In November, my stake put on a production of Seussical the Musical. I was fortunate to have a chance to participate in the show, and it was a BLAST! I had forgotten how much I enjoy doing a show and being on stage. For those who don't know what Seussical is: take Horton Hears a Who, add a whole bunch of other characters from Seuss (Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz..etc), mash them together, throw in music and lyrics, and out pops a musical!
Auditions were held in September, while I was in New York. For a while I used that as an excuse to not audition. But then the more I thought about it, and the more people at church asked if I was going to do it, the more I realized I wanted to try out. So I emailed the director and the producer, and asked if I could audition early. The worst they could say was no.
Well, Cory (Mr. Director) said we could make it work. So I auditioned a few weeks early, on a day I happened to get a sore throat..awesome for singing, right? Nevertheless, I managed. And the weeks of waiting to hear about my part were difficult. At first I wanted one of the leads, Gertrude McFuzz or Mayzie LaBird. However, I was cast as a bird girl, and I am sooo glad now. As a bird girl I had an absolute fantastic time! I got to do a lot of dancing and singing, and I spent a lot more time on stage. Plus I got to work with the other bird girls, including my friend Jessica, and they are all fantastic women. I really scored on my part. (Honestly, we were on stage for at least half the show...we were always busy!)
Now, normally to do a musical you have like 50 rehearsals--every night for several weeks. We had a little over 20 rehearsals to pull this show together, and it turned out so well! I was so pleased with our performance. I just can't express how much fun I had, the wonderful people I got to meet and work with and the friends I made. It was such an amazing experience, and I am so glad I decided to try for it!
Here are some fun photos of our show!
We did a black light number! It was so cool!
Whole Cast and Orchestra!
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We did this my senior year of high school and I was a bird girl too. So fun!
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