Seussical

Ever heard of Seussical the Musical? Yeah, I hadn’t either until this semester. Every semester University Ministry puts on a musical; this semester it was Seussical. (I will attempt to avoid any kind of rhyming during this blog. It may be difficult!)

Our director of music and drama ministry for Saint Leo started this when she came in the fall of 2006. In two and a half years we have done Godspell, Children of Eden, Once on This Island, and now Seussical. We put on this production because of its many social justice themes. Many of my friends were in this semester’s production. It was a diverse cast. Actors don’t have to be experienced; for many these are their first productions.

What is really nice though is how they bring many people who don’t usually get involved in “ministry things” involved in ministry things. People really come together to put these shows on. This year I saw 3 of the 4 shows. What’s great is seeing how many people come to support the students. Not only do friends from campus come to watch, family members are always in attendance, professors come out with their families, the monk and nuns always have some kind of showing, and people from the community who don’t have any ties with the university love to come watch too.

Seussical was a crazy show with crazy costumes. My favorite part of the show was watching the kids of all ages in the audience relate to the stories from their childhood. I talked to one of the nuns one night. She said when she was young she memorized big sections of many of the Dr. Seuss books and was really looking forward to seeing how much she remembered from them. Here are some pictures…