Seussical (The New 2021 Musical)/Script

WARNING!
*Sung lyrics in bold.

Overture and Oh the Thinks You Can Think!
(A strange feathered hat sits on a very empty stage. Korrina, who will later play JOJO, appears and notices it.) KORRINA: Now that is a very unusual hat. I wonder what's under a hat such as that. It could be a creature they call the cuckoo Who balances things on his head in the zoo. Or a stripe-loving Pipester from Upper Mount clock. But a sort of a kind of a hat-wearing Ostrich and Peacock!

(She picks up the hat, and the OSTRICH and PEACOCK suddenly appear)

OSTRICH: I can see that you've got quite a mind for your age! Why, one Think and you dragged me Right onto the stage! Now, I'm here, there is no telling what may ensue With an Ostrich such as me, and a Thinker like you!

PEACOCK: After all those years stuck on a page, Did you ever imagine, you'd see me, on stage? Now I'm here, there is no telling what may ensue. No, there is no telling what. But I'll give you a clue.

OSTRICH AND PEACOCK: Oh, the thinks you can think! Oh, the thinks you can thinkIf you're willing to try...Think invisible ink!Or a California Sea Lion soaring in the sky!If you open your mind,Oh, the thinks you will findLining up to get loose...Oh, the thinks you can thinkWhen you think about Seuss! OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL: '''Seuss! Seuss!''' '''Seuss! Seuss!Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss!Seuss! Oh, the thinks you can think!Any thinker who thinksCan come up with a few!''' WOLF: Arwoooooooooooo!

OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL: Think a trip on a ship when the wolf gives you a whip on the Solomon Stew!

Ostrich: Think of beautiful Schlopp!

Ono: With a cherry on top!

OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL: You don't need an excuse! Oh, the thinks you can thinkWhen you think about Seuss!Seuss, Seuss, Seuss,-Seuss.... HMMMMM! Thomas: Think of a tiger up in a tree! MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR Think of a polar bear too tiny to see! GERTRUDE Think of a bird with a one-feather tail ALL Going on adventure down a dangerous trail! Aaagh! MAYZIE Think a dolphin who flies off on a spree! SOUR KANGAROO Think of a kangaroo, sour as can be! SCHMITZ Think of a general crazy for war! OSTRICH Think of something horrible and hairy! OSTRICH, PRINCIPLES Something sinister and scary ALL That you never dared to think of before! ALL Think of marabous are here when the vultures cheer for the darkness of night (with menace)Oooh Oooh... ALL, PEACOCK

When wolves howl at the moon As you're facing your doomOSTRICH Think of penguins with light!! ALL (with relief) Aah Aah! OSTRICH But I hope you're preparedTo be scareder than scared!OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL  'Cause this ain't mother goose! PEACOCK Think right over the brink!

OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL '''When you think about Seuss!Seu-u-u-u-uSeu... Seu...Seu-u-u-uss Seuss!Seu-u-u-u-uSeuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss!''' PEACOCK AND OSTRICH An unusual story will soon be unfurled Of a tiger trying to save a wild world And a Polar bear from the Arctic who has Thinks just like you! OSTRICH, PEACOCK, ALL Just think! From the Planet of Wildland and the penguins all no matter how big and no matter how small!