Turn your face to the moonlight…let your memory lead you…in a fitting finale for our feline features with the Tidewater Players’ cast of Cats, we finally get to feel the mind of the glamour cat. Meow.
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time! Please tell us who you are and who you play!
Ariel Chaillou: I am Ariel Chaillou and I play Grizabella.
Tell me about Grizabella!
For he was once a star of the highest degree… as we wind down to our last two felines remaining…are you ready to meet Asparagus? Or might you better know him as…Gus? MEOW!
Thank you for taking a moment of your time to talk with us, could you tell us who you are and who you play?
Mark Briner: My name is Mark Briner, you know that. Don’t I write for you?
Oh well I never! Was there ever a cat so clever? You might even call this cat…Meow-gical! Hehe. MEOW!
Thank you for giving us a few moments of your time! Please tell me who you are and who you play?
Sammi Flickinger: My name is Sammi Flickinger and I play Mr. Mistoffelees.
What is it like getting to play Mr. Mistoffeles?
Sammi: It’s really fun! I don’t usually get chances like this;
He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, The Flying Squad’s despair. For when they reach the scene of crime…Macavity’s not there! Macavity! Macavity! But also the railway cat? Meow-meow? Double trouble with this feline feature!
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time, if you could tell us who you are and who you play that would be a great place to start!
Stanley Evans: I’m Stanley Evans. I play Skimbleshanks and Macavity.
Spry as a kitten, sage as Old Deuteronomy, with talents and graces and kindness and joy…one could hardly wait to hear the words of the Director, the magical, Jellicle, Bambi Johnson-cat! We’ll call her… Bastet… mother and goddess of cats! MEOW!
Thank you so much for giving us some of your rehearsal time and all of your actors to participate in this series. We are just so excited to do this with you!
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives, and the village is proud of him in his decline. Ancient and wise and the leader of the Jellicles…he took a little more time to get to you because he’s lived so very, very long… Meow.
Thank you for giving us some of your time, if you would tell us who you are and who you play, that would be great!
Bob Sullivan: I’m Bob Sullivan and I play Old Deuteronomy.
Practical cats. Dramatical cats. Pragmatical cats. Fanatical cats. Purr? Mrow.
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you play, that would be lovely.
Vera Roell: My name is Vera Roell and I play Exotica.
Tell me a little bit about Exotica.
Vera: The thing with Exotica is that she’s one of the more ensemble cats.
Jellicle Cats are white and black. Jellicle Cats are of moderate size. Jellicles jump like a jumping jack. Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyes. And they like to…dance. *hiss*
Thank you for giving us some of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you play in this production, that would be wonderful.
Whitney Russell: My name is Whitney Russell and I play Etcetera.
Tell me a little bit about Etcetera.
In the whole of St. James’ the smartest of names is the name of this Brummel of cats. And we’re all of proud to be nodded or bowed to by the cat about town in white spats! Me-ow!
Thank you for a few moments of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you play in this production of Cats that would be great!
Wayne Ivusich: My name is Wayne Ivusich and I am portraying Bustopher Jones.
With a smokey belt, she purrs it out…that fiendish song about Macavity (who’s not there!) Yes, the feline feature we’ve all been waiting for…miss bombastic, miss dance-n-sing…well…you know. Meow!
Thank you so much for giving us a moment of your time! Tell us who you are and who you play in Cats.
Lindsey McCumber: My name is Lindsey McCumber and I play Bombalurina.
Tell us about Bombalurina.