You can catch Mayzie La Bird, a sour kangaroo, Horton the Elephant, Cat in the Hat, and a host of Who’s in the show “Seussical Jr.” at the C.L. Hoover Opera House at 7 p.m.Tuesday evening.
Forty Junction City Middle School students in the Astra Program will comprise the cast for the show. The administrator for the Astra Program, Chris Heldstab previewed the show. “It’s about a guy who sits on an egg because amazing Mayzie asks him to watch it for him. There’s all these little Who characters and there’s the jungle of Newell. We have a sassy, sassy kangaroo, and her sidekick. It’s just fun!
The students have been preparing for this show since January when auditions were held. Heldstab said, “With four snow days and ice days we missed four rehearsals so we really have crammed a lot into this short period of time.” The students are from the 6th, 7th and 8th grade. The cost of admission for the show is $5.
The cast list for show includes:
The Cat in the Hat – Brynnlee Jankovich, Kameron Behr; JoJo – Kael Nelson, Horton the Elephant – Sean Powers, Gertrude McFuzz – Koralys Muniz-Lorenzo, Mayzie La Bird – Riley Hansen, Sour Kangaroo – Daphne Brown, Young Kangaroo – Lyla Hayden.
The Bird Girls are LuCasey Hammock, Riley Gaer, Samarra Fisk, Brooklin Keeling, Anna Pond and Kylee Lightle.
The Wickersham Siblings are Braedon Stroda, Madelyn Salary, Truman Fortner, Logan Kerb, Kelcy Welsh and Nicole Green.
Who’s are Brooklyn Anderson, Nathan Weaver, Alala Myers, Isabelle Macais-Guffy, Sierra Hile, Zachary Zimmerman, Alisia Martinez and Mia West.
Mr. Mayor & Mrs. Mayor are performed by Ramone Newey and Grace Welsh.
Jungle Creatures include Hailey Lemon, Hannah Benoit, Kennedy Bollis, Kairi Riddick, Isabella Huddleston, Zoey Rock and Trystin Huston.
The Grinch is portrayed by Kissiah Wilson, Yertle the Turtle is Isaiah Smith and Vlad Vladikoff is Bella Pond.
The Astra program is an after-school theater program involving sixth through eighth grade students from Junction City Middle School two days per week. The students learn about theater, drama, improv, music and dance. The program is funded by the C.L. Hoover Opera House, USD 475 and the R2B4 Bramlage Foundation.
