Jennings-McGill School of Arts
Musical Theater Workshop, Seusiccal Jr. (Ages 11-14, 39 students)
Teacher: Charlie London “Mx. Nicholson” Nicholson
- Josephine “Josie” Mackenzie Loveworth (Mayzie LaBird)
- Myles Kobe Garthwaite (Jojo)
- Garrick Anton Bauer (General Genghis Khan Schmitz)
- Emeline “Ember” Annemarie Skipper (The Sour Kangaroo)
- Raoul Carlos Grajeda (Ensemble)
- Ainsley Jade Sanchez (Set design)
- Kayla Patsy Stanislaus (Mrs. Mayor)
- Calixto Vittorio Olson-Giannini (Set design)
- Loxley Kittiwake Nussbaum (Set design)
- Faun Julietta Olson-Giannini (Cat In The Hat)
- Sorina Paige Wharton-Hasdeu (Sound and lightning)
- Calloway “Cal” Jude Newman (Horton the Elephant)
- Peter Maxwell Magana (Ensemble)
- Arabelle Tamika Osborne (Dancer)
- Kofi Zikomo Ibrahim (Ensemble)
- Liam ‘ Raz ’ Anders Rasmussen (Mr. Mayor)
- Marie Nora Preston (Bird Girl)
- Nikolai Vasili Morozov (Dancer)
- Chloe Alexandra Shea (Bird Girl)
- Kyle Jett Foley (Who)
- Amadeus " Mads " Louis Reddington (Ensemble)
The twenty-second girl is the sister of Tommy Overro-Lakely. She has suffered some bullying from her sister growing up - being picked on because of her weight and feeling generally inferior to her, even if despite the bullying there was stil a part of her which truly admired Thomasina.
This 14-year-old has always loved acting but her parents put most of their resources on supporting Tommy 's dream to become an opera singer - she got a vocal coach and trained her mezzo-soprano beautifully , which then contributed to her becoming a perfectionist but also developing a superiority complex towards anyone who didn’t sing. As such , the girl developed an interest in musicals and started singing while acting , also trying to incorporate some of Tommy 's rococopunk aesthetic in order to try and better her relationship with Tommy by becoming more like her. However, even that lead to conflict - Tommy would yell at her and her sisters for creasing or staining her elaborate plum or crimson colored dresses, even if the “damage” done to the clothes was minimal.
Eventually the girl found her own way and instaed of rococopunk adapted more of a romantic goth aesthetic → she loves lacey dresses and flowy materials , but avoids corsets like wildfire. She’s also fond of jewelry as long as the gemstone is black. Her favourite are trapezoid-shaped obsidian earrings and a black pearl necklace she got from her grandma as a gift for her First Communion and didn’t like it much then until she fell in love with it a year ago. She also puts a lot of work into her make-up - pale foundation, cherry red lipstick and “cat’s eye” eyeliner. Her brows are not visible due to her having bangs and shoulder-length, perfectly straightened hair which is also jet black.
Due to finding some like-minded friends in the goth community she finally stood up to Tommy and confronted her parents when it comes to what she saw as clear favouritism towards the 17-year-old. They didn’t realise all of Tommy 's 3 sisters had those feelings and now put more effort into paying attention to each of the girls individually as well as having regular “family trips” to parks, bowling alleys , swimming pools and other fun places every month. This proved counterproductive for Tommy who felt enraged by this sudden change and turned her anger on the school environment instaed of her siblings. She eventually found a target in Beatrice " Bee " Elinora Leavell whose rich voice in the contralto range and caring nature towards the elderly caused envy within Thomasina. Being a true crime fanatic, she compared her to the main character of a white-collar criminal case she closely followed - Elizabeth Holmes.
Although the bullying campaign ended months ago, this 14-year-old knows from Cal Newman (whose brother Thorn is close with Bee 's boyfriend Kelso - they play in the same band High Velocity ) that Bee is still dealing with the ripple effects of it. She fell deep into the fandom of Elizabeth Holmes and defends the now convicted fraudster, Bee even reacted to the point of yelling at her friend for doing as little as watching “The Droupout” Hulu series trailer which tells the story of Holmes ,calling it “slenderous propaganda”. As far as the girl hears , Beatrice even wrote a letter to the woman which she plans on sending. Cal thinks that it’s just a coping mechanism on Bee 's part for being compared to Holmes. She tries to rationalise a stranger’s actions because she, too , sees the clear similarities between their voices and “corporate-like” styles of clothing. Having read every single hateful message on Tommy 's infamous Facebook page - which indicated that just because of those similarities, Bee is a fraudster, too , and uses dishonest promotion practices for High Velocity - the bullying victim eventually started to believe it and therefore trying to cope with it by defending Holmes.
For this girl, Bee 's story is heartbreaking and she would love reaching out to Bee in order to tell her that her voice and style being similiar to a criminal’s one is no indication of her own character and she doesn’t have to rationalize a stranger’s wrongdoings just because Tommy 's bullying made her feel like she does. Her role of Gertrude McFuzz is closely tied to Calloway 's role of Horton the Elephant and so , while practicing their roles behind the scenes , the girl had more than opportunity to hear about it. She also has developed strong feelings for Calloway due to the very friendly nature of their relationship both on-stage and off-stage. However, she knows the Newman siblings don’t have the best opinion about the Overro-Lakely family and she doesn’t blame them. She knows that Tommy is genuinely remorseful when it comes to her bullying campaign and has made steps to deal with her anger and jealousy issues with a licensed therapist , Graham. However, even if she knows that Tommy is sorry, she hasn’t forgiven her for the emotional damage she and her other 2 sisters endured - she doesn’t expect it from Bee , either.
The 14-year old reckons that Tommy has no chance to truly change as long as she remains friends with the overly ambitious pianist from St. Paul’s Orchestra - Boudicca Lascar-Yancey , or the antisocial and standoffish Sapphire Whitam. It pains her to say it - knowing that Bo and Tommy sound beautiful together when her sister sings alongside her friends playing, and Saph was an amazing emotional support for Tommy when she was at her absolute lowest. However, she thinks that both friendships should end as they contribute to less than desireable traits being highlighted in Tommy 's behaviour. She 's heard rumours about Saph and Bo having feelings for eachother and quietly hopes that Tommy will naturally distance herself due to becoming the third wheel.
Thomasina " Tommy " Overro-Lakely - the character’s older sister
Beatrice " Bee " Elinora Leavell - Tommy 's target of bullying