Book and Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila • Music by Brad Alexander • Adapted from the CAT KID COMIC CLUB series of books by Dav Pilkey
Welcome to Oregon Children’s Theatre, and welcome to Cat Kid Comic Club: the Musical!
We are unbelievably grateful for the opportunity to share this production with you.
If your family is anything like mine, I know you love the Dav Pilkey universe, and I am thrilled that OCT is able to share the sequel to Dog Man: The Musical with our audiences this fall because of your support: this summer, families just like yours donated over $120,000 to our Urgent Appeal, making it possible to bring this exciting, hilarious, joyful celebration of friendship, imagination, and creativity to the Newmark stage.
You’ve kept thousands of children engaged outside the walls of the theatre in summer camps, education programs, and in-school residencies. You’ve also kept our staff employed and helped keep OCT’s doors open. Because of you—and the belief that OCT must continue providing the best programming for youth and families—we are here today. I am humbled with gratitude for your generosity. While we celebrate these incredible milestones, we also know that OCT is at a critical turning point—and many of you have asked us what is coming next.
We acknowledge that OCT must make changes to survive as an organization that can deliver the kind of quality and impact you expect. We know that we need to take time to reflect, reassess, and make thoughtful decisions towards sustainability, requiring time, attention, and dedication. For this reason, OCT has made the decision not to produce another mainstage show for the 2024/2025 season. This is not a decision we’ve made lightly: we know that families, educators, and children rely on us for exceptional theatrical experiences. But we must take time to do the work so we can serve the youth and families who need us the most for the next 35 years and beyond.
OCT is not closing its doors! In fact, we are already planning to bring OCT to our community in new ways by expanding our in-school programming opportunities and supporting local educators in their classrooms. We will continue offering our acclaimed classes and camps across the Portland metro area. Our award-winning Young Professionals Company, when not participating in advanced training and workshops, will produce three of their own shows, starting with the hilarious and family-friendly improv comedy show Impulse this December (tickets are on sale now!).
While we enter this stage of reflection and rebuilding, we invite you to stay connected and involved by enrolling your children in OCT classes, bringing our education team to your school for a residency, or attending a Young Professionals show with your family.
In a show of this support, we are thrilled to announce that Keller Foundation has provided OCT with a truly generous gift. From now through the end of the year, Keller Foundation will match every dollar OCT receives up to $75,000! Now is the time to show your support for OCT: make a donation today and invest in the future of Oregon Children’s Theatre today so we can thrive tomorrow.
Now, sit back and enjoy the outrageous, hilarious, supa dupa awesomeness that is Cat Kid Comic Club: the Musical!
With gratitude and joy,
Jenn Hartmann Luck
Producing Artistic Director
Keller Foundation is happy to support Oregon Children’s Theatre by matching every dollar donated up to $75,000!
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The Mega-gigantic, Humonga-normous Comic Club Party!
The taking of photographs and/or making of visual or sound recordings is expressly forbidden.
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Janna Linae Cat Kid, Molly & Others
David VanDyke Flippy & Others
Jimmy Henderson Kip & Others
Jeremy Fuentes Melvin & Others
Diamond Destiny Naomi & Others
Savannah Trotter Starla, Poppy & Others
Leslie Baez Swing for Cat Kid, Naomi, Starla
Troi Lennoxx Gaines Swing for Melvin, Flippy, Kip & Others
PRodUctiOn CRew
Rory Stitt Sound Design Coordinator
Ian Anderson-Priddy Lighting Design Coordinator & Production Electrician
neWMaRk TheaTRe house CRew
Tim McGarry Head Carpenter
Danny Cook Head Flyman & Head of House
Duane Rodakowski Head Sound Engineer
Lorin Sly Head Electrician
Stage labor for this production is provided by IATSE Local 28.
PATROn inforMation
Oregon Children’s Theatre’s box office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm. Tickets can be purchased online at octc.org or by calling (503) 228-9571. Oregon Children’s Theatre does not have a physical box office at this time; please contact us by phone or email at info@octc.org if you need additional support.
Wheelchair seating is available at all performances and should be reserved in advance through the box office. Select performances will be sign interpreted and are indicated on OCT’s website. Infrared audio enhancement, children’s booster seats, and sensory bags (equipped with noise canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards and weighted lap pads) are available at the Hatfield Hall coat check, located on the main floor of the venue.
Dav Pilkey ®
Welcome to the Theatre!
We’re so happy you’re here! Whether this is your first time at a play, or you’ve seen many before, here are a few things to expect and ways to enjoy the show!
Be Attentive: Look and listen to the actors and musicians on stage. Notice how the costumes, scenery and music help tell the story. You may even be invited to sing along!
Be Careful: Remember that, during the performance, the lights in the theater will be dark, so if you need to move around it is best to go with a parent. Be safe by walking instead of running in the theater. Staying seated in your chair (or on a parent’s lap!) while keeping your hands and feet to yourself (not kicking the seat in front of you) will make sure everyone around you has a safe space to enjoy the show!
Be Kind by laughing when something is funny and applauding after songs! This lets the actors know you’re having a good time. We can also be kind by making sure the folks around us can see and hear the show. It’s easier for everyone to see and hear when we’re in our seats and listening carefully.
Remember that no food or drinks are allowed inside the theater during the performance, so enjoy your snacks outside before the show begins. If you feel overwhelmed and need to take a break, you can leave the theater at any time, just make sure you go safely with a parent. When you’re ready you can come back to see the rest of the show!
Parents, please remember that the video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited. Please turn off or silence any mobile devices that may make noise during the performance.
Land Acknowledgment
Every community owes its existence and vitality to those who came before us, and whose lives created the story that has led us to this moment now.
Oregon Children’s Theatre respectfully acknowledges that we are on the unceded traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Cowlitz, Clackamas, Kalapuya, Molalla and many others who made their homes along the Columbia River.
We respectfully acknowledge the stewards of the land and continue the practice of Land Acknowledgment to offer recognition, respect, and remind us of the true story of the people who were already here, and broaden our perspective on our collective history.
In this spirit, Oregon Children’s Theatre pays respect to their elders, past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies that bring us together here today.
forThankscoming, and enjoy the show!
If you and your family are interested in learning more about supporting Native communities, please check out the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA). nayapdx.org
Janna Linae
Cat Kid, Molly & Others
Janna is a dog person, but she’s simply jazzed to be back on tour as her favorite little kitty! TOURS: Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School (Junie B. Jones), James and the Giant Peach (Centipede/ Aunt Sponge), Edward Tulane (Abilene). REGIONAL THEATRE: Sister Act (The MUNY); Kinky Boots, The Rocky Horror Show, Bright Star (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); Nunsense, Matilda (Great Plains Theatre); Little Women, Mary Poppins, Rabbit Hole (Festival 56). OCU Grad. For Mom, Dad, A&K and Cole. You can keep up with Janna on Instagram: @jannalinae. Enjoy the show, y’all!
David VanDyke
Flippy & Others is excited to be back on the road with TheaterWorksUSA as Flippy! He loves all things Star Wars and Pixar, and can usually be found with a guitar or a video game when he isn’t onstage. Other credits include Pete the Cat’s Big Hollywood Adventure (TheaterWorksUSA), RENT (Madison Theatre), and Into the Woods (Jean’s Playhouse). He has a BFA from CAP21 Conservatory. Lots of love to his brother, parents, and Karis. Website: david-vandyke.com
Jimmy Henderson
Kip & Others
Jimmy is beyond lucky to have the greatest job in the world: making kids laugh! Credits include The Magic School Bus with TheaterWorksUSA, The Addams Family with Pickleville Playhouse, She Loves Me with Utah Festival Opera, Secret Garden with Hale Centre Theatre, Ordinary Days with Covey Center. He has a BFA from BYU. AEA since 2023. “For Bubbs and Wubbs. Your Uncle Chubbs loves you!” jimmyhendersonactor.com
Jeremy Fuentes
Melvin & Others
(He/Him) is SUPA excited to be joining the North American Tour of Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical! Originally an understudy for the Off-Broadway debut, Jeremy is very grateful to be stepping into the shoes of Melvin. He wants to thank his friends and family for being so supportive and the TheaterWorksUSA team for their amazing work on this production. @jeremyxfuentes
Diamond Destiny
Naomi & Others is very blessed to be joining TheaterWorksUSA’s production of Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical Her passion for acting began at seven years old. Thus, playing the hilarious, energetic, big hearted tadpole NAOMI for children and families across North America is a dream come true. Having graduated with her BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Diamond is a trained musical theater and film actress. Aside from acting she enjoys creating encouraging content on social media and spending time with her family and friends. Diamond is grateful to Jesus Christ for the opportunity to share such a fun, uplifting story with you. She hopes you enjoy it as much as she enjoys playing NAOMI THE GREAT! Instagram: @_diamondestiny_
Savannah Trotter
Starla, Poppy & Others
(she/her) is supa excited to keep this party going on her second (now international!) tour with Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical! Other recent credits include: Janet in The Magic School Bus: Lost In the Solar System (Nat’l tour, TWUSA); Harry Potter: A Yule Ball Celebration (Fever/Warner Bros). Originally from Des Moines, IA / Normal, IL, Savannah received her BFA in Musical Theatre from CAP21/Molloy in NYC. Savannah would like to thank her parents for their endless love and support, and TWUSA for bringing theatre to kiddos all over North America. IG: @savannah_trotter
Leslie Baez
Swing: Cat Kid, Naomi, Starla is a 22-year-old actor, singer, and dancer from New Jersey. She is thrilled and grateful to be a part of this fun-loving and expressive production. Some of her previous credits include Seussical (Bird Girl), Men on Boats (Old Shady), Rebel Genius (Elza), and Coming Out! A New Musical (Ensemble/Amy Understudy). She has also participated in concerts such as Follies at Carnegie Hall and Leslie Baez’s Musical Odyssey at 54 Below. Leslie would like to extend her heartfelt thanks to the cast and team for this incredible experience. She is immensely thankful for the opportunity and hopes you enjoy the show! Instagram: @lesliebxez
Troi Lennoxx Gaines
Swing: Melvin, Flippy, Kip & Others is absolutely thrilled to be aboard the Cat Kid Comic Club Tour!
Brought up in Newark, New Jersey, Troi gained a love for theater and both the dedication and appreciation it required to flourish very early on. When he was 11, he joined Kinky Boots’ first national tour and quickly realized that this was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Now, he gets to do it again- new family, new places, new material- and he’s just thrilled! Troi thanks his mother, Janine Gaines, his father, Lawrence Gaines, and Janeece Freeman Clark, his mentor.
Colton Robertson
Stage Manager
is a Brooklyn-based AEA Stage Manager and theatre artist. He has worked on numerous musicals, plays, and symphonies across the country. Colton has a passion for bringing new works to life, with recent credits including Shadows (Soul Project), Rough Trade (Showtown Theatricals), How to Live (LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture), and A White Man’s Guide to Rikers Island (Without a Net Productions). This marks his fourth production with TheaterWorksUSA, having also toured nationally with El OtroOz, Junie B. Jones, and Dot Dot Dot Colton has collaborated with EST/Sloan Foundation, Amoralist Theatre Company, and more.
Connor Doran
Tour Music Direction
is a NYC based music director, conductor, and pianist who has conducted ensembles nationally and internationally. Current Music Director: Rise: The Musical. Previously MD/ Conductor for (respectively): The Jimmy Awards®; Pittsburgh CLO; TheaterWorksUSA; The Gene Kelly Awards; Ad Astra Music Festival; Scranton Shakespeare Festival; United Nations International School; BroadwayVox Studios. B.S. in Music Education, Duquesne University; M.M. in Conducting, Eastman School of Music. Much love to Mom, Ryan, Sarah, Nana, Pap, WW, and to all the mentors, teachers, and friends that have guided his life and career.
Jen Caprio
Costume Designer
Broadway: Heart of Rock and Roll, Spamalot (2023 Revival), Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International: Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours) and various rock revues. New York: City Center Encores!, Audible/Minetta Lane, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Primary Stages, Cherry Lane, LaMama, ETC and others. TV: Falsettos (PBS Great Performances) Sesame Street (seasons 47-54), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (Seasons 1-2) Manhunt (Apple TV+) and Tiny Time Travel (PBS/ YouTube). 2019, 2020, & 2021 Daytime Emmy Nomination, 2020 Daytime Emmy Winner for Sesame Street www.jencaprio.com @jencapriocostumedesign
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David Lander
Lighting Design
is very excited to illuminate Dav Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club and present it to audiences all over the USA and Canada. Other shows David has illuminated for TheaterWorksUSA are Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man: The Musical, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Pout Pout Fish, Pete The Cat and The Civil War.
Cameron Anderson
Scenic Design
is an internationally acclaimed scenic and projection designer working at the world’s leading theatre and opera companies. Recent projects: Popstar Charlie Puth’s National Tour, world premiere opera RUR: A Torrent of Light (Tapestry Opera, Toronto), West Side Story (Kilden Performing Arts Center, Norway), Simon Boccanegra (Teatro Colon, Argentina), Byhalia Mississippi (The Kennedy Center), Leonora (Chicago Opera Theater) The Niceties (Manhattan Theatre Club), Yerma, Becoming Cuba, and Sweat (Huntington Theater), Fille du Regiment (Opera Saratoga). Select Off-Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights’ Horizons, LAByrinth Theater Company, Ars Nova, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Select opera credits include Glimmerglass Festival, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, and Central City Opera. Cameronanderson.net
Emmarose Campbell
Props Supervisor
is a NYC-based prop designer and performer. Recent designer credits include On Your Feet! (2022-23 Nat’l Tour), Merry Wives of Windsor (American Shakespeare Company), and A Charlie Brown Christmas Live (2021 and 2022 Nat’l Tours). She currently holds a BFA in Theatre and minor in Dance from Emerson College (Class of ‘19). She would like to thank espresso and glue guns for getting her here. insta: @emmarosegcampbell | www.emmarosegcampbell.com
Sara Andreas
Associate Director/Choreographer is thrilled to be working with TheaterWorksUSA. Choreography/Associate Choreography and Directing Credits: The Goodbye Girl (off-Broadway/ Theater Row) Legally Blonde (2nd National Tour), Catch Me If You Can (National Tour), Kinky Boots (PCLO & Hangar Theatre), Spelling Bee, Spring Awakening (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Triple Threat (Indie Film). Performing Credits, Broadway/National Tours: Escape To Margaritaville, Catch Me If You Can, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rock of Ages, Anything Goes, Addams Family, Legally Blonde Thank you to Marlo and to the loves of her life, Mikey, Bowie and Sadie.
Scott Stauffer, Jesse Desrosiers
Co-Sound Designers
Marlo Hunter
Director & Choreographer
is theater & film director. Winner of the Callaway Award and a “2022 Woman to Watch on Broadway”. Recent theater: Director/Choreographer, Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical (Off-Broadway, NY Times Critic’s Pick), Director, Alex Wyse’s Picking Up Speed (Off-Broadway); Director, Ever After (workshops in NYC, Discovering Broadway). Marlo made her feature film directorial debut with American Reject in 2022 (Amazon and Apple+). Recent film: Director, Trivia at St. Nick’s (Hallmark -2024); Director, Mystic Christmas (Hallmark - 2023). Upcoming: Director/Choreographer of A Hanukkah Carol, or Gelt Trip! The Musical at Round House Theatre in DC (Fall 2024, World Premiere). Princeton University. www.MarloHunter.com
Dav Pilkey
Author/Illustrator
When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. He was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway where he spent his time creating his own original comic books—the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. The globally bestselling Dog Man series has more than 60 million copies in print and translations in 47 languages. Cat Kid Comic Club is a pioneering graphic novel series that introduces kids to the art of comic making. Dav received a Caldecott Honor for his picture book The Paperboy. His stories are semi-autobiographical and celebrate friendship, empathy, and the triumph of the good-hearted. The publication of Dog Man: Big Jim Begins (December 3, 2024) will mark 38 years of Dav creating acclaimed books for children. A Dog Man movie from DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures will be in theaters worldwide in January 2025.
Kevin Del Aguila
Book & Lyrics
(he/him) is a multi-Emmy-winning writer and Tonynominated performer whose musical adaptations include Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, and DreamWorks’ Madagascar. He’s the book-writer of the offBroadway hit Altar Boyz (Outer Critics Award), and lyricist of Click Clack Moo (Lortel and Drama Desk Award noms) as well as songs featured in the Disney movie Strange World. Kevin has written for numerous children’s TV shows, including Peg + Cat (PBS), Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant (Netflix), and as head writer of Blue’s Clues & You (NickJr). Children everywhere have heard Kevin’s voice as a Troll in the Disney movie Frozen
Brad Alexander
Music
(he/him) Theater: See Rock City & Other Destinations (Richard Rodgers Award, Jerry Bock Award, and Drama Desk winner), TheaterWorksUSA’s Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, Click Clack Moo (Drama Desk, Lortel nom), Martha Speaks, Just So Stories, and contributing composer for We The People: America Rocks! (Lortel nom). TV: Peg + Cat (Emmy winner), Clifford The Big Red Dog, and VH1. Current projects: Misty Makes It Better and Bread & Roses, based on the film by Ken Loach and Paul Laverty. Member: NAMT, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, and BMI Workshop. Bradalexander.com
Jenn is thrilled to be the new Producing Artistic Director of Oregon Children’s Theatre. She is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist, educator, director, producer, songwriter/ composer, and arts leader who has been working in the Arts Education and Theatre for Young Audiences space for 25 years. As Director of Partnerships and Programming for Education at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Jenn presented full seasons of live arts programming for young audiences and built an Education Department that served over 22, 000 students per year. She holds a BA in Theatre from Arizona State University and an MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from The University of Texas. Prior to her time in Austin, she was part of P.L.A.Y (Performing for Los Angeles Youth); the award-winning Education Department at Center Theatre Group. As a creator of new musical theatre, Jenn is the composer and co-lyricist of Gretel! and The Battlefields of Clara Barton, both with award-winning playwright Suzan Zeder. Her new musical, Lyric & the Keys, with playwright Roxanne Schroder-Arce, will have its world premiere at Magik Theatre in San Antonio, fall of 2024. OCT’s thrilling production of The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical was her Portland directorial debut. She loves her new home in the Pacific Northwest which she shares with her husband and two children, Lucy and Wyatt.
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Our friends at Green Bean Books have curated a book list for further reading inspired by Cat Kid Comic Club!
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Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Book One)
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When the Sea Turned to Silver
John Patrick Green
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
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A Big Bed for Little Snow
Juana Medina
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same
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About Oregon Children’s Theatre
Founded in 1988, Oregon Children’s Theatre (OCT) has served well over two million children, teachers, and families. Its mission is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. OCT is Oregon’s largest non-profit professional theater for young audiences and a resident company of Portland’5 Centers for the Arts. Performances are held weekdays for school audiences and on weekends for family audiences. OCT offers numerous school services including study guides, teacher professional development opportunities, in-school workshops, and an extensive outreach program. OCT’s Education Department offers year-round theater classes for children ages 3-18 and the Young Professionals Company, a year-round mentoring program for teens that includes professional level training, education, and public performances.
Funding for Oregon Children’s Theatre’s 2024–2025 season is provided in part by the National Endowment of the Arts, The Reser Family Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Autzen Foundation, the Oregon Community Foundation, the Oregon Department of Education, the Jackson Foundation, the Maybelle Clark MacDonald Fund, and the Oregon Arts Commission.
Oregon Children’s Theatre is a resident company of the Portland’5 Centers for the Arts and a member of TYA/USA and ASSITEJ, the international children’s theater association.
OCT Board of Directors
Dré Slaman, President Founder and CEO, Farm to Fit
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts includes the Keller Auditorium, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Antoinette Hatfield Hall, comprising the Newmark Theatre, Dolores Winningstad Theatre, and Brunish Theatre. All are public facilities owned by the City of Portland and managed by Metro through the Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission. Each year approximately one million people attend more than 1,000 performances in these facilities.
Metro
Lynn Peterson, Metro Council President
City of Portland
Ted Wheeler, Mayor
Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission
Karis Stoudamire-Phillips, Chair
Damien Hall, Vice-Chair
Deidra Krys-Rusoff, SecretaryTreasurer
Dañel Malán
Chris Oxley
Deanna Palm
David Penilton
Steve Faulstick, Visitor Venues
General Manager
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts
Brian Wilson, Interim Executive Director
Rachael Lembo, Interim Deputy Director
Stephanie Torres De Los Santos, Director of Events
Stephanie Viegas Dias, Director of Ticket Services
Ruby Joy White, Director of Culture & Community
Ed Williams, Director of Operations
Heather Wilton, Director of Programming, Booking, and Marketing
Dave Woodman, Levy Director of Operations
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Advisory Committee
