The Old Hammondtown School Drama Club hit the stage on Wednesday, June 10 to present its production of “The Lorax & You,” a play adapted by Tracy Gendreau Fiore based on the Dr. Seuss book The Lorax.
The production was a lot of fun for both the cast of 42 and the audience, with plenty of laughs solicited by the talented group of young drama club actors.
The play begins with two young girls, River and Sky – played by Claire Barry and Callie Tavares – who neglect their recycling duties and are scolded by the hip and funky modern mom, Mother Nature, played by Ana Kippenberger. Mother Nature sends the two girls to “The Street of the Lifted Lorax,” where the girls first encounter the Wizard, played by the talented Maggie Berry, who whips out “The Book” and schools the girls on conservation.
Enter the Once-ler, played by Jack Ashley, who discovers the lovely Truffula trees played by Ava Hall, Lila Hall, Mia Hall, and Maggie Brogioli, and chops down the Truffula played by Lauren Higgins to sell for a profit. This angers the Lorax, played by Carissa Bailey.
The drama club kept with the theme of the play and ‘upcycled’ much of the set design, props, and costumes from boxes, Styrofoam, old house paint, clothes from Savers, and even butter container lids.
By Jean Perry
