CRKT Spring 2025 K-8 Show

Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical JR., a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must also guard an abandoned egg that's been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird.  Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him.  Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!

Seussical JR. provides wonderful creative opportunities in terms of set design, lighting and costuming and can easily accommodate a large cast of expandable “Seussian” creatures.

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CAST LIST

Boy/Jojo.........................Eliana Duncan

The Cat in the Hat.............Daphne Nedzel

Horton the Elephant...........Emery Hawkins

Mr. Mayor.......................Ian Rutherford

Mrs, Mayor.....................Lila Conragan

Gertrude McFuzz.............Paloma Salus

Mayzie La Bird................Emma Erickson

Wickersham Brothers........Aden Olson, Aspen Jones, Ayla Goodfriend, Reese Rosenthal, Sierra Davis

Bird Girls........................Abbey Holt, Cora Sampson, Delaney Banks, Lucie Jones,

                                    Maggie Mahoney, Serafina Barbour

Sour Kangaroo................Abigail Gianni

Young Kangaroo..............Adalyn Robinette

Thing 1..........................Aoife Augustine

Thing 2..........................Evie Utley

Yertle the Turtle.................Ian Galle

Vlad Vladikoff..................Lucas Lafontaine

The Grinch......................Ryann Ament

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Understudies (performing on Thursday 5/7)......

The Cat In The Hat...........Reese Rosenthal 

Mayzie La Bird...............Maggie Mahoney

Sour Kangaroo................Lucie Jones

 

Jungle Citizens.......

Aden Kelly-Matson, Anabelle Pierce, Cassidy Lindsey, Elin Holland, Finn Weston, Halle Markowitz,

Ian Galle, Jamison Lindsey, Julianna Locke, Lili Urrutia, Lucy Mangold, Maxime Blardone, Micaela Lyon,

Morgan Clark, Nora Schellinger, Olive Wirth-Young, Penelope McAndrew, Ryan Lemei-Thein,

Ryann Ament, Zelynn Utley  

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Hunters..........................Wednesday 5th Graders

Who Citizens..................All Wednesday Students (3rd through 5th)

Fish / Circus Animals........All Tuesday Students