Audition for Musical "Seussical"

(Tenor/alto): Our story's omniscient narrator, he is fun loving and enjoys rhyming. Pops up throughout the story to help the audience. Wise and attentive. The essence of mischief, fun and imagination. Stirs things up and causes trouble but always sets things right again. This actor should be physically adept and able to play many comic cameos (Dr. Dake, helicopter reporter, TV interviewer, auctioneer, Mr. McGurkus, etc.) and is comfortable interacting with an audience

(Alto): The Mayor's son, he is a Who that is always finding trouble. Bright, creative, and inadvertently mischievous. Possesses a wildly expansive imagination and finds solace in his friendship with Horton

(Tenor/baritone): Our story's main character, he is a compassionate and gentle elephant. Commonly misunderstood because of his larger size. He is protective and loving of all creatures in the jungle. A gentle giant, who is responsible and always tries to do the right thing for his friends, sympathetic, imaginative, believes in the inherent goodness of the world. By the end of the show, without even realizing it, he is ready to become a parent.

(Soprano): Horton's one-feathered-tail bird neighbor. Gertrude is sweet and timid. Though kind and loyal, she is also self-conscious of her shortfalls. Very self-conscious about her one-feather tail, she gains confidence throughout the show, changing from anxious and nervous into someone whose self-worth doesn't rest on her appearance

(Mezzo soprano): The most beautiful bird in all of the jungle. Oblivious to her self-centered ways, she relies on her talent of manipulation, and intoxicating beauty, to navigate her way through life.

Self-centered and vain, she will never admit to her own flaws. She manipulates anyone into doing what she wants. In giving up her egg to Horton once and for all, she has a moment of generosity--she realizes she isn't the kind of person who'd be a good parent, and she does the best thing she can do for the egg.

(Mezzo/alto): The 'leader' of the jungle. She is loud, brassy, and stubbornly set in her ways. A caring mother, but unabashedly sassy and soulful. • Loud, brassy, and a lot of fun, very confident and not afraid to tell it as it is. A force to be reckoned with.

They are like the popular girls in any school a clique of pretty, self-centered "back up birds" who follow Mayzie in whatever does. These actors must have experience singing harmonies.

These 3 tease, play pranks, and get a kick out of making mischief. They enjoy hanging around with one another, making music together and playing off each other.

Along with Mrs. Mayor, trying hard to raise a child with a big imagination, doing their best to make the right choices as parents, even if JoJo doesn't understand them.

Along with Mr. Mayor, trying hard to raise a child with a big imagination, doing their best to make the right choices as parents, even if JoJo doesn't understand them.

Ensemble.

Ensemble.

Ensemble.