Hunt A+ Elementary to present Jungle Book Kids
Disney’s JUNGLE BOOK KIDS
Playing at Central Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa
Disney’s Jungle Book KIDS, presented by Hunt A+ Elementary is playing at Central Baptist Church on April 4 at 5:00 p.m. and April 5 at 5:00 p.m. The high-energy musical, designed for elementary school-aged performers, is based on the novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and the Disney film. The Hunt A+ cast includes roughly 60 students led by Hunt A+ teachers Mark Gettner, Jody Nieuwendorp, and Rebecca Vega.
Quinton Hogancamp, a 4th grader at Hunt who is playing Shere Khan, said “I want the mancub Mowgli out of the jungle. Come see us put him where he belongs in our musical, Jungle Book KIDS.”
The jungle is jumpin’ with a jazzy beat in Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS. Specially adapted from the classic Disney animated film, Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS features a host of colorful characters and your favorite songs from the movie.
Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, Bagheera, are on the run in the deepest parts of the jungle. On their journey, the two meet a sinister snake named Kaa, a herd of elephants and a giant bear named Baloo, who teaches them the swingin’ musical rhythms of the jungle. After surviving a dangerous encounter with a band of monkeys led by King Louie, Mowgli and Bagheera are forced to run for their lives. When Shere Khan returns, our heroes must rally their fellow animals into battle and restore peace throughout the jungle. You won’t want to miss this culturally-infused and spectacular Disney classic!
This year’s musical comes on the heels of last year’s presentation of 101 Dalmatians. “Thanks to support from our community, Hunt A+ is able to produce another musical this year. Our students have enjoyed the opportunity to produce live theater,” said Emily Cox, a consulting teacher at Hunt.
Tickets for Disney’s Jungle Book KIDS are $5 and will be sold at Hunt A+ Elementary school March 28-29 and April 2-3 from 8:15-8:30 a.m. and 3:30-3:40 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
Disney’s Jungle Book KIDS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. For more information about licensing Jungle Book KIDS or other Disney shows, please visit www.DisneyMusicals.com.
CAST
Bagheera……………………………………………………………… …Rekleen Suda
Baloo………………………………………………………… Christopher Arrowood
Mowgli……………………………………………………………. …… Miles Scheffer
Wolves………………………. Matheo Hernandez, Cali Lemoine, Aiden Lund, Jaxon McDowell, Lluvia Santos, Isaiah May Pacheco
Shere Khan……………………………………………………. Quinton Hogancamp
Shanti…………………………………………………………………. Maeby Buckley
Kaa…………………………………………………………………… Kayla Orozco Say
Coils……………………….. Soraya Alberts, Gabby Pravecek, Destiny Brown, Prudence Arrowood, Kaileigh Navin, Fernanda Hernandez Villanueva
Colonel Hathi……………………………………………. Liliana Garcia Marroquin
Elephants………………………………… Yesly Lopez Mendez, Bentley Truong, Anna Jones, Manh Le, Ashley Perez-Xiquita, Fa Seummalavanh
Baby Elephant……………………………………… Wednesday Cline Fritzmeier
Grumpy Monkey………………………………………………………….. Teddy Rice
Silly Monkey…………………………………………………………….. Dakota Heth
Sassy Monkey…………………………………………………………….. Ector Ayon
Old Monkey……………………………………………………………… Joesay Ayon
King Louie…………………………………………………………………. Zasia Lovely
Monkeys…………………………………………. Liam Baumann, Luci Baumann, Mia Gallegos Espinoza, Henry Francisco-Pedro
Dizzy…………………………………………………………………… Jazmine Queen
Ziggy……………………………………………………………… Jusmely Hernandez
Jungle Thistle…………………………………………………… Roxanne Germann
Jungle Lotus………………………………………………. Nathalia Martinez Nava
Jungle Banyan……………………………………………………. Yaneli Hernandez
Hunt A+ Elementary
Hunt A+ Elementary is one of five specialty elementary school with in the Sioux City Community School District located in Sioux City, Iowa. Serving 320 students, Hunt A+ is in its third year as an Arts Integrated School following the North Carolina A+ (Arts Plus Academics) model. The mission of Hunt A+ is to engage in unique learning opportunities that embrace the arts to foster collaboration, curiosity, creativity, and success.
Gilchrist Foundation
The mission of the Gilchrist Foundation is to carry out the philanthropy established by the Gilchrist family. The emphasis is on fostering the long-term viability of the charity and enabling special projects rather than supplying short-term operating funds. The Foundation provides incentives and funds to pre-selected non-profit organizations, with a preference for the Sioux City area. Interests considered for funding include: Wildlife & Conservation, Arts & Public Broadcasting, and Disaster Relief.
Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.
MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials, and dynamic theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community, and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide.
MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.