CATS (Young Actors Edition)
- Short Musical, Dramatic Comedy, TYA
- 24M or F
- ISBN: CATS (Young Actors Edition)
A 60-minute adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster meow-sical, designed especially for young performers.
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Description
- Short Musical
- Dramatic Comedy, TYA
- 60 minutes
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, Jr High/Primary, Elementary School / Primary, Youth/Camp Programs
CATS: Young Actors Edition is a one-hour adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, specially tailored for young actors. The materials have been prepared to help your school or organization mount the best possible production and to give your young cast and crew an exciting and rewarding experience.
CATS is set amongst a larger-than-life junkyard playground and is alive with purr-fect felines, including Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy, Skimbleshanks and Grizabella. The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year—the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one, they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.
Premiere Production:
CATS, one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances. The groundbreaking production was the winner of the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. The following year, CATS opened at New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, its home for the next 18 years, garnering seven 1983 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show returned to Broadway in 2016, where it had a successful pre-tour run at the Neil Simon Theatre.
CATS has been presented in over 30 countries, translated into 16 languages, and seen by more than 73 million people worldwide. The original Broadway cast recording won the Grammy Award for Best Cast Album. Lloyd Webber’s magnificent musical score includes the poignant hit song “Memory,” which has been recorded by over 150 artists from Barbra Streisand to Liberace to Barry Manilow. A big screen adaptation, directed by Tom Hooper, opened in December 2019, starring Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, James Corden, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Ian McKellen and Francesca Hayward.
Characters
- Casting: 24M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Roles for Teens, Expandable casting
ALONZO
ASPARAGUS/GUS
BILL BAILEY
BOMBALURINA
CARBUCKETTY
CASSANDRA
CORISOPAT and TANTOMILE
DEMETER
GRIZABELLA
JELLYLORUM
JEMIMA
JENNYANYDOTS
MACAVITY
MISTER MISTOFFELEES
MUNGOJERRIE and RUMPLETEAZER
MUNKUSTRAP
OLD DEUTERONOMY
QUAXO
RUM TUM TUGGER
SKIMBLESHANKS
VICTORIA
Available Material
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Perusal Material
Shipped immediately. This is optional.
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1 x Student Libretto/Vocal Book |
$24.00 |
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Rehearsal Material
Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.
22 x Student Librettos & Student Vocal Books |
$895.00 |
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Lib/Vocal Book 10 Pack
Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.
10 x Student LIbretto & Student Vocal Books |
$150.00 |
