Oh the Thinks You Can Think! (When You Think About Seuss!)
Oh, the thinks you can think
Think and wonder and dream
Far and wide as you dare…
When your thinks have run dry
In the blink of an eye
There’s another world there.
If you open your mind
Oh, the thinks you will find
Lining up to get loose
Oh, the thinks you can think..When you think about Seuss!
I was waiting outside the auditorium, waiting for them to call my name so I can audition. Trying to stay calm all the while trying to remember my song I had to sing. They call my name, and I started to walk down the side aisle up to the stage. What do I do as soon as I get about halfway down the aisle? I fall flat on my face.
Wow! Where did the last 5 months go? It seems like just yesterday, a bunch of us were waiting outside the auditorium, waiting for our named to be called to go up to the stage and sing our audition song in front of a bunch of teachers. Just yesterday we did our final show! This has definitely been one of the most enjoyable expiriences of my life. Hanging around with all of my friends, doing what we do best, going nuts and singing on stage….
It all started at the end of last year during one of my lessons. Ms. B was working with someone and she told me to go and listen to the CD on her desk. Well, it had a Cat in the Hat..well..hat on the cover of it, and I was entirely confused until I opened it up and the disk said Suessical the Musical on it. Immediately I knew this was the musical we were going to be doing for the next year, and I was really excited because I was the first to listen to it. After a few songs, the ”’lesson”’ - didn’t do much singing now, did I? - was over, and Ms. B came over and asked what I thought, and I was still really excited. Though, she made me promise not to tell anyone what we were doing, so I didn’t. I remember singing one of the songs all the time in the hallway or just randomly and all my friends would give me strange looks, since it’s a very unusual song selection, but also very well designed for creating this from Dr. Seuss. For those who still haven’t figured out what Seussical is, its many different stories from Dr. Seuss packed into one musical with a surprisingly good storyline. It includes stories from, The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, Gertrude McFuzz, Horton Hatches the Egg, Yertle the Turtle and other stories, I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew, McElligots Pool, and Oh The Thinks You Can Think!
Now in this Musical, there really aren’t any small parts, as every part is important in some way. Originally, I tried out just to be a Bird Girl. The Bird Girls are basically the narrators of the story, and are in quite a few scenes, and have to know how to dance and sing. So there I was, outside the auditorium, pacing, singing the song to myself over and over, and dreading when they would call my name. At that moment, they call it and I have to take that walk down that side aisle with all those teachers looking at me. Well, me being me, trip over my own two feet and fall flat on my face. This actually kinda helped get me nerves out, since I of course laughed at myself. I was actually calm and ready to audition. I sang my song well, I though, and then had to act like an animal. I think I was either a monkey, or a penguin…I can’t remember. So for the next week I was all excited wanting to know whether I got a part or not. So on the day the Call Backs were listed, I ran up to the sheet and started jumping around like a mad women. I had gotten a call back! But then I thought, ‘Why would they want to give call backs to Bird Girls? (For those who don’t know, a Call Back is when they think you did really good and you have a chance at a certain part. So they bring back people who they thought did really good to try out again.) So the next week, I stayed after school one day for call backs, wondering why I had been chosen. First, they did Call Backs for Horton, the elephant, even though most of us already knew who it was going to be. Same with the Cat in the Hat- we had known who was going to play that for ages. Next they did Gertrude McFuzz, and Jojo- the Mayors Son. (Obviously going in order for most important) After they had those auditions, they were doing Mayzie LaBird, who is too hard to explain. Well turns out I had gotten a call back for her! I hadn’t even auditioned for her and got a call back! Well I was really excited, but I really didn’t want a lead part. After I had auditioned again, they told some of us we could leave while others stay behind for more parts. I got to go home, and wait another few days for the cast list. As soon as the list was posted, I automatically ran up to it and almost fainted. I had gotten the part I really wanted, which was the Bird Girl, but I had also gotten the understudys understudy for Mayzie! That means that if both Mayzie and the Understudy can’t do a show or rehearsal, I had to! I was both excited and mad at the same time because I really didn’t want a lead, but was really happy I got the part I wanted.
This has definitely been the best musical ever. I got to spend a lot of time with my old friends, and some new ones. We all became such a close family over the last 5 months of hard work, that we were all in tears by the time the cast party was over on Sunday. None of us will ever forget such a great time we had, or all the great memories we shared, and this post goes out to the Seussical ‘08 Cast! <3
Think of nobody here
And the feeling of fear
And the darkness of night
Oooh Oooh…
All alone in your room
As you’re facing your doom
Think a glimmer of light!!
Aah Aah!
But I hope you’re prepared
To be scareder than scared!
‘Cause this ain’t mother goose!
