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CATS
NOV 23 - NOV 28, 2021
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TROIKA Entertainment Presents

MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

BASED ON “OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS” BY T. S. ELIOT

THE “CATS” COMPANY:
VINNY ANDALORO   GRACIE ANDERSON   MEGAN ARSENEAU   CAROLYN BACON CONNOR ORION BERMINGHAM   LEXY BITTNER   JOHN ANKER BOW   ZACH BRAVO   MICHELLE E. CARTER   MAX CRAVEN   KELLIANN DECARLO    KELLY DONAH   DOMINIC FORTUNATO   PAUL GIARRATANO   TAYLER HARRIS   KAYLI JAMISON   BRIANNA KIM   LAUREN LOUIS   KIERAN MACDONALD   JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL DEVON MCCLESKEY   SEAN MCMANUS   CHELSEA NICOLE MITCHELL   TONY MOWATT   BRIAN CRAIG NELSON   HYLA MAYROSE PERILLO   AIDEN PRESSEL   TAYLOR JAMES ROSENBERGER   CHRISTOPHER SALVAGGIO   ELANA VALASTRO   INDALECIO DE JESÚS VALENTÍN  AND  ALEXIA WAITES  

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANGELA ROWLES MUSIC SUPERVISION BY BRIAN TAYLOR MUSIC DIRECTOR JONATHAN GORST MUSIC COORDINATOR TALITHA FEHR CASTING BY HARDT CASTING, PAUL HARDT TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP TOUR MANAGEMENT TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT GREGG DAMANTI GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN SCHRADER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER BARI JAMES BELLARD COMPANY MANAGER MICHELLE WARBLE ORCHESTRATIONS BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER & DAVID CULLEN SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN BY JOHN NAPIER LIGHTING DESIGN BY NATASHA KATZ SOUND DESIGN BY MICK POTTER ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER KIM CRAVEN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY GILLIAN LYNNE DIRECTED BY TREVOR NUNN


ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY CAMERON MACKINTOSH AND THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP LIMITED. TM © 1981 RUG LTD


Cast List
Alonzo   VINNY ANDALORO
Bill Bailey/Rum Tum Tugger   ZACH BRAVO
Bombalurina   CHELSEA NICOLE MITCHELL
Cassandra   LEXY BITTNER
Coricopat   TAYLOR JAMES ROSENBERGER
Demeter   LAUREN LOUIS
Grizabella   TAYLER HARRIS
Jellylorum   KAYLI JAMISON
Jennyanydots   MICHELLE E. CARTER
Mistoffelees   PAUL GIARRATANO
Mungojerrie   MAX CRAVEN
Munkustrap   DEVON MCCLESKEY
Peter/Bustopher Jones/Asparagus   JOHN ANKER BOW
Plato/Macavity   AIDEN PRESSEL
Pouncival   DOMINIC FORTUNATO
Rumpelteazer   KELLY DONAH
Sillabub   BRIANNA KIM
Skimbleshanks   CHRISTOPHER SALVAGGIO
Tantomile   ALEXIA WAITES
Tumblebrutus   SEAN MCMANUS
Victor/Old Deuteronomy   INDALECIO DE JESÚS VALENTÍN
Victoria   HYLA MAYROSE PERILLO
The Cats Chorus  

CAROLYN BACON, KELLIANN DECARLO, JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL, TONY MOWATT


SWINGS
GRACIE ANDERSON, MEGAN ARSENEAU, CAROLYN BACON, KELLIANN DeCARLO, CONNOR ORION BERMINGHAM, KIERAN MacDONALD, TONY MOWATT, BRIAN CRAIG NELSON, JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL

DANCE CAPTAINS
AIDEN PRESSEL & GRACIE ANDERSON

UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Bill Bailey/Rum Tum Tugger: JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL, DEVON MCCLESKEY, TAYLOR JAMES ROSENBERGER;

for Grizabella: CAROLYN BACON, LAUREN LOUIS, KELLIANN DECARLO;

for Mistoffelees: DOMINIC FORTUNATO, KIERAN MACDONALD; 

for Munkustrap: JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL, TAYLOR JAMES ROSENBERGER; 

for Peter/Bustopher Jones/Asparagus: TONY MOWATT, CHRISTOPHER SALVAGGIO; 

for Victor/Old Deuteronomy: JOHN ANKER BOW, TONY MOWATT


The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Scenes & Musical Numbers

Act I

Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Company

The Naming of Cats
Company

Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
Victoria, Mistoffelees, Munkustrap

The Old Gumbie Cat
Munkustrap, Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Demeter, Bombalurina 

The Rum Tum Tugger
Rum Tum Tugger, Company

Entry of Grizabella
Grizabella, Demeter, Bombalurina, Company

Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town
Bustopher Jones, Jennyanydots, Bombalurina, Jellylorum, Company 

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer

Old Deuteronomy
Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy

Song of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball
Company

Memory
Grizabella

 

Act II

Introduction to Act II/The Moments of Happiness
Old Deuteronomy, Sillabub

Gus the Theatre Cat
Jellylorum, Asparagus

The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
Asparagus, Old Deuteronomy, Munkustrap, Company

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat
Skimbleshanks, Company

Macavity, The Mystery Cat
Demeter, Bombalurina, Company

Magical Mister Mistoffelees
Mistoffelees, Rum Tum Tugger, Company

Memory
Sillabub, Munkustrap, Grizabella

Journey to the Heaviside Layer
Company

The Ad-dressing of Cats
Old Deuteronomy, Company

Finale


Prologue — “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” additional lyric material written by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe

“Memory” lyric written by Trevor Nunn, based on poems by T.S. Eliot


THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION


CATS ORCHESTRA

Music Director/Conductor: JONATHAN GORST

Associate Music Director/Keyboard 3: JONATHAN CRAFT

Keys 1: MAMI MATSUURA

Keys 2: SHANE FFRENCH

Reeds: ERIC LAMPMANN

Bb Clarinet/S Sax/B Sax: BRIAN T. LANG

Guitar: NICK GREATHOUSE

Bass: JOHN TONEY

Drums/Percussion: PAUL HANNAH

Music Supervisor: BRIAN TAYLOR

Keyboard Programmer: DREW NICHOLS

Music Coordinator: TL MUSIC TALITHA FEHR 

Production Biographies

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
(Composer)

Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) to Cinderella (2021) his work has been consistently seen on world stages. Before the covid pandemic hit, Lloyd Webber had shows continually running in the West End for 48 years and on Broadway for 41. When Sunset Boulevard joined School Of Rock, Cats and Phantom of the Opera he equalled Rodgers and Hammerstein’s record of four shows running simultaneously on Broadway. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. Lloyd Webber owns seven London theatres including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Over the past three years the latter has been completely restored and renovated at a cost of over £60 million. It is one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by a private theatre owner in recent times. His mantra that every penny of profit made from his theatres is ploughed back into the buildings has meant that considerable work has been undertaken across his theatre portfolio during the pandemic, including the complete re-modelling and re-seating of the Gillian Lynne. Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need and supports a range of projects such as the Music In Secondary School Trust and commissioning research into diversity in theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. To mark his 70th birthday, his bestselling autobiography Unmasked was published by Harper Collins in March 2018.


THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT
(Poet & Lyricist)

was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. He was educated at Harvard, the Sorbonne in Paris and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England in 1915 and taught briefly at two schools before joining Lloyds Bank in the city of London. His first volume of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917. The Waste Land, his most famous work, was first published in 1922. In 1925 he left the bank to become a director of the publishing house of Faber. There have been several individual and collected editions of his poetry, as well as volumes of his literary and social criticism; he also wrote a number of verse plays, including Murder in the Cathedral, which was commissioned for the Canterbury Festival of 1935. T.S. Eliot had a great affection for cats, and “Possum” was his alias among his friends. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats appeared in October 1939 and was the basis for CATS. He received many honors and distinctions, among them the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eliot died in January 1965 and was posthumously awarded the 1983 Tony Award for the book of CATS.


TREVOR NUNN
(Director)

From 1968 to 1986, he was the youngest-ever artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directing more than 30 productions, from classics to new works including Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables. He was later director of the National Theatre, where award-winning productions included Not About Nightingales, Troilus and Cressida, Oklahoma!, The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk, My Fair Lady, A Streetcar Named Desire, Anything Goes and Love’s Labour’s Lost. He directed the world premieres of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia and Rock ’n’ Roll; and of CATS, Sunset Boulevard, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love and The Woman in White by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other theatre includes Hamlet, Richard II, Inherit the Wind, Kiss Me Kate (Old Vic); A Little Night Music (West End and Broadway); Heartbreak House, Flare Path, The Tempest (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); All That Fall (59E59); The Wars of the Roses (Rose Theatre); Pericles (TFANA).


GILLIAN LYNNE
(Original Choreographer)

1926-2018: The first non-royal woman to have a London theatre named after her: the Gillian Lynne Theatre. Broadway: The Roar of the Greasepaint…, Pickwick; How Now, Dow Jones; CATS (Olivier Award, Tony nomination), Aspects of Love, The Phantom of the Opera (Tony Nomination); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Off-Broadway/Regional: Jeeves Takes Charge, Now Or Never, Imaginary Invalid (WTC). Gillian’s iconic work on CATS and Phantom has been seen and enjoyed by millions worldwide along with her direction of the television programs A Simple Man and Le Morte D’Arthur (both BBC). Awards: BAFTA, 2013 Olivier Special Award, Golden Rose of Montreux (“The Muppet Show” series), Vienna’s Silver Order of Merit in 1983 (for directing the first proscenium arch production of CATS enabling the show to tour the world), Mr. Abbot Award, Molière Award and DBE: Dame of the British Empire. Her “White Cat” solo was honored by the American Dance Machine in 2015. Her husband, the actor Peter Land proudly oversees her legacy.


ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER
(Choreographer)

is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway productions of Bandstand, In The Heights and Hamilton for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. The recent production of Bandstand (director/choreographer) also received the Drama Desk and Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People In The Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the recent revival of CATS. Upcoming theatre projects include the new musical Only Gold with British singer/songwriter Kate Nash and the musical Five Points. On television, Mr. Blankenbuehler’s work has been seen most recently on the Emmy Award winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon,” and his choreography will be seen in the upcoming Universal Studio film of the musical CATS. Andy is very proud to have made his concert debut earlier this year with a piece entitled Remember Our Song for the Tulsa Ballet Company. As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City, with his wife Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia. Mr. Blankenbuehler is a recipient of a special 2015 Drama Desk Award for his achievement in the theatre. Mr. Blankenbuehler received the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the musical Hamilton.


JOHN NAPIER
(Scenic & Costume Designer)

studied Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art and theatre design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Credits: Royal Shakespeare Company (associate designer), Royal National Theatre; opera includes the Royal Opera, Glyndebourne, ENO and the Metropolitan Opera; CATS; Starlight Express; Les Misérables; Miss Saigon; Sunset Boulevard; Michael Jackson’s Captain EO; Siegfried & Roy Show at the Mirage (creator/co-director); and Steven Spielberg’s Hook. Awards include four Oliviers (nine nominations), a BAFTA and Tony Awards for Nicholas Nickleby, CATS, Starlight Express, Les Misérables and Sunset Boulevard. American Academy of Achievement member, elected Royal Designer for Industry in 1996 and an Honorary Fellow of the London Institute.


NATASHA KATZ
(Lighting Designer)

is a New York-based lighting designer who has designed lighting for many varieties of entertainment, including dance and opera companies, concerts, regional theatres, Off- Broadway, Las Vegas, TV and permanent lighting installations. She is a six-time Tony Award winner whose recent Broadway credits include Frozen, Springsteen on Broadway, Hello Dolly, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Aladdin, An American in Paris, Once, The Glass Menagerie, Aida and Beauty and the Beast. CATS is her second show with Andrew Lloyd Webber after designing School of Rock on Broadway last season.


MICK POTTER
(Sound Designer)

School of Rock (Drama Desk Award nominee), The Phantom of the Opera (Parnelli Award), Les Misérables (Tony Award nominee, Helpmann Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience Award, London), Love Never Dies (Green Room Award), CATS (Drama Desk Award nominee), The Woman in White (Olivier Award), Saturday Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, Zorro the Musical, The Sound of Music, Evita, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here to Eternity, Barnum, Sunset Boulevard, Carousel, Chess.


CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT
(Associate Director/Choreographer)

West End, performer: Billy, Irene, Evita, Barnum, Blondel; Choreographer: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Sherlock Holmes the Musical, Mack and Mabel. Tours: The Entertainer, Devil’s Virtuoso, Annie, The Card, On the Twentieth Century, The Witches of Eastwick, Showbizpops Orchestra’s The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. TV choreography: Kiss Me Kate, Alas Smith and Jones, Hit Dancing. Associate director/choreographer: Five Guys Named Moe (London, NY, Australia), CATS all over the world, Brick by Bricusse, Dear World. Movement director and musical staging: The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Birdsong, This is the Hour – a celebration of the music of Claude-Michel Schönberg. Children’s director: Mary Poppins. Resident director: CATS, Joseph…, Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz. Recreation and adaptation of original choreography: Phantom of The Opera (West End and UK tour)


KIM CRAVEN
(Associate Choreographer)

Resident Choreographer - CATS (Broadway). Resident Director - Come Fly Away and Times They Are A-Changin’ (Broadway).Associate Director/Choreographer - Movin’ Out (London). Associate Choreographer - Honeymoon in Vegas (Broadway). Dance Supervisor - Movin’ Out (1st National), Swing! (1st National). Dance Captain - Mamma Mia! (1st National & Vegas), On The Town (Broadway). Associate Choreographer - Damn Yankees and The Full Monty (Papermill Playhouse). Kim began her career with The Pennsylvania Ballet and is part of the faculty at NYCDA.


ELLENORE SCOTT
(Assistant Choreographer)

Broadway: King Kong (associate choreographer), Head Over Heels (associate choreographer), CATS Revival (assistant choreographer), Falsettos Revival (assistant choreographer). Off-Broadway: Pride and Prejudice at Cherry Lane Theater (choreographer). Artistic Director of ELSCO Dance Company. Instagram: @ellenorescott


GRACE BUCKLEY
(Resident Choreographer)

is honored to be working as the resident choreographer for this tour of Cats. She presently serves on faculty for New York City Dance Alliance, Steps on Broadway, and BUILD Dance Series. Many thanks to Kim, Andy, MSA, family and friends for all of your support and love!


BRIAN TAYLOR
(Music Supervisor)

Broadway conducting credits include CATS (Associate Conductor), Evita (Assistant Conductor), An American in Paris, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and Mary Poppins. Rehearsal pianist for Sunday in the Park With George, Evita, I Married an Angel, Paint Your Wagon, and Lady Be Good! at NY City Center Encores! Keyboard for Jesus Christ Superstar Live on NBC, Associate Conductor for Unmasked at Papermill Playhouse, and most recently, Music Director for Gavin Lee aboard Disney Cruise Lines.


JONATHAN GORST
(Musical Director)

first worked on CATS in 1998 and continued as Music Director for the North American Tour through 2003. For nearly a decade, he served as both a conductor and Music Director for the US National Tour of Phantom. Other credits include Phantom at the Venetian and The Woman in White - Broadway. Jonathan and his wife Marisa will enjoy seeing the country together with their beloved Pollicle (dogs) “Yoda” and “Chewbacca.”


STUART ANDREWS
(Keyboard Programmer)

Broadway/West End: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Evita, Mary Poppins, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Woman in White. West End: Miss Saigon, CATS, Stephen Ward, The Wizard of Oz, Betty Blue Eyes, Love Never Dies, Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, La Cage aux Folles.


TALITHA FEHR
(Music Coordinator)

has worked on over 70 national and international tours and productions. Highlights include: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, Come Fly Away, and Love Never Dies, as well as the Vancouver Olympic Ceremonies 2010. She dedicates her work on CATS to the memory of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya.


PAUL HARDT
(Casting)

Paul has been thrilled to have worked as Casting Director on the following projects: Broadway: West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, A Moon For The Misbegotten, On Golden Pond, Hot Feet, Caine Mutiny Court Martial and the upcoming Once Upon A One More Time. National Tours: West Side Story (US and World tour), A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, Legends!, Whistle Down The Wind, On Golden Pond, August: Osage Countyand the The Bodyguard. Regional Theatres include: Goodspeed Opera House, Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, TheaterWorks Hartford 


VICTORIA TINSMAN
(Hair and Makeup Design Coordinator)

Thrilled to be back at the Junkyard! Broadway: Pretty Woman, CATS, She Loves Me, Fish in the Dark, Fun Home, Rocky, Amazing Grace, A Delicate Balance, Phantom of the Opera.2 Seasons at The Alley Theatre. 3 Seasons at Utah Shakespearean Festival. UNCSA BFA in Wigs & Make Up.


ABIGAIL HAHN
(Associate Costume Designer)

is a New York based Costume Designer/Stylist. As an Associate, her International credits include: School of Rock (West End and Australia) and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Shanghai). NY Associate/assistant credits include Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, CATS, School of Rock, Fun Home, Violet, A Christmas Story, Hair. Select Associate credits Off-Broadway: The Public Theater (Dry Powder), CSC (Peer Gynt, Allegro), and NY City Center (Wild Party, Little Shop of Horrors, A New Brain, Irma La Douce, Merrily We Roll Along). Additionally, Abby has designed costumes for several commercials and photoshoots.


BARI JAMES BELLARD 
(Production Stage Manager)

is delighted to join the CATS family. He has worked everywhere from a cruise ship to Walt Disney World. National Tour: The Color Purple. Regional: ...Death of Queens, Eclipsed, All The Way, A Doll’s House, Part 2, The Wolves (Southern Rep Theatre). BA, Loyola University New Orleans. Love to my family and friends! Live your dream!


MICHELLE WARBLE
(Company Manager)

is delighted to join the CATS family. She has managed shows in over 40 countries, including North American tours of STOMP, Disney On Ice and Disney Live. Previously, she worked on college football and the Superbowl for ABC Sports/ESPN. Many thanks to Brandon Griewank for being her inspiration.


A. J. ORTH
(Assistant Company Manager)

Third season with TROIKA Entertainment! Previous AGM credits include School of Rock, Kinky Boots, Escape to Margaritaville, & The Color Purple. Originally from Prairie Village, Kansas, A.J. is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.


BRIAN SCHRADER
(General Manager)

is beginning his tenth season with TROIKA Entertainment. GM Tour Credits: Tootsie, Cats, School of Rock, The Bodyguard, Escape to Margaritaville, Kinky Boots, The Color Purple, and Annie. Select Associate GM Credits: An American In Paris, 42nd Street, Annie (US, Jakarta, Singapore), Bring It On (US, Japan), Ghost, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Priscilla, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can. Graduate of Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in Theatre Arts and Business Administration. Member of ATPAM.


TEGAN MEYER
(Associate General Manager)

is thrilled to join this production of Cats and the Troika team. As Company Manager she toured with Elf, We Will Rock You and the First National Tour of Memphis. On Broadway she was the Associate Company Manager for Bright Star, and the 2010 Tony Award winning production of Memphis. Additional credits include, Off-Broadway: What’s That Smell, Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew, The Immigrant and Slut Broadway: Guys & Dolls, Jackie Mason’s Laughing Room Only, and The Pirate Queen


GREGG DAMANTI
(Production Manager)

Working in the festival, music, and live entertainment industry for over 20 years. National Tours include:On Your Feet!, CATS, & My Fair Lady. Love to Jen and Ripley!


NEURO TOUR
(Physical Therapy)

Carolyn Lawson PT, founder and CEO of NEURO TOUR and Neurosport, leaders in performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part of CATS. Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Cher Show. Tours: On Your Feet!, Hamilton.


TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT
(Producer & Tour Management)

has been an innovator in touring musical theater for over three decades. TROIKA Entertainment brings the Broadway experience to communities around the world; uniting, inspiring and celebrating our audiences, our employees, and our partners through the magic and energy of live theater. Current productions include CATS, The Phantom of the Opera, Escape to Margaritaville, TOOTSIE, My Fair Lady, Annie, and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Please visit us at www.troika.com 


BOND THEATRICAL GROUP
(Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Direction)

is an independently-owned booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking shows include 9 to 5: The Musical, A Soldier’s Play, An Officer and a Gentleman, Annie, Blue Man Group, CATS, Clue, Clueless, Company, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Rockin’ On, Girl from the North Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, Lempicka, Love Actually Live, The Lehman Trilogy, May We All, Spamilton, The Brat Pack and What the Constitution Means to Me. Current marketing and publicity shows include 1776, Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, The Band’s Visit, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, The Prom and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. 


THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP
(Licensor)

The Really Useful Group is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s producing and licensing company and manages the theatrical rights for all of Andrew’s works, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Sunset Boulevard and School of Rock – The Musical. The Really Useful Group reached over 20 million people across the globe in 2019, from live theatre and concert audiences, cinemagoers, television viewers and music fans, to social media and art lovers. After more than a year of West End theatres being dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Really Useful Group is thrilled that upon the reopening of the West End, The Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat have been joined by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of Cinderella, produced by The Really Useful Group, with lyrics by multi award winning David Zippel and book by 2021 Oscar winner Emerald Fennell. The Really Useful Group continues to work across theatre, film and television as it produces and develops new projects and partnerships worldwide, alongside its ongoing work in education, amateur licensing and music publishing.

CATS Tour Staff

GENERAL MANAGEMENT &
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT


GENERAL MANAGER
BRIAN SCHRADER
Associate General Manager...Tegan Meyer


PRODUCTION MANAGER
Gregg Damanti


TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Dave Burch


COMPANY MANAGER
MICHELLE WARBLE
Assistant Company Manager....A.J. Orth


CASTING
HARDT CASTING, PAUL HARDT


EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION
BOND THEATRICAL
bondtheatrical.com 

TOUR BOOKING
Temah Higgins   Mollie Mann 
Wendy Roberts 
Megan Savage   Madison St. Amour
Amber Howard

MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION
DJ Martin  
Marc Viscardi

Bailey Ford 
Phillip Aleman 
Melissa Cohen   Steph Kelleher 
Adrienne McKissick   Adrienne Richards 
Simon Rosales   Janiya Wade

 DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Michael Yuen-Killick


MAKEUP DESIGN
JOHN NAPIER
Makeup development by Nanci Powell


WIGS
MISS LEMON LIMITED
Jenny Dean & Charles Wright


MUSICAL SUPERVISOR FOR
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
David Wilson


New dance sequences for “The Old Gumbie Cat,” “The Rum Tum Tugger” and “Magical Mister Mistoffelees” co-arranged by John Clancy


PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
BARI JAMES BELLARD

Assistant Stage Managers
A.J. Orth, Marisa Gorst

Assistant Choreographer
Ellenore Scott

Dance Captains
Gracie Anderson, Aiden Pressel 

Associate Scenic Designer
Kevin Depinet

UK Associate Costume Designer
Tracy Stiles

US Associate Costume Designers
Lisa Zinni, Abigail Hahn

Costume Assistants
Chris Hynds, Holly McCaffrey

Associate Lighting Designer
Craig Stelzenmuller

Assistant Lighting Designer
John Bartenstein

Moving Light Programmer
Alex Fogel

Associate Sound Designer
Joshua Hummel

Associate Production Electrician
Carl Gosselin

Production Electrician
Justin Petito

Production Sound
Heather Augustine


HEAD CARPENTER
IVY LLEWELLYN

Flyperson
Bianca Dominguez 

Automation Carpenter
Joel Behrman

Head Electrician
Jordan Mitchell

Assistant Electrician
Michael Schulz

Head Sound
Kevin Thurber 

Assistant Audio
Clark Boyan

Head Props
Andrew Butkovich

Assistant Props
Angela Salazar 

Head Wardrobe
Jessica Simons

Assistant Wardrobe
Maya Patrick

Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Gabriel Nunez

Assistant Hair & Makeup
Brooke Donley

Production Assistant
John N. Fortunato

Associate Keyboard Programmer
David Weiser

Rehearsal Pianist
Ming Aldrich-Gan


Physical Therapy
NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy

Athletic Trainer
Ariana Senn, ATC

Medical Director
Craig E. Weil, MD


Production Photography
Matthew Murphy

Creative Services
SpotCo

Website & Interactive Marketing
SpotCo


Accounting
Zwick & Banyai, PLLC 

Employee Benefits
PEOPLE, Inc.

Insurance
The Arts Insurance Program, LLC.

Legal.
Jean Ward, Esq., Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Merchandising
Creative Goods Merchandise LLC

Tour Housing & Transportation Provided By Road Rebel


For TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT

Chief Executive Officer
Angela Rowles

Chief Operating Officer
Kori Prior

General Manager
Brian Schrader

Associate General Managers
Madeline M. McCluskey, Tegan Meyer

Technical Director
Dave Burch

Production Managers
Heather Chockley, Gregg Damanti

Production Coordinator
Drew Neitzey

Director of Engagements
Barrett Newman

Operations Manager
Melanie Cahill

Director of Finance
Brian Jacob

Production Accounting Manager
Sheila Lewis

Accounting Clerk
Electra Walker

Office Manager
Shaquille Stewart 

www.troika.com


THANK YOU
Jay Johnson, Zoe Szcotka, Terra Troxell


CREDITS
Scenery and automation by TTS STUDIOS, Charleston, SC. Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING. Sound equipment by SOUND ASSOCIATES. Rigging equipment by CHRISTIE LIGHTS. Light up and large costumes executed by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Grizabella costume executed by Sasha Keir. Leotards executed by Phil Reynolds. Painting by Nicola Killeen Textile. Jennyanydots painting by Hochi Asiatico. Leg and arm warmers knitted by Jo Thompson. Skimbleshanks and Victor knitted by Marian Grealish. Additional makeup consultation by Karen Dawson.


Production Housing and Travel by ROAD REBEL  ENTERTAINMENT GLOBAL, San Diego, CA


CATS rehearsed at RedHouse Arts Center, Syracuse NY


www.CATSTheMusical.com


Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E)

 

The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.