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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CEO Cher. Madonna. Beyoncé. CATS! Some entertainers and shows are so well known that they do not need a last name or second word to be recognized. People around the world instantly nod in acknowledgement when they hear a single word.

Likewise, some logos are so singular that everyone knows the brand when they see the image. Two yellow cat eyes with a dancer in their focus is one such logo. Everyone recognizes the Broadway musical CATS when they see those eyes.

We are happy to welcome the only-one-word-needed-cat-eyed-logo production back to the Orpheum Theatre for the 18th time in the show’s long history.

Based on the 1939 Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s American production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1982. It had previously opened in London in 1981. It won the Best Musical category at both London’s Olivier Awards and New York’s Tony Awards. CATS remains the fourthlongest-running show in Broadway history after its 18-year run closed on Broadway in 2000.

There have been numerous revivals of CATS through the years, including the production you will see today.

Why has it remained so popular, you ask? I, of course, have an unsolicited theory about that.

I think CATS has entered the rarified air of such perennial entertainment hits as The Nutcracker and Disney’s The Lion King. These are shows that parents took their children to see. Many times, it might have been the first time these young people experienced the magic of live entertainment. As these children grew, and had their own children, these parents wanted their children to know the same joy they had as youngsters by introducing them to these productions. And so the magic continues year-after-year.

Do I have data to support my theory? Absolutely not. But I am sticking with it nonetheless.

In any case, thank you for being here this evening. Enjoy the magical world of these singing cats. And if you brought a young person to the theatre to share the joy you felt as a youngster, I salute you. As I am fond of saying, “There is no greater gift you can give a young person than the gift of the performing arts.”

Brett Batterson President & CEO Orpheum Theatre Group

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As a courtesy to the performers and patrons, latecomers will be seated at an appropriate break in the performance.

No text messaging, photography, or recording.

The light from your phone is a distraction to those seated around and above you.

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Certain productions may not be suitable for all ages. We recommend taking the time to determine which shows are appropriate for your children. Visit Orpheum-Memphis.com or call (901) 525-3000 if you have any questions.

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20 The Orpheum Theatre Group would like to recognize the following Season Ticket Holders who have subscribed to the Orpheum’s Broadway Series every year for the past 20 or more years! These dedicated subscribers are the core of our annual patrons and allow us to continue to bring the best of Broadway to Memphis year after year. Please join the Orpheum in thanking the members of THE CLUB OF 20 for their loyalty and enthusiasm for our historic theatre.

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Dr. Paula Spence-Evans Leslie Spengler J. W. Stafford Jr. William and Cheryl Stegbauer Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stein Elizabeth Stewart Charles and Mary Stewart James F. Swindle Andrew Taylor Susan Thompson Bonnie and David Thornton Kathy C. Thurmond-Edwards Charles S. Tipton Dr. David A. Tipton Danny L. Todd Virginia F. Trenham Tommy Trout Ronald Underberg Jennifer Beggs Vescovo Louis Vescovo Dianna Voyles Hazel Waggener Ceil Walker Janice Wall Lee Wardlaw James C. and Ann Warner Charles Warner John and Betty Weiman Danny Weiss Peggy and James White Jr. Gil and Karen Whitlock Kay Whittington Emelda L. Williams Thomas A. Williams Michael C. and Gay Williams Jane C. Williamson Les and Nancy Willingham Jim and Mary Wirski William and Sandy Wolfe Cheryl Wood Linda and Bill Woodmansee Joanne H. Woody and Jo Ann Owen Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wooldridge Sr. Terri Wright Elizabeth R. Wright Linda Yates Robin Yates Bennett Zinn Pam and Terry Zubrod

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In The Band’s Visit, Playwright Itamar Moses Helps Strangers Tell The Truth

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BY MARK BLANKENSHIP Sometimes, you can only be honest with strangers. “It’s much safer to talk about things with someone you don’t know and will never see again,” says playwright Itamar Moses. “They don’t know the story you’ve built up around yourself.”

That curious freedom shapes The Band’s Visit, the new Broadway musical about a group of Egyptian musicians who get lost on their way to a concert in Israel. Stranded in a small town, they pass the time with the locals, eating at their tables and sleeping in their spare rooms.

To Moses, who wrote the musical’s book, that’s a perfect catalyst for drama.

“Everything that happens is only possible because these two groups of people don’t know each other,” he says.

Take Iris, an Israeli wife and mother who finds her own birthday party crashed by musicians her husband brings home. After years of mute frustration with her marriage, she suddenly reveals everything. “The eyes of

these strangers on her life make it impossible to ignore what she’s been trying to suppress,” Moses says.

The same is true for characters who confess their dreams, regrets, and loves. Ironically, they may be even more honest with each other because they don’t share a language.

The Egyptians speak Arabic and the Israelis speak Hebrew, but when they talk to each other, they use halting, tentative English.

“When you don’t have unlimited language as a tool, you really have to get to the point right away,” Moses says. “People aren’t going to talk around the truth, because they don’t have the words.”

Naturally, that limited vocabulary affected Moses’ playwriting. “But I never lamented it as a limitation,” he says. “I really enjoyed the tension between the simplicity of the language and the depth of the emotion.

Sometimes there’s nothing better than having a constraint.”

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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 DE VON MCCLESK E Y 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 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 A S S O C I A T E C H O R E O G R A P H E R K I M C R A V E N ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT C H O R E O G R A P H Y B Y A N D Y B L A N K E N B U E H L E R 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

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

Hyla Mayrose Perillo

Aiden Pressel

Devon McCleskey

Sean McManus

Taylor Christopher James Salvaggio Rosenberger

Chelsea Nicole Mitchell

Elana Valastro

Tony Mowatt

Indalecio De Jesús Valentín

Brian Craig Nelson

Alexia Waites

CAST

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, CONNOR ORION BERMINGHAM, KELLIANN DECARLO, KIERAN MACDONALD, JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL, TONY MOWATT, BRIAN CRAIG NELSON, ELANA VALASTRO

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, BRIAN CRAIG NELSON, 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 Flute/Bb Clarinet/Tenor Sax: 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: STUART ANDREWS Music Coordinator: TL MUSIC TALITHA FEHR

WHO’S WHO VINNY ANDALORO (Alonzo) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut. Favorite credits: West Side Story, Newsies (The LEX), Carousel, The Wedding Singer. BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for everything! IG:@vinny_andaloro www.vinnyandaloro.com

and the creative team, CTG, my friends and family, especially my parents. www.zachbravo.com

CONNOR ORION BERMINGHAM (Male Swing) graduated from Pace University. He’s thrilled to make his national tour debut with CATS. Credits: All Shook Up at Westchester-Broadway-Theatre and Dance-Lab NY. Connor partnered Misty Copeland for Bernstein’s-Centennial-Tribute and was featured on “SYTYCD”. Connor trained at Jacob’s Pillow and is represented by CESD. (@connor_orion_)

DOMINIC FORTUNATO (Pouncival) is a graduate of Mercyhurst University. He is very excited to make his touring debut. His dance credits include SoMar Dance Works and Syracuse City Ballet. His most recent credit is CATS with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

MICHELLE E. CARTER (Jennyanydots) is elated to be tapping across the country with CATS! REGIONAL: Signature Theatre- A Chorus Line, Barrington Stage Company- The Royal Family of Broadway, Olney Theatre Center- Matilda & Elf, GRACIE ANDERSON (Female Swing/Dance MacHaydn Theatre 2017. Marymount Manhattan Captain) is thrilled to be making her National Tour College grad. Take 3 Talent. @idtapthat03 www. debut with CATS! Gracie graduated from Marymount michelle-e-carter.com Manhattan College as a Gold Key recipient for her BFA in Dance. Many thanks to Kim, Grace and the MAX CRAVEN (Mungojerrie) A 2020 graduate entire Jellicle team. Love to Craig, Mom and Zoey! from AMDA New York. Max is excited to make his national tour debut in CATS! He is grateful for @gracieanderson___ this entire cast and team on tour. A million thanks MEGAN ARSENEAU (Female Swing). This is to Max’s friends, family, and teachers for their Megan’s first national tour! Previously, she played support! IG:@maxcraven_ Peggy Sawyer (42nd Street), Kristine (A Chorus Line) and Catherine (Pippin) at Weathervane KELLIANN DeCARLO (Female Swing/Booth).

Playhouse. Megan is a proud alum of Wright State NY: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Singer).

University- Never Raider Down! <3 -- Instagram: Regional: CATS (Grizabella), Beauty and the Beast (Belle u/s), Miss Saigon (Ellen). Concerts: Megskilove – www.meganarseneau.com Delaware Valley Symphony. BM, Rider University, CAROLYN BACON (Female Swing/Booth) is kellianndecarlo.com, @kellianndecarlo. For Mom excited to join her first national tour! Regional: love you.

Carousel, South Pacific, The Fantasticks. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. Proud feminist. Currently KELLY DONAH (Rumpleteazer) is ecstatic to be writing a play about violence against women, a part of CATS! She is originally from Bethlehem, female killers, and finding community. Love to PA and just graduated with her BFA at Shenandoah Brian and Mom. Get vaccinated and stay safe! University. If you would like to know more about Kelly, visit her website! www.kellydonah.com www.carolynannebacon.com

PAUL GIARRATANO (Mistoffelees) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Credits: West Side Story (Fifth Avenue Theater). Company: Spectrum Dance Theater, Dance Lab New York, Keigwin+Company (guest). B.F.A dance, SUNY Purchase. Lots of love to family, friends and MTA.

LEXY BITTNER (Cassandra) is making her Touring debut with CATS! Lexy is from Pittsburgh, PA and has trained with Boston Conservatory, Lincoln Park Performing Arts, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Elite Dance by Damian, Michele’s Dance Center, Juilliard and Hubbard Street (SI). Dreams do TAYLER HARRIS (Grizabella). Credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater), 50in50 come true, so excited!

Letters To Our Sons (Billie Holiday Theatre), Godspell JOHN ANKER BOW (Peter/Bustopher Jones/ (Prima Theatre). Western Carolina University (2018).

Gus). BA Rider University. National Tours: Kinky Much love to her family, friends and Hudson Artist’s Boots (George), Ragtime (Henry Ford), A Christmas Agency for all their love and support. Taylerharris.com Carol (Jacob Marley). International: Disney Cruise Line. Regional: Les Mis (Thenardier), Spamalot KAYLI JAMISON (Jellylorum). Recent credits (Arthur), Drowsy (Man in Chair), Forever Plaid include: Kate Monster (Avenue Q- MTKC), Evelyn (Smudge), Noises Off (Lloyd), Peter Pan (Hook). Nesbit (Ragtime- Music Theatre Heritage) Shelly (Hairspray- Starlight Theater). Kayli lives in Podcast: Flop of the Heap.

Brooklyn with her husband Jesse and dog Pippin.

ZACH BRAVO (Bill Bailey/Rum Tum Tugger) is She would like to thank them, her family and thrilled to be making his national tour debut in CATS. friends for all their love and support!

Readings: The Wanderer; Regional Theater: Matilda, Evita, Mamma Mia!, Footloose. Grateful to casting

WHO’S WHO BRIANNA KIM (Sillabub). Current: Twyla Tharp, John Selya (NY City Center) Performance: Abbott Awards (Al Blackstone, Billy Griffin, SDC 60th, Agnes De Mille Tribute), IHeartDanceNYC (Tyler Hanes) Film: Broadway4Biden (Chris Gattelli, Grady Bowman) Pre-Production: The Outsiders (Lorin Latarro); Kanyok Arts Initiative Alum; Instagram @bri.kimm

Auditorium); The Producers, Legally Blonde, Chicago (Woodstock Playhouse) @baloneytones / For Sandra and Gloria

BRIAN CRAIG NELSON (Male Swing) is thrilled to be joining the Cats family. He holds a BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah. Past companies include: Ririe-Woodbury, BodyVox, and Tuachan. Brian is extremely happy to have the LAUREN LOUIS (Demeter). CATS is Lauren’s support and love of so many friends and his family. first national tour! She worked for Disneyland as @clownfish2113 a principal vocalist & dance swing while getting her Musical Theatre BFA from CSU Fullerton. HYLA MAYROSE PERILLO (Victoria) is Regional credits; West Side Story & A Chorus Line. incredibly delighted to be making her tour debut She’d like to thank the team, her family & friends! in the national tour of CATS! She is a Marymount Manhattan College alumni and Michigan native. @laurenalouis Thank you to my Mom, Dad, family and friends for KIERAN MACDONALD (Male Swing) is thrilled their endless love and support in this journey! to be making his National Tour debut in CATS. Credits: NUVO Dance Convention, “The Marvelous AIDEN PRESSEL (Plato/Macavity/Dance Mrs. Maisel”, Gucci, Alessia Cara. Thanks to Jim Captain) is a recent graduate from Pace University and everyone at Bloc. Endless love and appreciation in New York City where he received his BFA to my family for their never-ending support. www. in Commercial Dance. Aiden is represented by MSA in New York. He is thrilled to be joining the kieranmacdonald.com @iamkieranmacdonald touring company of CATS. @aidenpressel JOSÉ RAÚL MANGUAL (Male Swing).

Touring debut. A dream come true. Regional: TAYLOR JAMES ROSENBERGER (Coricopat) Walnut Street Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, is thrilled to be on the road with these Jellicle Shakespeare in Clark Park, On the Rocks cats! Theater: Beauty and the Beast (Paper Mill (Philadelphia Fringe), American Pops Orchestra. Playhouse), All Shook Up (Westchester Broadway To the CATS team, my supporters, Dr. Fleming Theater) Television: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Amina! www.JoseRaul.org. You are capable. (Amazon). Pace University BFA Commercial Dance alum! Thanks to Mom, Dad, friends and DEVON MCCLESKEY (Munkustrap). A recent MSA! @TaylorJRose graduate of University of Michigan, Devon is thrilled to be making his National Tour Debut! CHRISTOPHER SALVAGGIO (Skimbleshanks).

Endless gratitude to Linda Goodrich, Ann Evans National Tour Debut! NYC based, Rochester, NY Watson and all my family and friends! Love born/raised. BFA Musical Theatre Nazareth College. you Mom and Dad! And as always, GO BLUE! Recent credits: Chicago (Arizona Broadway), The Little Mermaid (Argyle Theatre), Joseph […] devonmccleskey.com @devon.devoff Dreamcoat (Axelrod PAC). Love and thanks to SEAN MCMANUS (Tumblebrutus) is thrilled family, friends, The Luedtke Agency, CATS team. to be making his national tour debut. Regional: KZL. Christopher-salvaggio.com. @salvaggio_chris.

Newsies (The LEX), Sound of Music (Paper Mill) and A Chorus Line (Interlakes). BFA: Boston ELANA VALASTRO (Female Swing). National tour Conservatory. He sends love and enormous gratitude debut! Regional favorites: West Side Story, Godspell to his amazing family, friends, Troika and The (New London Barn Playhouse), Little Mermaid (Northern Stage), Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof (Saint Collective. @smcmanus3 Michael’s Playhouse). Oceania Marina Cruise. Cornell CHELSEA NICOLE MITCHELL (Bombalurina) University 2017. Endless thanks to Mom, Dad, Laura, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. She is an Michael. @elanavalastro, elanavalastro.com undergraduate at Point Park University majoring in modern dance. Regional credits include SOUL: The INDALECIO DE JESÚS VALENTÍN (Victor/ Stax Musical. Chelsea is immensely grateful to God, Old Deuteronomy). Works include: In the Heights family and friends for their ever-present love and (Piraguero/Graffiti Pete U/S), Songs for a New World (Man 1), Cinderella (Prince Charming), Dogfight support. IG:@_nicmitch (Eddie Birdlace U/S), Elf the Musical (Buddy the TONY MOWATT (Male Swing/Booth). Off- Elf U/S), Damn Yankees (Smokey), RENT (Featured Broadway: Little Match Girl (St. Luke’s Theatre), Soloist). @idjvalentin Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg (HERE).

NYC/Regional: Tesla, an Elektrical Spectacle ALEXIA WAITES (Tantomile) is ecstatic to be (workshop); Twisted Operettas (Joe’s Pub); An making her National Tour debut in CATS! Alexia is Octoroon (Kean Stage); Titanic (Rodeheaver a graduate of Pace University’s Commercial Dance

WHO’S WHO program in NYC. Endless thanks to her agents at for Literature. Eliot died in January 1965 and was LDC Artist Representation and her entire family for posthumously awarded the 1983 Tony Award for the book of CATS. the constant love and support. @alexia_waites ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Composer) 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, Catsand 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

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, 1926-2018, (Original Choreography). Leading soloist with Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet and London Palladium star dancer, Gillian Lynne was the original creator and collaborator on countless musicals. Her distinctive style led to her record-breaking work on Cats (Olivier Award). Broadway: Tony nominations for Cats, Phantom and Aspects of Love; How Now, Dow Jones, Pickwick, The Roar of the Greasepaint.., Jeeves Takes Charge, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. West End: productions include My Fair Lady, Songbook, Tomfoolery; numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera House.

Ballets include Lippizaner, The Brontës and Journey at the Bolshoi. Television productions include “A Simple Man” (BAFTA) and “The Muppet Show” Series. Films include Half a Sixpence, Man of La Mancha and Yentl. Awards include The Mr. Abbott Award, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation, Olivier Special Award and in 2014 she became a Dame of the British Empire. In 2015 her “White Cat” solo was honored by the American Dance Machine.

In 2018, Andrew Lloyd Webber renamed the New London Theatre: the Gillian Lynne Theatre. www.lynneandlandfoundation.co.uk.

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

WHO’S WHO 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.

CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT (Associate Director).

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 NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer) is a New Prejudice at Cherry Lane Theater (choreographer).

York-based lighting designer who has designed lighting Artistic Director of ELSCO Dance Company. for many varieties of entertainment, including dance Instagram: @ellenorescott and opera companies, concerts, regional theatres, OffBroadway, Las Vegas, TV and permanent lighting GRACE BUCKLEY (Resident Choreographer) is installations. She is a six-time Tony Award winner whose honored to be working as the resident choreographer recent Broadway credits include Frozen, Springsteen for this tour of Cats. She presently serves on faculty on Broadway, Hello Dolly, Long Day’s Journey Into for New York City Dance Alliance, Steps on Night, Aladdin, An American in Paris, Once, The Glass Broadway, and BUILD Dance Series. Many thanks Menagerie, Aida and Beauty and the Beast. CATS is her to Kim, Andy, MSA, family and friends for all of your second show with Andrew Lloyd Webber after designing support and love!

School of Rock on Broadway last season.

BRIAN TAYLOR (Music Supervisor).

MICK POTTER (Sound Designer). School of Rock Broadway conducting credits include CATS (Associate (Drama Desk Award nominee), The Phantom of the Conductor), Evita (Assistant Conductor), An American Opera (Parnelli Award), Les Misérables (Tony Award in Paris, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, nominee, Helpmann Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway and Mary Poppins. Rehearsal pianist for Sunday in the World Audience Award, London), Love Never Dies Park With George, Evita, I Married an Angel, Paint (Green Room Award), CATS (Drama Desk Award Your Wagon, and Lady Be Good! at NY City Center nominee), The Woman in White (Olivier Award), Encores! Keyboard for Jesus Christ Superstar Live on Saturday Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, The Wizard NBC, Associate Conductor for Unmasked at Papermill of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, Zorro the Musical, The Playhouse, and most recently, Music Director for Gavin Sound of Music, Evita, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here to Lee aboard Disney Cruise Lines.

Eternity, Barnum, Sunset Boulevard, Carousel, Chess.

JONATHAN GORST (Musical Director) first worked on CATS in 1998 and continued as Music

WHO’S WHO 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”.

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!

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.

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.

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 County and 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.

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.

WHO’S WHO 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 (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.

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

MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP (Licensor) is DJ Martin Andrew Lloyd Webber’s producing and licensing Marc Viscardi company and manages the theatrical rights for all Bailey Ford of Andrew’s works, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Sunset Phillip Aleman Boulevard and School of Rock – The Musical. The Melissa Cohen Steph Kelleher Really Useful Group reached over 20 million people Adrienne Richards across the globe in 2019, from live theatre and concert Simon Rosales Janiya Wade audiences, cinemagoers, television viewers and music MAKEUP DESIGN fans, to social media and art lovers. After more than a year of West End theatres being dark due to the JOHN NAPIER COVID-19 pandemic, The Really Useful Group is Makeup development by Nanci Powell thrilled that upon the reopening of the West End, The WIGS Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing MISS LEMON LIMITED Technicolor Dreamcoat have been joined by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of Cinderella, Jenny Dean & Charles Wright produced by The Really Useful Group, with lyrics by MUSICAL SUPERVISOR FOR multi award winning David Zippel and book by 2021 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Oscar winner Emerald Fennell. The Really Useful David Wilson Group continues to work across theatre, film and television as it produces and develops new projects and New dance sequences for “The Old Gumbie Cat,” partnerships worldwide, alongside its ongoing work in “The Rum Tum Tugger” and “Magical Mister education, amateur licensing and music publishing.

Mistoffelees” co-arranged by John Clancy PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER . . . . . . . . BARI JAMES BELLARD Assistant Stage Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.J. Orth, Marisa Gorst Assistant Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellenore Scott Resident Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Buckley

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John White Automation Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Hankin Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Mitchell Assistant Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Schulz Head Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Thurber Assistant Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Boyan Head Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Jaeger Assistant Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Salazar Head Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Simons Assistant Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maya Patrick Hair & Makeup Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . Gabe Nunez Assistant Hair & Makeup . . . . . . . . . Amelia Brown Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . John N. Fortunato Associate Keyboard Programmer . . . David Weiser Rehearsal Pianist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ming Aldrich-Gan Drum Sticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vic Firth Sticks Physical Therapy . NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariana Senn, ATC Medical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig E. Weil, MD Production Photography. Matt Murphy, Murphymade Press and Marketing Television Production . . . . . .

HMS Media, Inc. 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 Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Neitzey Director of Engagements . . . . . . . Barrett Newman Director of Marketing .......Michael Yuen-Killick Director of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Jacob Production Accounting Manager . . . Sheila Lewis Accounting Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electra Walker Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melanie Cahill Warehouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coree Howard Office Manager/Executive Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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.

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