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Insidethe GuideSetting the Stagepreparing for the playSynopsis ................. 3-4About the Author ............5About the Playwright& Composer ................6Recommended Reading ......7Pre-Show Questions ..........7For TeachersCurriculum connectionsbefore or after the playOh See, What Do You See? .......8Song and Lyrics ................9LANGUAGE ARTSSeuss Read-A-Thon ............10Rhyming Time .................11Smitten with Seuss ............12ScienceUnderstanding Eggs ............13Green Eggs and HamDeluxe Recipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14ArtFeather Painting ...............15Compassion Clovers ...........16Social ScienceWhen We Do Good Things WeBecome Good People ..........17A Note to Teachersand ParentsDear Teachers and Parents,We are delighted you are joining us for our 25th Anniversary Season,and our production of Seussical! Based on the beloved stories, characters,artwork, and rhymes of Dr. Seuss, Seussical will transport you toa world filled with adventure and excitement. Oh the thinks you will think,as we join Horton is his journey to save the Whos and an unborn babyegg—because a person’s a person no matter how small.Enclosed in this enrichment guide is a range of materials and activitiesintended to help you discover connections within the play throughthe curricula. It is our hope that you will use the experience of attendingthe theater and seeing Seussical with your students as a teaching tool.Use this guide to best serve your children— pick and choose, or adapt,any of these suggestions for discussions or activities. We encourage youto take advantage of the enclosed student worksheets—please feel freeto photocopy the sheets for your students, or the entire guide for thebenefit of other teachers.Enjoy the show!Julia MagnascoEducation Directorjulia@firststage.orgFirst Stage PoliciesCurtain CallPost-Show Discussion Questions . 18Who Said It? ..................18Who Said It? (Answers) .........1952 th• The use of recording equipment and cameras are not permitted during the performance.• Food, drink, candy and gum are not permitted during the performance.• Electronic devices are not permitted in the theater space.• Should a student become ill, suffer an injury or have another problem, please escort himor her out of the theater space.• In the unlikely event of a general emergency, the theater lights will go on and the stagemanager will come on stage to inform the audience of the problem. Remain in your seats,visually locate the nearest exit and wait for the stage manager to guide your group fromthe theater.Seating for people with disabilities: If you have special seating needs for any student(s)and did not indicate your need when you ordered your tickets, please call our School SalesSpecialist at (414) 267-2962. Our knowledge of your needs will enable us to serve youbetter upon your arrival to the theater.
Setting the Stage: SynopsisSeussical begins with a boy discovering a strangered-and-white-striped hat. Intrigued by thoughts ofwho might wear such a hat, the boy picks it up,and the cat in the Hat magically appears. The song “Oh, TheThinks You can Think” begins as the cat in the Hat createsthe enchanting world of Dr. Seuss. As the boy steps into thisfantastical world, he becomes the character JoJo and joinsthe full cast of Seussical’s characters for the song. The catinvites the audience to imagine what kinds of “thinks” arelurking and leads the audience into the world of Seuss.defends him. No matter what they say, Horton still believesthat there is a person who lives on the speck of dust.The cat introduces what is happening on the dust to theaudience: a new world full of tiny people called Whos. Theyintroduce themselves with Here on Who. The Mayor and hiswife explain the problems of living on a speck of dust, butthey also address a personal problem as well: their young son,The first stop is the Jungle of Nool, where Horton theElephant is enjoying a typical day—until he hears a tiny cryfor help coming from a speck of dust. He realizes that theremust be a person living on that dust and vows to protect it.He places it on a clover for safekeeping. But the other jungleanimals hear nothing, and they are not convinced of Horton’ssanity for talking to invisible people. They voice their judgmentcruelly in Biggest Blame Fool, and only Gertrude McFuzzJoJo, is always in trouble for his crazy imagination.They just got back from a parent-teacher interviewand agonize over what to do with their son’s uncontrollablethinks in How to Raise a Child.Throughout the litany of JoJo’s bad behavior, welearn that the cat is responsible. Mr. and Mrs. Mayorsend JoJo to his bath, with the admonition “couldn’t youtry thinking just a bit less, dear?” But once in the tub,JoJo imagines a link between him and the sea, and he isjoined by magical fish and other creatures in It’s Possible/McElligott’s Pool.Mr. and Mrs. Mayor enter at the end of the song, admonishingJoJo for spilling water onto the floor. They scold him forruining the ceiling and flooding the den and exclaim that theywill deal with him tomorrow. Back in the Jungle of Nool, Hortonis also alone, thinking, away from all those who are calling himcrazy. The two lonely thinkers connect with each other, and aninstant friendship is born in Alone in the Universe.3
Page 4 and 5: Setting the Stage: SynopsisThere is
Page 6 and 7: About the Playwrightand the Compose
Page 8 and 9: Oh See, What Do You See?Art and Sci
Page 10 and 11: Seuss Read-A-ThonLanguage Arts Clas
Page 12 and 13: Smitten with SeussLanguage Arts Stu
Page 14 and 15: Green Eggs and Ham Deluxe RecipeMat
Page 16 and 17: Compassion CloversSocial and Emotio
Page 19: Who Said It? (Answers)1. Oh the thi

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