Act:Scene Characters Main Idea/Songs Location

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Act 1: Scene 1 Jojo “Oh the Thinks You can The Blank Stage
Pg 10-15 Cat Think”
Full Company -Jojo finds the cat’s hat
picks it up and the play is
set in motion.
Act 1: Scene 2 Citizens of the Jungle “Horton Hears a Who” The Jungle of Nool near
Pg 15-24 Sour Kangaroo “Biggest Blame Fool” the River Walloo
Cat -The story begins in the
Jojo Jungle of Nool
Horton -Horton hears a who
Birds -Sour Kangaroo makes fun
Wickersham Bros of him and says he is “the
Mayzie biggest blame fool in the
Gertrude Jungle of Nool.”
-The Wickershams and the
Bird Girls all make fun of
Horton for hearing
something on the speck of
dust.
-We discover that Gertrude
likes Horton but is afraid to
approach him because she
only has one feather in her
tail.
Act 1: Scene 3 Mayor “Here on Who” Whoville
Pg 24-33 Cat “Oh the Things You Can
Horton Think-Reprise”
Jojo -Horton listens as the
Whos Who’s sing about their life!
Grinch -The Whos sing of eminent
danger and Horton being
their only say of surviving!
-Jojo enters the story as
the Mayor’s son
-Jojo has been suspended
because of his behavior at
school.

Act 1: Scene 4 Jojo “It’s Possible” -McElligot’s Pool

Pg 33-40 Cat “How to Raise A Child” -Mayor and Mrs. Mayors
Fish “The Military” House
Mayor
Mrs. Mayor
Schmitz
Cadets
Act 1: Scene 5 Jojo “Alone in the Universe” -Jojo is at Millatary School
Pg 40-44 Horton -Horton and JOJO meet. and Horton is looking down
-They sing a moving song on the clover.
about being alone and
discover that they are both
dreamers.
Act 1: Scene 6 Gertrude “The One Feather Tail of -The Bird Tree
Pg 44-49 Mayzie Miss Gertrude McFuzz” -The Dr.’s office
“Amazing Mayzie”
“Amazing Gertrude”
-Gertrude reveals that she
wants to be with Horton but
 doesn’t have the self
confidence to pursue him.
-Mayzie reveals that she
used to feel the same type
of insecurity until she went
and saw Dr. Drake and he
told her what pill she
should take.
-Gertrude goes to see Dr.
Drake
Act 1: Scene 7 Wickersham Brothers “Monkey Around” -The Jungle
50-65 Sour Kangaroo “Chasing the Whos”
Bird Girls “How Lucky You Are”
Whos “Notice Me Horton”
Cat “How Lucky You Are
Horton Reprise”
“Horton sits on an egg”
“How Lucky You Are
Reprise 2”
-The Wickershams grab
the clover from Horton and
the race is on.
-The Whos are frozen into
space by the cat.
-The clover falls into a
bunch of other clovers and
Horton tries to look for it
while Gertrude tries to get
him to notice her.
-Mayzie is sitting up on an
egg in a tree.
-Mayzie convinces Horton
to sit on her egg in the
tree.
-Seasons change from fall
to winter.
-Hunters come while
Horton is on the egg and
chaos hits the jungle!
INTERMISSION
Act 2: Scene 8 Horton “Egg, Nest, and Tree” The Circus
Pg 65-73 Cat “Circus McGurkus” Palm Beach
Jojo “The Circus on Tour”
Gertrude “How Lucky You Are
Bird Girls Reprise”
“How Lucky You Are
Reprise 2)
“Mayzie in Palm Beach”
“Amayzing Horton”
-Act 2 begins the way that
act 1 ended.
-Horton is plunged into the
sea and lands in New York.
-Cat has an auction and
then the egg is auctioned
off to the circus.
-The circus is revealed
-The Cat visits Mayzie in
Palm Beach and gives
Mayzie a flyer about the
circus and she decides to
 go.

Act 2: Scene 9 Horton “Alone in the Universe” -Solla Sollew

Pg 73-85 Jojo “Solla Sollew”
Hunches “Into the Who’s Christmas
Cat Pageant”
Gertrude “A Message from the
Front”
“Alone in the Universe
Reprise”
“Havin’ a Hunch”
-Horton sings a lullaby to
the egg.
-Jojo writes a letter to his
Mom and Dad
-Jojo is thrown from the
war
-The cat helps him use the
hunches to find his way
home.
Act 2: Scene 10 Gertrude “All for you” -The Circus
Pg 85-99 Horton “The People Versus Horton -Courtroom in the Jungle
Bird Girls the Elephant”
Mayor “Yopp!/Alone in the
Mrs. Mayor Universe”
Wickershams -Gertrude finds Horton at
Sour Kangaroo the circus.
Full Cast -Horton realizes how
amazing Gertrude is.
-Gertrude gives Horton the
clover that she has been
protecting all along.
-The Sour Kangaroo
arrests Horton and takes
him to the court room to
face the judge for
disturbing the peace.
-Just as the Who’s are
going to be boiled they
begin to sing loud.

Act 2: Scene 11 Full Ensemble “Oh the Thinks You can Blank Stage
Pg 100-102 Think Reprise”
“Green Eggs and Ham”
-In this final scene the full
cast is celebrating as
Horton and Gertrude are
reunited. The Who’s have
been saved and all is well
in the world.
-The scene ends with the
cat giving JOJO the hat
and then there is a
blackout.
-According to the script
Green Eggs and Ham is
done during the curtain
call.