The history of SEUSSICAL is a story of perseverance, hard work, and, above all, faith. As Horton the Elephant sings, "I meant what I said/and I said what I meant/ an elephant's faithful/one hundred percent." The amazing odyssey of SEUSSICAL is in itself a remarkable reflection of many of the lessons Dr. Seuss himself intended to impart-- don't ever give up, use your imagination, your journey can take you to unexpected places, and rewards can indeed be great when you are "faithful, one hundred percent."

Join the Cat in the Hat as he weaves the tales of Oh the Thinks You Can Think, Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches an Egg, Gertrude McFuzz, Yertle the Turtle, If I Ran the Circus and Solla Sollew through a panoply of song from Gospel to Ragtime to Broadway to Soul. You will leave with a song in your heart.

SEUSSICAL touches on so many issues prevalent in the lives of young adolescents: bullying, identity, responsibility, decision making, and first love. This jam-packed musical also offers commentary on larger issues, such as slavery and bigotry. The ingenuity of Dr. Seuss is that he presents these weighty topics in curious shapes, bold colors, and wild characters and wraps them all in remarkable rhyme and meter. There is much to discover between the rhyme and rhythm, the joyful score and the cast of elephants, irrepressible birds, monkeys, cats, kangaroos and Whos.

This cast has set out each trimester to create art.We aim for the highest benchmark of performance and production. We embrace our innate ability to tell stories, to wonder and dream, to have THINKS more creative than previously imagined, and we are resolute in the statement that "What touches the heart, touches others." This cast takes the heart as their starting point.They know that by doing so, their stories will radiate through their bodies, into their minds and across the footlights into the hearts and minds and bodies of their audience. They are as sincere as they are comical, both inventive and whimsical, equally gifted at moments of joy and of heartbreak. Members of L.A.'s professional theatre community have volunteered their time and talent so that our Turning Point students are immersed in the entire art form of theatre, which encompasses musical direction, costumes, lighting, sound and set design with equal force. Costumes are crafted and reworked from dollar-rack thrift-store finds. Previous set pieces are reinvented to accommodate a new show. We embrace the school's Green philosophy and strive to craft our show from reused and recycled materials.

How lucky we are to have a place to make theatre. How lucky we are.