Nicholas Howey for CAT’S-EYE LLC presents
Music by
andrew lloyd webber Based on “Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats” by
T.S. Eliot
with
Brian Bailey Stephanie L. Campbell Cara Cooley Felix Hess Lisa Kuhnen John Jacob Lee Trenard L. Mobley Philip Peterson Drew Roelofs Tug Watson
Sarah Bumgarner Erin Chupinsky Daniel Dawson Lucy Horton Brad Landers Allison Little Nathan Morgan Kristen Quartarone Christopher E. Sidoli
Laura Cable Jennifer Cohen Aubrey Elson Eva Kosmowski Anastasia Lange Chris Mackenthun Zac Norton Michael J. Rios Adam Steiner Jason Wise
Orchestrations by Andrew lloyd webber david cullen
Lighting Design by DAVID HERSEY
Set and Costumes Designed by JOHN NAPIER
Lighting Adapted by RICK BELZER Musical Supervisor Kristen Blodgette
Scenic Design Reproduced by RAYMOND HUESSY Musical Director J. michael duff
On-line Producer RaNDALL A. BUCK
Sound Design by Duncan robert edwards Casting by DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING
Associate Director/Choreographer SUZANNE VIVERITO
Original Associate Director and Choreographer GILLIAN LYNNE Original Director TREVOR NUNN Directed and Choreographed for the tour by Richard Stafford Originally produced by Cameron
Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group Limited. First performance at The New London Theatre London, May 11, 1981. Originally produced in New York by Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Group Limited, David Geffen and The Shubert Organization.
CATS is presented through special arrangement with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatre Library 1065 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2400, New York, N.Y. 10018 tour direction: columbia artists theatricals. 321 West 44th St., SUITE 1003, New York, N.Y. 10036 917-206-4600 tel / 917-206-4646 fax www.columbiaartiststheatricals.com
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tour direction: columbia artists theatricals. 321 West 44th St., SUITE 1003, New York, NY 10036 (917) 206-4600 tel / (917) 206-4646 fax www.columbiaartiststheatricals.com
the cast (in amphibolical order)
Alonzo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trenard L. Mobley Asparagus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan morgan Bombalurina.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cara cooley Bustopher Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan morgan Cassandra.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stephanie L. campbell Demeter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Kuhnen GENGHIS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian bailey Griddlebone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCY HORTON Grizabella.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . anastasia lange Growltiger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan morgan Jellylorum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCY HORTON Jennyanydots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jennifer cohen MacavitY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drew roelofs Mistoffelees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Mackenthun Mungojerrie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian bailey Munkustrap.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TUG WATSON Old DeuteronomY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . philip peterson Plato.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drew roelofs Pouncival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael J. Rios RUMPELTEAZER.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Quartarone Rum Tum Tugger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM STEINER SillAbub.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . aubrey elson Skimbleshanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jacob Lee Tumblebrutus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Wise VICTORIA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sarah bumgarner
UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific notice is posted at the time of performance. Erin Chupinsky • Laura cable • Jennifer Cohen DANIEL DAWSON • Aubrey Elson • FELix hess • Lucy horton Eva Kosmowski • Brad Landers • Allison little NATHAN MORGAN • Zac NORTON • Michael J. Rios DREW ROELOFS • Christopher E. Sidoli
TOURING MUSICIANS
Music Supervisor, Kristen Blodgette Musical Director, J. Michael duff Associate Musical Director, Keyboard I, christian regul Keyboard II, Christopher Babbage • Guitar, andrew zinsmeister Bass, Mark ziegler • Drums, Band Tech, Wm. Jevon Rushton Music Contractor/Coordinator, Sam Lutfiyya (Music Services International)
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ACT I When cats are maddened by the midnight dance Prologue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats*.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company 1. the naming of cats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company 2. the Invitation to the jellicle ball. . . . . . . . . . . Victoria, Quaxo, Munkustrap 3. The Old gumbie cat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter, Munkustrap 4. The Rum Tum Tugger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Tugger 5. Grizabella, the glamour cat.. . . . . . . . . . . Grizabella, Demeter, Bombalurina 6. bustopher jones.. . . . . . . . . . Bustopher, Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Bombalurina 7. Mungojerrie and rumpELteazer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer 8. old deuteronomy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Munkustrap, The Tugger, Old Deuteronomy 9. the jellicle ball.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company 10. memorY*.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grizabella
ACT II Why will the summer day delay - when will time flow away 11. The moments of happiness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Deuteronomy, Sillabub 12. Gus: The Theatre cat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jellylorum, Asparagus 13. “Growltiger’s last stand”.. . Growltiger, Griddlebone, The Crew, Genghis 14. SKIMBLESHANKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skimbleshanks and The Company 15. MACAVITY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demeter, Bombalurina, Macavity, Munkustrap, Alonzo 16. MR. MISTOFFELEES.. . . Quaxo, otherwise known as Mr. Mistoffelees, The Tugger 17. MEMORY*.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grizabella, Sillabub 18. the journey to the heavYside layer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company 19. the ad-dressing of cats.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Deuteronomy *Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats: additional lyric material written by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe *Memory: lyrics written by Trevor Nunn, based on poems by T.S. Eliot.
a note on the text Most of the poems comprising Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats (1939) have been set to music complete and in their originally published form; a few have been subject to a minor revision of tense or pronoun, and eight lines have been added to The Song of the Jellicles. However, some of our lyrics, notably the story of Grizabella, were discovered among the unpublished writings of Eliot. The prologue is based on ideas and incorporates lines from another unpublished poem, entitled Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats. Memory includes lines from and is suggested by Rhapsody on a Windy Night and other poems of the Prufrock period. All other words in the show are taken from The Collected Poems.
-Trevor Nunn
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Who’s Who in the cast BRIAN BAILEY (Mungojerrie, Genghis) comes from the National Tour of The Wizard of Oz! Favorite credits: The Producers (Carmen), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), A Chorus Line (Mike), 42nd Street (Billy). Bachelor of Fine Arts Northern Kentucky University.
Alonzo, U/S Plato, U/S Macavity) has been a part of the Cats national touring company for the past three years and couldn’t be happier to be returning again to the junkyard. Other roles include; Rob (Poserville: A Hipster Musical). Thanks Mom, Dad, Andrew and Mimzy!
sarah bumgarner (Victoria) is thrilled to be on her second tour with Cats! Other shows: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels national tour, Cabaret and Guys and Dolls. Company work: Randy James Dance Works and a founding member of Effable Arts.
Lucy Horton (Jellylorum, Griddlebone, U/S Grizabella) makes her national tour debut! Credits: Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls (Janesville Armory); Adriana, The Boys from Syracuse (Provincetown Playhouse); My Fair Lady (Ogunquit Playhouse); Broadway’s Rising Stars. Love to Mum, Dad, Jo!
Laura CABLE (Swing, U/S Jellylorum, U/S Jennyanydots). National tours: Flat Stanley, Disney’s Cinderella. Favorite credits: The Bacchae (Warsaw, Poland); King Henry VIII (RADA, London); Streetmosphere (Macao, China). Bachelor of Fine Arts: NYU. Much love to family and endless thanks to God. stephanie L. campbell (Cassandra) is delighted to join CATS for another season. A Texas graduate and former director/choreographer of STEEL Dance, Campbell performed in Damn Yankees, Rockin’ Christmas, and Ballet Builders, among others. Peace, Love, Happiness. Erin Chupinsky (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing). National tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wonderful Town (First National). Favorite regional: CATS (Jellylorum), A Chorus Line (Bebe), Holland America Cruise Line (Lead Singer/ Dancer). Bachelor of Fine Arts Western Michigan University. MDJCD, this one’s for you! Jennifer COhen (Jennyanydots, U/S Grizabella) is living her dream. Favorite performances: Boston Pops soloist, Fenway Park, Emmys, 42nd Street (Maggie Jones), The Full Monty (Georgie), Follies (Heidi), Patience (Lady Angela). Bachelor of Music: USC, Master of Music: Boston Conservatory. CARA COOLEY (Bombalurina) is honored to be sharing the stage with her fellow felines for her second year with CATS. Love and gratitude to everyone in my life, especially my family who has always believed in me. For Turry. Daniel Dawson (Swing) is a native of Huntington Beach, Calif., and a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado (Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre). He is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with CATS. He thanks his family, friends and God for their everlasting support. Aubrey Elson (Sillabub, U/S Rumpelteazer) is thrilled to return for a second year as Sillabub! A USC graduate and from Southern California, other regional credits include: Bet in Oliver, Alice in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Cabaret. Love love love to my family! FELIX HESS (Swing, U/S Munkustrap, U/S Rum Tum Tugger, U/S Skimbleshanks, U/S
Eva kosmowski (Swing) is incredibly grateful to be returning for her third season of Cats! She appeared on television in awards shows, music videos, commercials and network series. She briefly attended FLOARTS College & Miami NWSA. She acknowledges the universal creator in all. Thank you to family, friends, Mimzy & SDT. LOVE. LISA KUHNEN (Demeter) is a Cleveland, Ohio native and graduate of Syracuse University. Regional: Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Porthouse Theatre and Carousel Dinner Theatre. For Grandma Helen. Mom, Sheila and her teachers in heart! Brad landers (Dance Captain, Swing) holds a Bachelor of Arts in musical theater performance from Wagner College. For the past two years Landers has traveled the Americas as the dance captain/swing on Cats. He is the proud co-founder of a new NYC based company called Effable Arts; A company dedicated to the collaboration of new voices in the fields of performance and visual arts. Landers is also a choreographer who feels grateful to be able to do what impassions him the most. Love! Anastasia Lange (Grizabella) is thrilled to be returning for a second season with CATS! Originally from Michigan, she now makes her home in NYC. National tours: Man of La Mancha (Antonia). Favorite regional credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Smokey Joe’s Café (Deelee), Falsettos (Cordelia), The Secret Garden (Martha), Passion, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Carousel and others. Big thanks to Gingerella and my wonderful friends and family! JOHN JACOB LEE (Skimbleshanks) was last seen on the first national tour of The Wedding Singer (George). Regional: 42nd Street (Andy Lee, Billy u/s) The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), Ragtime (Henry Ford) and La Cage aux Folles (three times!) among others. Bachelor of Music from Oklahoma City University. Hey to the folks! ALLISON LITTLE (Swing) has recently appeared in the west coast premier of All Shook Up and the world premier of Silk Stockings. TV/ Film: The Comebacks, The Prestige, Ocean’s 13. She thanks God, Daniel and her family.
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chris mackenthun (Mistoffelees) graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, and is very excited to be returning to CATS. He thanks his family for all their love and support. TRENARD l. MOBLEY (Alonzo) is a native of Miami, Fla., attended the New World College and The Ailey School. He recently preformed as an aerial artist/featured dancer for Royal Caribbean International and The Dallas Black Theatre. Nathan Morgan (Asparagus, Bustopher Jones, Growltiger, U/S Old Deuteronomy) is happy to return to CATS for a second year. Bachelor of Music in classical vocal performance from Manhattan School of Music. Favorite roles include The Man in the White Suit (Sydney Stratton), Snoopy! (Charlie Brown) Alice (Dormouse). Thanks to friends and the fam! Zac NORTON (Swing) graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts as a dance major prior to performing internationally with Rasta Thomas and the Bad Boys of Dance in their show Rock the Ballet. Philip PETERSON (Old Deuteronomy) ) is happy to be returning to CATS, after performing in The Lost Colony at Waterside Theater on the Outer Banks. Prior credits include the lead roles in The King and I, Jekyll & Hyde, Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me, Kate!, Carousel and Peron in Evita. He’s looking forward to another successful year, and would like to dedicate this season to the memory of his father. Peterson makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. KRISTEN QUARTARONE (Rumpelteazer) is thrilled to join CATS in her first national tour! Theatre By The Sea as Josie in George M! and dancer for Holland America. Training: RIC. Love and thanks to family, friends, Gel and Bill! MichAel J. rios (Pouncival, U/S Mistoffelees) has appeared in Fiddler on the Roof (The Fiddler) at Syracuse Stage, Bare (Peter) and Steel Pier (Ensemble) at Syracuse University. Rios thanks his mother, father and David for absolutely everything. drew roelofs (Plato, Macavity, U/S Munkustrap) an Iowa native, recently graduated from Wagner College in NYC. Regional credits include performing at Surflight Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, and Galveston Island Theatricals. Drew recently filmed a pilot for MTV’s Dance or Drop. Thanks to family, friends, DCC and Muffy! Christopher E. sidoli (Swing, U/S Asparagus, U/S Growltiger, U/S Old Deuteronomy) was an original cast member of the off-Broadway hit Awesome 80’s Prom. Also in NYC he premiered the opera Children of Children at Merkin Hall and June Again at the Ensemble Studio Theater. Regional theater includes: Side Show, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hello Again, West Side Story and Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
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ADAM STEINER (Rum Tum Tugger) is amped to be back rocking the junkyard. A proud Detroit native, Bachelor of Fine Arts Western Michigan University. National tours: Gypsy (Farmboy/ Swing), various regional performances. Thanks to Bros., Mom and Dad, and of course Lindsay for keeping up the castle. Tug watson (Munkustrap) is thrilled to attend this year’s Jellicle Ball! Favorite credits include the national tour of Annie, Matt in The Fantasticks and Homer in Floyd Collins. Love to family and friends. Jason Wise (Tumblebrutus) Irma La Douce (off-Broadway New York Revival), Disney/ Pixar’s Toy Story the Musical, The Golden Mickeys and Disney Dreams: Enchanted (DCL-Wonder). Music video: The Ruse Collide. French Woods, Stagedoor Manor and AMDA Alumni. For Dad and Mia. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Composer) is the composer of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, CATS, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and a setting of the Latin Requiem Mass Requiem for which he won a Grammy for best contemporary composition. He has also produced in the West End and on Broadway not only his own work but the Olivier award-winning plays La Bête and Daisy Pulls It Off. In summer 2002 in London he presented the groundbreaking A R Rahman musical Bombay Dreams. In 2004 he completed the film version of The Phantom of the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher. His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys, six Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, an International Emmy, the Praemium Imperiale and the Richard Rodgers award for excellence in musical theatre. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. Thomas Stearns Eliot (Poet and Critic) Born in St. Louis in 1888, he settled in England in 1915. Already famous for his works Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) and The Waste Land (1922), Eliot’s interests began to move toward playwriting in the mid-1920s. His best known play, Murder in the Cathedral, was commissioned for the Canterbury festival of 1935. His awards include the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize for Literature (both 1948), the Hanseatic Goethe Prize (1954) and the Dante Gold Medal (1959). Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939) provided much of the book for this musical. He received the Tony Award for the book of CATS in 1983, 18 years after his death. TREVOR NUNN (Original Director) was educated at Downing College, Cambridge and in 1962 he won an ABC Director’s Scholarship to the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, where as
resident director, his productions included The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Peer Gynt and a musical version of Around the World in Eighty Days. In 1964, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, was made an associate director in 1965 and became the company’s youngest ever artistic director in 1968. He created The Other Place, the Donmar Warehouse and the Swan Theatre, and led the RSC into its new home in the Barbican. He was responsible for running the RSC until he retired from his post in 1986. From 1997 to 2003 he was director of the National Theatre. Theatre: productions for the RSC included The Revenger’s Tragedy, The Relapse, The Alchemist, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, Henry VIII, Hamlet, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, All’s Well That Ends Well, Once in a Life-time, Three Sisters, Juno and the Paycock, Othello, The Blue Angel, Measure for Measure, Henry IV, Parts I and II , The Fair Maid of the West; and with John Caird, Nicholas Nickleby (winner of five Tony Awards), J M Barrie’s Peter Pan and Les Misérables, which won eight Tony Awards and has become the most performed musical in the world. Nunn’s work at the NT includes Arcadia, Enemy of the People, Mutabilitie, Not About Nightingales, Oklahoma!, Betrayal, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk, Albert Speer, The Cherry Orchard, My Fair Lady, The Relapse, South Pacific, The Coast of Utopia, A Streetcar Named Desire, Anything Goes and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other credits include Hamlet (Old Vic), Skellig (Young Vic), The Lady From The Sea (Almeida Theatre), CATS, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Chess, The Baker’s Wife, Timon of Athens, Heartbreak House. Opera: For Glyndebourne: Idomeneo, Porgy and Bess, Cosi Fan Tutte, Peter Grimes. For The Royal Opera House: Porgy and Bess, Katya Kabanova, Sophie’s Choice. Television: Antony and Cleopatra (BAFTA award), The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Three Sisters, Nicholas Nickleby (Emmy Award), Word of Mouth, Othello, Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma! (Emmy Award), The Merchant of Venice. Film: Hedda, Lady Jane, Twelfth Night. CAMERON MACKINTOSH (Original Producer) produces musicals. Currently around the world, he has in production Les Misérables, CATS, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, The Witches of Eastwick, Martin Guerre, Oliver!, My Fair Lady and Oklahoma!. He owns seven West End theatres: The Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Gielgud, Queen’s, Wyndham’s, Albery and The Strand. In 1995 his company received The Queen’s award for export achievement and he was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British Theatre. JOHN NAPIER (Designer) is an associate designer of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Notable productions for them include Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Once in a
Lifetime, Nicholas Nickleby, Hedda Gabler, Peter Pan and Mother Courage. Productions for the Royal National Theatre include Peter Shaffer’s Equus, Trelawny of the Wells, Peter Pan, An Enemy of the People and Candide. He designed Lohengrin and Macbeth for Covent Garden, Idomeneo at Glyndebourne, The Devils for ENO and Nabucco for the Met. In the musical theatre, Napier designed Cats, Starlight Express, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard, all seen worldwide. He also designed Time, Children of Eden, Burning Blue, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Jesus Christ Superstar in London’s West End. He designed Captain EO starring Michael Jackson and Hook for Stephen Spielberg. Design awards include SWET awards for King Lear and Lohengrin, an Olivier for Burning Blue and Tony Awards for Nicholas Nickelby, CATS, Starlight Express, Les Misérables and Sunset Boulevard. Napier is a Royal Designer for Industry, a Fellow of the London Institute and a member of the American Academy of Achievement. GILLIAN LYNNE, CBE (Original Associate Director and Choreographer) was instrumental in the development of jazz dance in Britain leading to groundbreaking work as a director and choreographer of film, television and stage. Her 50 plus Broadway, West End and International shows, films and TV include: Tonight at Eight, Cabaret, What the World Needs Now, Gigi, The Roar of the Greasepaint, How Now Dow Jones, My Fair Lady, The Secret Garden, Halfa-Sixpence, Man of La Mancha, Yentl, A Simple Man (1988 BAFTA Award) and Le Morte d’ Arthur (Samuel G. Engel Award). Best known for her direction/choreography/staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love. Awarded the CBE in 1997. In 2001, she choreographed and staged Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. RICHARD STAFFORD (Director) Broadway: choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre) International: director/ choreographer The Full Monty, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Mexico City), CATS (Copenhagen) choreographer Jesus Christ Superstar (Mexico City), Evita (Sydney). CATS (Mexico City, Buenos Aires). Recent regional: director/choreographer: Singin’ in the Rain (North Shore Music Theatre), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Walnut Street Theatre), Dreamgirls (director-North Carolina Theatre), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Ogunquit Playhouse), Gypsy (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Stafford won the Barrymore Award for outstanding choreography for La Cage aux Folles at the Walnut Street Theatre. richardstafford.net for a complete list of credits. Suzanne Viverito (Associate Director / Associate Choreographer) has been associated with CATS since 1985 working with Gillian Lynne and Trevor Nunn. Prior to that she worked with Bob Fosse (Dancin’), and with Michael Bennett and Bob Avian (A Chorus Line). Viverito is a director/choreographer whose work includes a season of Disney’s Out
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of the Box, episodes of Another World and numerous industrials. She has stage managed Broadway shows including CATS, Fosse and The Dinner Party, and the soap opera One Life To Live. This fall she will be choreographing the new Sesame Street Live tour. Raymond Huessy (Associate Scenic Designer) has worked in theater, opera and film. He assisted on the Broadway companies of 42nd Street, Nicholas Nickleby and Miss Saigon. Since 1982, he has been John Napier’s scenic associate on most of the world’s productions of Cats (Broadway, five U.S. touring sets, two UK tours, the Canadian, German, Swiss and two Australian productions, and on two productions each of Starlight Express (U.S. national tour, Las Vegas Company), Miss Saigon (2nd U.S. national tour, German Company), and Sunset Boulevard (U.S. national tour, Australian Company). He recently moved the German company of CATS to Stuttgart from Hamburg (where it had run for nearly 15 years and assisted on the national tour of the dance musical Contact. Movie work includes Dressed to Kill, The Muppets Take Manhattan and the Chris Rock/Anthony Hopkins feature Black Sheep. DUNCAN ROBERT EDWARDS (Sound Design) has worked in sound design for the past 25 years and has designed a significant amount of theater, television, special event and installation audio systems in venues of all shapes and sizes, on land or sea, everywhere in the world. When not traveling to the far reaches of the planet, Edwards is sailing or working his farm in Connecticut with his wife Patricia and their children Francesca and Lucas as well as their horses Scarlet, Valiente, Monty, Tenente, Topazio and Keliade. DAVID HERSEY (Lighting Designer) has designed the lighting for more than 250 plays, musicals, operas and ballets. His work has been seen in most corners of the globe and his many awards include Tonys for Evita, CATS and Les Misérables and the Olivier Award for lighting design given in 1996. His work has been represented in London’s West End by CATS, Starlight Express and Les Miserables. He has also been active in the world of theme parks in Florida and Italy as well as lighting extravaganzas at The Mirage, Treasure Island and Bellagio Hotels in Las Vegas. He is founder of DHA Lighting which concentrates on the design of specialist lighting. For 10 years he was lighting consultant to the National and is a past Chairman of the Association of Lighting Designers. Hersey recently returned from a twoyear sabbatical during which he sailed more than 38,000 miles around the world. RICK BELZER (Lighting Adaptation) To quote his mother, “At 13 I took him to a local theatre and I haven’t seen him since!” He turned pro at age 16; at 19 he became the youngest member of the United Scenic Artists. For the past 25 years he has mainly focused on theatrical design and production. He has worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatre
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Company for 20 years and on productions of Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Starlight Express; on Broadway, nationally and internationally. He, as a side line, has also designed the lighting for Titanic - The Artefact Exhibition. This exhibit has been in 20 cities world-wide and viewed by 10 million people in the past five years. Recently he completed an additional exhibit, St. Peter and The Vatican - The Legacy of the Popes, featuring many never seen objects from the Vatican Vaults. This production of CATS is the 18th new production Belzer has been involved with. If he only knew in 1982 what “Now and Forever” would mean! Belzer hopes you enjoy his work. KRISTEN BLODGETTE (Musical Supervisor) has been associated with CATS since 1984 when she served as musical director of the first national tour. She has been involved with The Phantom of the Opera since it’s New York opening, supervising (as assistant to David Caddick) the Broadway production; the U.S. national tours; and companies in Hamburg, Switzerland, Belgium, Copenhagen, Suttgart, Madrid, Mexico City and Buenos Aires (2010). Additional credits include Mary Poppins (Broadway), LoveMusik (Broadway), The Woman in White (Broadway), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Broadway), CATS (Broadway, national tours, Mexico, Copenhagen), Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, Los Angeles, national tour), Bounce (Goodman, Kennedy Center), Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway, Mexico), Carrie (Broadway) and national tours of On Your Toes, Jerry’s Girls and Barnum. J. MICHAEL DUFF (Musical Director) Musical director: national tours of Les Miserables, Nunsense with Dody Goodman, Starlight Express, 42nd Street, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’; Internationally: 42nd Street- Moscow, The Sound of Music- Asia, The King and I- Asia, Cinderella- Asia, starring Lea Salonga. Resident musical director-Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre (1981-1988), Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre (1991-1996). Composer: Phantom of the Country Opera (Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre), Joseph Jefferson Award nominee for best new work, published by Music Theatre International; Rodeo (ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop winner); At Wit’s End (Florida Stage), Carbonell Award winner for best new work. Other credits: Who’s Who In Entertainment, guest conductor -Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago, The News-Broadway. Dave Clemmons CASTING (Casting) is Dave Clemmons, Joy Dewing and Robin Steinthal. Broadway: Brooklyn, The Boy From Oz, The Civil War, Dracula; national tours include: Cinderella, Evita, The Civil War, CATS, Swing!, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago. OffBroadway: Bare: A Pop Opera, Bat Boy, Love, Janis, Zanna Don’t!, Dragapella!, The Donkey Show, 2000 revival of Godspell at the York Theatre. Regional: Dracula at La Jolla Playhouse, Little Shop of Horrors at The Alley Theatre, Children of Eden at The Ford’s
Theatre, The Henry Mancini Project, I Know What You’re Thinking. Sam Lutfiyya / Music Services InternationaL (Music Contractor/ Coordinator) is a leading musician coordination company, working extensively in North America, Asia and Europe. Highlights include Barry Manilow’s tours, North American tours such as Mamma Mia, Show Boat and CATS, the West Side Story international tour, and The Pirate Queen on Broadway. ROBERTA ROBERTS (General Manager) is excited to be embarking on her eighth year with the company. Prior to her current position, Roberts was producer for the cruise line entertainment division of Paramount Show Services International where she produced and managed entertainment programs for numerous clients including Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Renaissance Cruises, Orient Lines and Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth II. A graduate of James Madison University, Roberts is grateful for a career that has taken her to more than 45 countries. Her most exciting production to date was her recent Panamanian wedding to husband, Yiannis Gianareas. GeoffREY Quart (Production Manager) is thrilled to be working his sixth season as production manager. Prior to his current position, Quart spent three years as project foreman for Showman Fabricators, where he managed the build and installation of countless projects including the studio sets for CNN’s American Morning, Paula Zahn Now and ABC Nightly News. Quart began his career in Toronto, Canada as an assistant production manager and assistant technical director for Livent Inc. and Parallel Productions on productions such as Ragtime, Jane Eyre, The Vagina Monologues and The Lion King. Quart and his wife Anne are enjoying life in blissful suburban New Jersey with their daughter Madelyn. G CREATIVE ADVERTISING & DESIGN (Creative Services) Founded by Christopher and Gabrielle Howey in 2002, G Creative has grown into a full-service agency specializing in print design and broadcast production. Located in Las Vegas, Nev. G Creative produces materials for clients in various industries including entertainment, real estate, automotive, gaming and consumer products. The Howeys are celebrating the success of their most ambitious project to date: Mimi-Charlotte Howey. THE PRODUCERS are in their third decade of producing touring shows of all sizes throughout North America and the world. Nicholas Howey (Executive Producer) has a Ph.D. in theatre arts and studied repertory theatre in Prague. Together with Kary Walker he founded the Harlequin Theater outside Washington D.C., which enjoyed a 20-year run. Nicholas and the late Larry Shue were subjects of the play Wenceslas Square written by
Shue, directed by Jerry Zaks and produced at The New York Shakespeare Theater. Together with Kenneth Gentry and Dallett Norris, Howey founded Troika Entertainment. He is happily married to actress-turned-real estate agent, Mary Ellen Nester, is the father of two grown kids “in the biz” (Jennifer & Christopher) and soon-to-graduate high-schooler Florin—all of whom remind him daily that life and the theatre are as good as it gets. RANDALL A. BUCK (Chief Operating Officer) returned to the U.S. in 1999 after completing his responsibilities as vice president and general manager for Livent, Inc. in Toronto. While working for Livent, Buck managed productions such as Fosse, Ragtime, Show Boat, Music of the Night and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Buck has supervised productions on Broadway and around the world for more than 20 years in varying capacities. Credits include Show Boat, The Phantom of the Opera, Siegfried & Roy World Tour and Legends! starring Mary Martin and Carol Channing to mention just a few. Since beginning as an apprentice with The Kenley Players in the late 1960s, Buck has had the privilege of working with directors such as Hal Prince, Joe Layton and Josh Logan as well as hundreds of stars. Buck is currently living happily-ever-after in southern Maryland with his wife Angela and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. Donald Kindl (Chief Financial Officer) graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in accounting in 1982 and again in 1988 with his Masters in Business Administration. He began his career with Combustion Engineering in Windsor, Conn. in 1982 and moved to Maryland in 1992 to assume the position of comptroller for various theatrical productions in association with Mr. Howey. In his current position Kindl oversees the daily operations of all aspects of management information systems, finance and accounting. Kindl and his lovely wife, Cindy, are the proud parents of three wonderful children: Stephen, Stacey and Scott. JENNIFER HOWEY (Chief Strategy Officer) is proud to be working in the family biz beside her father Nicholas and brother Christopher. A graduate of Madonna University in Livonia, Mich., Howey attended graduate school at The University of Detroit-Mercy and studied advertising and marketing at Oxford University. In the capacity of press representative, Howey has worked with Michael Bolton, Barry Williams, Patrick Cassidy and Gladys Knight to name just a few. Previous positions include brand manager for Feld Entertainment and producing associate for Starlight Vegas Company. Howey is very proud to be the mother of Nicholas Anndrej Joseph Howey.
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STAFF FOr EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CAT’S-EYE, LLC General Manager Roberta Roberts company Manager P.D. Seltzer STAGE MANAGER.............. Alexandra Edwards HEAD CARPENTER........................... Jamie Kurtz Associate Director/ Choreographer........................... Suzanne Viverito Dance Captain.................................. Brad Landers Scenery Adaptation.............................. Kelly Tighe Associate Lighting Designer..........Renee Brode Production Sound........SAVI USA, Mark Norfolk Head Electrician..............................Ryan Brummel Assistant Carpenter...........................Jennifer Day Assistant Carpenter........................... Noah Smith Assistant Electrician.............Brittney E. Manning Head of Sound........................... Maxine Gutierrez Head of Properties............................ Shawn Riley Head of Wardrobe......................Kristen O’Maley Hair..................................................... David Hanson Assistant Wardrobe.......................... Priscilla Duff Assistant Wardrobe.................................Tami Lee Massage Therapist.............................Gerald Masi
COSTUME SHOP STAFF
Costume Director: Tony Ray Hicks Workroom Manager: Helen Jones Lead Stitcher: Laura Browning Project Assistant: Alison Smith Dyers/Painters: Risa Ono, Melanie Lester Stitchers: Karen Murphy, Pauline Senk Fitting Assistant: Ryan Richardson
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Nicholas Howey.Executive Producer, CEO Randall A. Buck.......Chief Operating Officer Don Kindl..................... Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Howey........... Chief Strategy Officer
PRoduction staff Associate General Manager............. Jaime Prine Production Manager..................... Geoffrey Quart Assoc. Production Manager......Ryan P. Murphy Technical Director............................... Sam Mahan Accounting...Thomas J. Lydon & Associates, P.A. Accounting Clerk.........................Marite Espinoza Asst. to the General Manager........Michael Orsino Senior Booking Manager.............McKenna Kelly Booking Associate........................... Greg Keenan Budgeting and Forecasting Manager.................. George Lamberty Comptroller..................................... Ryan Rudzinski Creative Services...................................................... G Creative Inc., Christopher Howey Employee Benefits..................The Capital Group Insurance.................................................................... Lowe • Tillson Insurance & Associates, Inc. Legal.........................................S. Jean Ward, Esq. Marketing and Press Rep.................Jennifer Lott Marketing Associate.....................Courtney Davis Office Manager.............................. Anissa Hartline Printing.......................... Llewellyn & McKane, Inc. Production Photography............ G Creative Inc., Christopher Howey Staff Accountant......................... Lourdes Castillo Warehouse Manager...................... Scott Garrish
credits Casting by Dave Clemmons Casting. Hotel booking and travel by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING. Lighting provided by CHRISTIE LITES ORLANDO, Larry Thomas. Audio services by Specialized audio-Visual, Inc., Clifton Park, N.Y., Mark Norfolk. Trucking by JANCO LTD., Rick Rosenthal. Music coordinator Music ServiceS International, Sam Lutfiyya. Inflatables by BIG AIR PRODUCTIONS, INC., Paul Polson. Flying automation by FOY INVENTERPRISES INC. Tire automation by TOMCAT USA INC., Dave Sowa. Original properties executed by COSTUME ARMOR INC. Scenery by SHOWMAN FABRICATORS, Long Island City, N.Y., Elliot Bertoni. Scenic backdrops, additional properties and hard scenery by PARAGON THEME AND PROP FABRICATION LTD, Lisa McKay. Fiber optics by TPR ENTERPRISES, INC. Light ring by COPPER CREEK STUDIOS. Drums by Canopus Drums. Cymbals provided by Sabian. Bass strings provided by ELIXER. Merchandise by MIKI AND MIMI MERCHANDISE, Seth Felson, president, 972-600-8043. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees represents technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film, and television production.
The producers wish to extend an extra special thanks to Universal Studios. CATS! Experience the magical, musical stage spectacular on DVD and Video available now!
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The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc. an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel, and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
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