig & Makeup .............................................................................................................John Aviles
Props and House Dressing ....................................................................................Pamela Everett
Lighting Technician ..................................................................................................Michael Cook
Sound Technician .........................................................................................................Julian Sink
Scenic Painting ..........................................Megan Barahura, Desha Crownover, Rosemary King
Master Builders ....................................................................Michael Barahura, Jacob Sampson
Set Construction ...........................................Mark Barahura, Megan Barahura, Dale Goodman,
Bette Goodman, Rosemary King, Kendra Mattson,
Gary Skyrud, Katy Skyrud, Miranda Villavicencio,
Graphics/Program Design ......................................................................................Barron Henzel
Head Shots ...................................................................................Tony Eisenhower Photography
Production Photography ...........................................................................................Kayla Loreth
Media Coordination / Publicity ....................................................................................M.G. Perez
Poster Distribution ........................................................................................Patty Fay, Company
House Manager .........................................................Pam Everett, Millie Mitchell, Susan Skyrud
Box Office ....................................................................................Amanda Everett, Susan Skyrud
Concessions ................................................................................Harry A. Granruth, Gary Skyrud
Usher Coordinator ..............................................................................................Janis Vanderford
Managing Theatre Director ........................................................................................Katy Skyrud
Acknowledgements
City of Coronado Kit Fugard
City of Coronado Building Inspector and Kathy Parks
Fire Marshal Rayme Sciaroni
Coronado Recreation Services and Special thanks to spouses, significant
Community Center Staff others, family, and friends whose love
San Diego Junior Theatre and support helped make this production
Dale & Bette Goodman possible.
Dennis Everett
Thanks to our Board of Directors
Barron Henzel (President) M.G. Perez (Vice President)
Katy Skyrud (Treasurer) Rosemary Harrison (Secretary)
Debbie David (Member) Thomas Haine (Member)
Vanessa Dinning (Member) Mike McCullock (New Member!)
Stacy Mycorn (New Member!)
Musical Numbers
ACT 1 ACT 2
Oh The Thinks You Can Think Seussical Entr’Acte
Horton Hears A Who Egg, Nest & Tree
Biggest Blame Fool The Circus McGurkus
Here On Who The Circus On Tour/How Lucky You Are
Oh, The Thinks You Can Think (Reprise) (Reprise)
It’s Possible Mayzie In Palm Beach
How To Raise A Child Amayzing Horton
The Military Alone In The Universe (Reprise)
The Military (Playoff: Green Eggs And Ham) Solla Sollew
Alone In The Universe Green Eggs And Ham II
The One Feather Tail Of Miss Gertrude A Message From The Front/Solla Sollew
McFuzz (Reprise)
Amayzing Mayzie JoJo Alone In The Universe
Amayzing Gertrude Havin’ A Hunch
Monkey Around All For You
Chasing The Whos The People Versus Horton The Elephant
How Lucky You Are Yopp! /Alone In The Universe (Reprise)
Notice Me, Horton Oh The Thinks You Can Think! (Finale Act 2)
How Lucky You Are (Reprise) Green Eggs & Ham (Bows)
Finale Act 1
There will be one 15-minute intermission
Coronado Playhouse is
the Community’s Theatre
Coronado Playhouse is committed to
giving back to the local community, beyond
offering quality entertainment, by using
its public platform to help those in need.
During Seussical the Musical, we are proud
to partner with Ronald McDonald House
Charities of San Diego. Bring your gently
used Dr. Seuss and other books to be
donated to RMH for their children’s play
area in their 47-room family facility serving
over 1,500 families per year. Your monitary
donations are also grately appreciated.
100% of funds donated to to this charity.
Visit www.rmhcsd.org for more info.
A Note from the Playhouse - Member Supported Theatre
At Coronado Playhouse, anything is you by hours of hard work by our Seussical
possible! team.
Small has always been big in the world of The Coronado Playhouse Board is
Dr. Seuss, and there are always so many committed to including a youth production
things you can think! “Be who you are and in each season to reach out to our younger
say what you feel, because those who audience and those young at heart. We
mind don’t matter and those who matter do our best to make them family-friendly
don’t mind.” At Coronado Playhouse, that with earlier show times, more matinees and
message is in everything we teach and keeping prices affordable. We support our
promote to all who pass through our doors. community and we ask you to support us
We embrace our community in all that it is, by spreading the word, that Dr. Seuss is in
and show-off our community with all its vast the House.
talents.
Sit back and relax and discover all the
Seussical is woven together using many places you’ll go.
of Dr. Seuss books and feature characters
Katy Skyrud
and scenarios from all. Songs do much of
Managing Director
the storytelling in Seussical The Musical
Coronado Playhouse
and we are especially proud to showcase
powerhouse singers from our CPH family Get social with us!
and equally fortunate to have attracted 14
new singers and dancers to our stage in this
whimsical Seuss tale.
We also welcome a new director,
choreographer and set designer to our
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family, and we hope you notice and enjoy
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the advanced technical aspect brought to

Sep 16 – Oct 16, 2016 Fri & Sat 8 pm Sun 2 pm
13250 Poway Road director BRENT A. STRINGFIELD
A producers
Season Look for our exciting new season CHRIS & BRENDA ROBINSON
of & purchase tix online:
Firsts! www.PowPAC.org
Director’s Notes
In 1957 a revolution occurred. It was a revolution that changed
the way that children learned how to read. Fed up with the
ineffectiveness of first and second grade primers like Dick
and Jane which, according to journalist John Hersey, featured
“abnormally courteous, unnaturally clean boys and girls” and
“insipid illustrations”, publisher William Spaulding challenged
author and artist Ted Geisel to “write me a story that first-
graders can’t put down!”. The result? The Cat in the Hat, a story
whose plot centers around a sly, lanky, con-man of a feline
whose promise of “lots of good fun that is funny” both entertains
and alarms the children he encounters. Once published, the
book flew off the shelves and was hailed as an exciting way to
learn to read. The book led directly to the creation of Beginner
Books, a publishing house whose titles included Green Eggs,
Desha Crownover, Director and Ham, Are You My Mother?, Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!,
and Go Dog Go! and put Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, squarely
on the map as a pioneer of children’s literature. Now, the ubiquitous Cat with his signature
Hat is as recognizable as any American icon and the good doctor’s words of wisdom and
whimsy march through our brains like rhyming soldiers.
“A person’s a person no matter how small”
Small has always been big in the world of Dr. Seuss, where the battles fought by underdogs,
outcasts and freethinkers are championed in squiggly line and rhythmic rhyme. Thus, our
hero begins their journey as a kid, complete with kid-trust, kid-fears, and kid-rules. Dr. Seuss
understood how important it was for children to be the warriors of their own stories; their
decisions have power, their actions have consequences, their existence matters. In this way,
the Seussian kid-hero is all of us, regardless
Around town at other ACT theatres... of age. We celebrate Jojo’s imagination, we
defend Horton’s loyalty, we empathize with
Clairemont Act One: Gertrude’s insecurity, and we breathe huge
10 Ways to survive the Zombie apocalypse sighs of relief when the Whos’ existence is
aND other oNe acts ...............................OCt 14-22 vindicated in the end. As Horton and Jojo
sing about their need for “one small voice in
By don Zolidis, and others.
the universe, one true friend in the universe,
Lamplighters:
who believes in me,” they are speaking for
DucK huNter shoots aNGel ............Sept 2-OCt 2
all the kids — big and small — who have
By Mitch albom. directed by larry e. Fox and George Bailey
longed for a sympathetic ear when times get
OnStage Playhouse: tough.
GooD people ..............................................Sep 2-24
This is a show that celebrates friendship
By david lindsay-abaire. directed by James p. darvas. and community as much as the power of
Patio Playhouse: the individual imagination, and proves that
sylvia ........................................................Sept 2-25 those qualities are not mutually exclusive.
By a.r. Gurney. directed by Samuel young This is particularly truthful of this show: I
am honored and humbled to be surrounded
Pickwick Players:
by a group of artists whose imaginations
little mary suNshiNe ..............................Sept 2-11
and talents are unparalleled only by their
Book, Music, and lyrics by rick Besoyan. dedication to this show and its success.
directed by teri ang. Musical direction by Michael Farley. They love what they do, they love each other,
PowPAC: and they love the importance of the Arts in
DaNGerous obsessioN ..................Sept 16-OCt 16 children’s lives. As Dr. Seuss so prophetically
writes, “Unless someone like you cares
By n.J.Crisp. directed by: Jay Mower
a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get
better. It’s not.”
Cast Bios
(In alphabetical order)
RYAN BURTANOG and The Pharoah in Joseph and the Amazing
(Horton) is excited to Technicolour Dreamcoat.. Oliver would like to
make his Coronado thank his family for always being supportive
Playhouse debut! He of his passion.
recently performed
the role of Dad/ DARYL DALEY
Proctor in the new (Mrs. Mayor/Bird
musical, The Test, Girl) SPONSORED BY
which premiered NORm AND DARLENE
at this year’s San DALEY is excited to
Diego Fringe Festival. be performing in
Star Repertory: Seussical again after
The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods, Les appearing in this
Miserables, Seussical, The Addams Family, show 12 years ago
Hairspray. He also performed in the on-stage (under the direction of
choir in the American Premiere of Disney’s Mr. Anthony, no less)!
The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Jolla Other appearances
Playhouse. at CPH include Girl Bear in Avenue Q (2015),
Turtle in A Year with Frog and Toad (2015),
MARC CARO- Mary Sunshine in Chicago (2014), Princess
WILLCOX Beauty in Sleeping Beauty or the Famous
(Wickersham Rose Taboo (2014), and ensemble roles in
Brother) is thrilled Thoroughly Modern Millie (2015), Spamalot
to be making his (2014), TBLWIT (2012), and The Drowsy
Coronado Playhouse Chaperone (2011).
debut. Marc is a
choreographer for ALEX DUNBAR
Helix High School’s (Mr. Mayor) This is
show choir program. Alex’s first show at
He recently relocated CPH, and couldn’t be
back from SF where more excited doing
was employed at the New Conservatory Seussical again as
Theatre Company as Choreographer for the The Mayor. Alex just
youth conservatory program. Previously, he did Evita at OnStage
has studied under the direction of Spencer Playhouse. His
Powell (Visionary Dance Theatre) and Katie favorite overall part
Pipes (KO Dance Co.). Credits include: Willy was Leaf in Spelling
Wonka (Choreo-Young Actors Theatre), The Bee (Grossmont). He
Wiz (Director-VSPA), Hairspray (Seaweed), would like to thank his mom Anne and sister
and A Chorus Line (Mark). Enjoy the show; Betsy for being so supportive.
we’ll see you in Solla Sollew.
FERRIL GARDNER
OLIVER CARO- (Sour Kangaroo) is
WILLCOX (General happy to be back on
Schmitz/Jungle/ stage at Coronado
Who /Lorax) is Playhouse. Past
incredibly excited credits with CPH
to be making his include Ms. Flannery
Coronado Playhouse in Thoroughly Modern
debut! Past credits Millie, Mrs. Segstrom
include Seymour in in A Little Night
Little Shop of Horrors, Music, and Lucy
Eugene in Grease, in Avenue Q. Ferril
would like to thank her wonderful friends friends. A special thank you to Joey Landwehr
and family for their love and support, and to for his incredible guidance and support. Drew
dedicate her performance to the memory of sends his love and gratitude to his family and
her father who was a true fan of Dr. Seuss. friends for always being there to watch him
grow and learn. Anything’s Possible!
SOPHIA JOHNSON
(Gertrude) is very WILFRED PALOMA
excited to be a part of (Wickersham
her first production at Brother) earned
Coronado Playhouse.
an AA in Visual &
Previously, she took
Performing Arts at
part in musicals at
SD City College &
Coronado School of
is graduating with
the Arts such as Big
a BA in Theatre
Fish (Sandra Bloom)
Performance: Acting
and Chicago (Velma
& Musical Theatre
Kelly). She is a year-
at SDSU in 2017.
round performer at LEGOLAND California
Recently worked & studied at Steppenwolf
Resort where she has been employed for over
West under master teachers Jeff Perry,
a year.
Alexandra Billings, Kim Rubinstein, Monica
RYAN LUSTER Payne, and Eric Hunicutt. Past stage credits:
(Wickersham Kilroy in The Camino Real (Steppenwolf West),
Brother) is making Man 2 in The Things We Never Say at the
his Coronado SD Fringe Festival ‘15, Kenickie/Teen Angel
Playhouse debut in in Grease, Usnavi in In the Heights (SWC &
Seussical. Previous Saville), Betty in Three Penny Opera (UCSD),
credits include Les Man 1 in Songs for a New World (OnStage),
Miserables, Ragtime, Angel in Rent (SWC), Stephen in Sheila (OB
Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Playhouse), Dash in The Wallet (Saville), Snail
Cabaret, Thoroughly in A Year With Frog & Toad (Aubrey Award:
Modern Millie, Cats, Major Support), Man 1 in Mistletoe, Music
Urinetown, Chicago,
and Mayhem, Carnival!, & Chicago (all at
Yours Anne, and Joseph and the Amazing
Coronado Playhouse). Directors Credit: The
Technicolour Dreamcoat.. Thank you to
Buddy Holly Story (AD) at OnStage.
Desha, Mike, and Erin for this wonderful
opportunity!
EILEEN PARKS
(Young Kangaroo) is
DREW McMULLEN
delighted to debut
(JoJo) is thrilled to be
with Coronado
making his Coronado
Playhouse. Other
Playhouse debut with
credits include
Seussical as Jojo! He
Annie in Annie
is a proud participant
(CYT, ACT), Wizard
in J*Company Youth
Theatre where he has of Oz (Moonlight
been in many shows Stage Productions),
including: Once on Charlotte’s Web
this Island, Seussical (Pickwick Players),
(Jojo), Mary Poppins, Miracle on 34th Street (Lake San Marcos
Pirates of Penzance, Peter Pan, The Little Players), Mary Poppins (Junior Theatre), and
Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz. Additionally, Into the Woods (CYC). Thank you Karyn
Drew performed Legally Blonde (Dewey) with Overstreet and Tamlyn Shusterman for
ACT San Diego. Drew is an avid show-goer, vocal and dance training. Thank you Desha,
lead singer in his rock band, and loves to Michael and Erin for putting together such a
read, swim and hang out with his family and fun and talented cast!