CHARACTERS:
The Cat In The Hat
Our story’s omniscient narrator, he is fun loving and enjoys rhyming. Pops up throughout the story to help the audience. Wise and attentive.
Gender: any
Vocal range top: F4; Vocal range bottom: F2
Jojo
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.
Gender: boy or girl
Age: 10 to 12ish
Vocal range top: C5; Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Horton The Elephant
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.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 40ish
Vocal range top: F4; Vocal range bottom: A2
Gertrude Mcfuzz
Horton’s one-feathered-tail bird neighbor. Gertrude is sweet and timid. Though kind and loyal, she is also self-conscious of her shortfalls.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 40ish
Vocal range top: F5; Vocal range bottom: F3
Mayzie La bird
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.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 40ish
Vocal range top: Eb5; Vocal range bottom: G3
The Sour Kangaroo
The ‘leader’ of the jungle. She is loud, brassy, and stubbornly set in her ways. A caring mother, but unabashedly sassy and soulful.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 40 ish
Vocal range top: F5; Vocal range bottom: F#3
Jungle Creatures (The Wickersham Brothers, Yurtle The Turtle, Bird Girls);
The Whos (Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Mayor, General Gengus Khan Schmitz)
Youth Ensemble of Whovilles; all ages |
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