Spookley The Square Pumpkin Analysis

Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a musical about accepting each other’s differences. On Halloween one day on Holiday Hill Farm, Jack the scarecrow finds a pumpkin in the patch- only unlike the other pumpkins- Spookley is square. Much to the dislike of the others, the Toms, BoBo, and the Honeydoos, Spookley is bullied for being square. It’s only until Spookley saves the day with support from his new best friend spiders- Edgar, Allan, and Poe that the pumpkins realize being different is great after all.

The acting overall was quite tremendous, considering the ages of the actors. However, the show was double cast meaning that each role was played by two people at different times.
The cast I was apart of was the Square cast and the other cast …show more content…
The show sold out often as it gained admirablility from children seeking out to see their very first play. As an actor, however, the show become very repetitive towards the end because of how positive and the fact it is geared towards children it was. Some of my favorite moments during the show had to be when the actors would ad-lib lines. Something that the audience doesn’t get to experiene as much is when actors make up new lines on the spot. This was especially common with the adult actors. For example, in a scene when all of the characters are lining up for the song “Which Way to the Well” this happened most often. First BoBo would say something like, “Ladies first!”, to which MiMi would quietly say, “Melon’s Second”, and the Toms would say, “Chivarly is dead!”. It was that kind of sponntanous lines that would keep the show fresh for the actors and gain a chuckle from any audience members who caught on. There were not really any moments that confused me, except for when I worked with the other cast for switches. If the show is revived again I would definitly reccomend it to family and friends because the show has such a good message that is displayed in such an entertaining and unique