Seussical the Musical

It was just a month ago when I got a Facebook message asking if I was ready to come back to community theater because CVFT needed a bassoon player for the summer show, Seussical the Musical.  It had probably been four years since I had been in the pit orchestra - before I even became pregnant with Megan. I remembered the long shows and rehearsals and just couldn't try to do it with a baby or even pregnant :)  But now that the kids are not babies any more it seemed like a great opportunity to dust off my bassoon and get back in the pit!

The pit director was a college friend of mine and an excellent director so I knew it would be a fun time.  I didn't know anything about the show but it was fabulous!  Now I wish I had read more Dr. Seuss books growing up because the show was a big medley of his works with much overlap in story lines.  And the music was fabulous - a good blend of rock, funk, jazz and ballads.  

I prepped Megan as best as I could for the show but watching Horton Hears a Who with her.  She absolutely loved Horton and, of course, recognized Dr. Seuss from other books we read and from TV.  I think mostly she liked watching the kids and adults sing and dance on stage.  I showed her where I sat every night so she got a good comprehension of where I went when I said I had to leave for the musical.

This is Megan being a stinker and not smiling at me.  She was just thrilled to be wearing Dr. Seuss's hat!

One night Megan asked that I babysit her puppies in the pit while I played.  Don't worry, they behaved themselves!

This is me with my bassoon.  Glamorous, I know.

And this is the pit.  There were about 24 people but this was a good sized pit so we all had plenty of room.  I wish we wouldn't have been completely covered up so we could have seen what was going on up on the stage.  There was a ladder on the right (you can see a bit of it here) where we would get cast and crew visitors every now and then.  There were many musicians that I had played with in prior shows but also had a chance to meet a lot of new people as well.

John was more than encouraging.  It meant lots of nights not seeing much of each other and him having to put the kids to bed but we got through it.  A big thanks to my mom also for watching the kids on several occasions.  The show itself was only an hour and a half long with no intermission, but we did have 11 shows over the last two weekend in June.  That is enough to drain anyone... But now back to reality!