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ReleaseMTC Presents "Seussical,
the Musical"
Music Theatre of Connecticut will
present "Seussical, the Musical" on Friday
and Saturday, July 22 and 23. Performances are on
Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m., at Long
Lots School, 13 Hyde Lane, Westport.
"Seussical" will bring
to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters,
including Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude
McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and all of the Whos of Whoville.
This is the first production of "Seussical"
in the Fairfield County area.
The musical is a fully staged and
costumed production performed by MTC students. Composers
are Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who also composed
"My Favorite Year," "Once on This
Island," and "Ragtime."
The cast includes: From Westport,
Caley Beretta as Sour Kangaroo; Stacy Berlin as
Bird/Girl/ Fish/Hunch/Circus Person; Caroline Corbally
as Who/Cadet/Hunch; Julia Fein as Thing 2/Who/Cadet/Hunch;
Maeve Flaherty as Who/Cadet/Hunch; Nora Flaherty
as Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hinch/Circus Person; Megan
Foreman as Who/Cadet/Hunch; Emily Garber as Who/Cadet/Hunch;
Stephanie Klein as Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Andie Levinson as Bird/Girl/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Adele Mackey as Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Sitara Mahtani as Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Roni Mandelkern as Who/Cadet/Hunch; Cara
McNiff as Young Kangaroo; Chris McNiff as Horton
the Elephant; Alanna Morton as Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Jordan Olson as Bird Girl/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Liam Orly as Wikersham Brother/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person; Daniel Pauker as Who/Cadet/Hunch;
Michelle Pauker as Wickersham Brother/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person;
Rusty Schindler as Wickersham Brother/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person;
Max Stampa-Brown as Cat in the Hat; Elise Tardiff
as Mayzie La Bird;
Alison Thomson as Who/Cadet/Hunch; and Anita Vohra
as Who/Cadet/Hunch.
From Weston, Isabel Kerr as Who/Cadet/Hunch;
and Andrew Schwartz as The Grinch/Yertle the Turtle/McGurkus.
From Fairfield, Stephen Autore as Mayor; Eliza Fath
as Wickersham Brother/Fish/Hunch/Circus Person;
and
Jessica Olderman as Mrs. Mayor. From Norwalk, Caylin
Carbonell as Bird Girl/Fish/Hunch/Circus Person.
From Wilton, Walker Schneider as Who/Cadet/Hunch;
and Danielle Flom as Bird Girl/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person.
From Trumbull, Allison Frank as JoJo; Justine Holleran
as Thing 1/Jungle Citizen/Fish/Hunch/Circus Person;
and Leah Holleran as Gertrude McFuzz.
From Monroe, Billy Gaffney as General Genghis Kahn
Schmitz. From Redding,
Caroline Cornish as Wickersham Brother/Fish/Hunch/Circus
Person.
Director is Deb Levy, musical director
is Justin Paul, choreographer is Leanne Allan and
assistant director is Michael Bloom.
Tickets for "Seussical, the
Musical" are $15 each.
Upcoming MTC productions are "Cinderella"
on Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6, at Saugatuck
Elementary School, Westport; and "Broadway
under the Stars," on Monday, August 22, at
Westport's Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts.
Founded in 1987, Music Theatre
of Connecticut, based in Westport, is a Certified
Member of the National Guild of Community Schools
of the Arts---the first theatre school in the country
to be accepted as a member.
For more information, call Music
Theatre of Connecticut at (203) 454-3883.
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