CATS
Director: Jay Berkow
Choreographer: Mikey Winslow
Music Director: Matthew Shabala
Stage Manager: Lily Bashara*
Costume Designer: Perris Stachlewitz*
Lighting Designer: Noah Vos*
Sound Designer: Logan Reeves*
Scenic Designer: Dave Nofsinger
CAST
Etcetera: Alyssa “Action” Hyska
Jennyanydots: Madison Swick
Bombalurina: Marryn Barney
Skimbleshanks: Kevyn Roessler
Munkustrap: Michael Vasilevich
Mr. Mistoffelees: Luke Riza
Mungojerrie: Gabe Karr
Macavity/Pouncival: Alex Osborne
Skimbleshanks: Kevyn Roessler
Bustopher Jones: Brendan Andrea
Rum Tum Tugger: Caden Lohr
Grizabella: Grace Avery
Jellylorum: Cayla Nichole Harris
Victoria: Mia Quesada
Sillabub: Deedee Nwafo
Electra: Angela Calleja
Demeter: Caroline Bisceglie
Old Deuteronomy: Gerard Wells
Gus: Carlos Caracheo Trujillo
Rumpleteazer/Dance Captain: Riley Bannister
Cassandra, Victoria Understudy, Associate Choreographer: Isabel Brown
Swing, Cassandra, Electra, Etcetera Understudy: Julia Bolla
Carbucketty, Quaxo, Munkustrap Understudy: Peter Stoycos
Swing, Mungojerrie, Skimbleshanks Understudy: Marshall Clifton
Swing, Demeter, Sillabub: Isabella Starmach
Bustopher Jones, Old Deuteronomy Understudy: Anthony Puente
Grizabella, Jellorum Understudy: Jordyn Freed
Bombalurina, Rumpleteaser Understudy: Stella Marx
Swing, Quaxo, Alonzo: Timsil Goodman
Pit Singers:
Joey Pickett
Alex Gianakos
Bella Welling
Ava Ramirez
Tiffany Ridolphi
Justus Palumbo
PRODUCTION STAFF
Assistant Stage Manager: Francesca Catella
Assistant Choreographers: Nadia Rawlins & Isabel Brown
Dance Captains: Riley Bannister & Luke Riza
Production Assistant: Alexa Joslyn
Assistant Scenic Designer: Elijah Bates & Lindsey Cook
Technical Director: Patrick Niemi
Assistant Technical Director: Adam Batch
Props Masters: Luke Henn & Oliver Fisher-Rohde
Costumer: Julia Kosanovich
Assistant Costumer: Gizelle Khouri
Stitchers: Alix Bauer, Alia Lynn, Eni Buckhanan, Lauren Dinklemann, Gizelle Khouri, Sarah Mughazy, Arise Rock, Perris Stachlewitz
Costume Run Crew Head: Allan Connelly
Costume Run Crew: Allison Ehldeldt, Elijah Kempf, Paige Madej, Kadence Meah, Cassidy Monti
Makeup Designer: Perris Stachlewitz
Hair Designers: Garrylee McCormick & perris stachlewitz
Hair and Makeup Crew Head: Patience Oliveira
Hair and Makeup Crew: Erin Petit, Emma Pop, Aubrey Rutterbush Amy Ward
Assistant Lighting Designer: Aeryn Doulette
Master Electrician: James Nixon
Assistant Sound Designer: Amber Kolp
Vocal Coach: Kathy Gibson
Intimacy Director: Elizabeth Terrel
Arts Administration Assistants: Phoenix Ciechanowski, Jem Gelderbloom, Chloe Eash, Maria Perez
Social Media Assistant: Marryn Barney
ORCHESTRA
Piano/Conductor: Matthew Shabala
Guitar: Jake Ragotzy
Bass: Jack Stargardt
Drums: Carter Way
Keyboard 2: Zeb Fulcher
Keyboard 3: Sean Ower
Cello: Taylor Crow
French Horn: Ben Hayword
Reed 1: Luke Mortensen
Reed 2: Canon Cochran
BIOS
Alyssa "Action" Hyska (Etcetera): is a junior from Watervliet, Mi. Her previous credits include Eleanor Widener, Titanic Maureen Johnson, Rent Fastrada, Pippin.
Madison Swick (Jennyanydots): is a senior from Orwigsburg, PA. Her previous credits include Margot/Elle Woods US, Legally Blonde; featured dancer, On The Town; Swing, SpongeBob; Madeline Astor, Titanic.
Julia Bolla (Swing/ US Cassandra, US Electra, US Etcetera): is a sophomore from Grand Haven, MI. Her previous credits include Madame Aubert, Titanic the Musical.
Marryn Barney (Bombalurina): is a senior from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Their previous credits include Swing- On The Town, Ensemble/Karen US- SpongeBob, Brooke Wyndham- Legally Blonde.
Kevyn Roessler (Skimbleshanks): is a senior from Bloomfield Hills, MI. His previous credits include Jim Farrell, Titanic; Dewey + Others (U/S Callahan), Legally Blonde; Orpheus (U/S Jason + Others), Argonautika; Ensemble (U/S Bolkonskys), Great Comet; Jean-Claude (U/S Fred), Museum; Swing, Pippin..
Michael Vasilevich (Munkustrap): is a senior from Chicago, IL. His previous credits include Ensemble (U/S Plankton), SpongeBob; Frank/Dance Captain, Dreamgirls; Ensemble, Pippin; Ensemble, On the Town; Swing, Great Comet of 1812.
Peter Stoycos (Carbucketty/Quaxo/Munkustrap U/S): is a junior from Columbus, Ohio. His previous credits include Swing, SpongeBob; Ensemble, Legally Blonde; Harold Bride, Titanic.
Luke Riza (Mr. Mistoffelees): is a junior from Buford, GA. Their previous credits include Electric Skate, Spongebob; Featured Ensemble, Titanic; Swing, Legally Blonde.
Gabe Karr (Mungojerrie): is a junior from Jacksonville, IL. His previous credits include Fleet/Bellboy - Titanic.
Alex Osborne (Macavity/Pouncival): is a junior from Holland, Michigan. His previous credits include Edgar Bean-Titanic The Musical, Ensemble-Legally Blonde, Electric Skate-The Spongebob Musical.
Brendan Andrea (Bustopher Jones): is a sophomore from St. Charles Illinois. His previous credits include John Jacob Astor/ Captain u/s, Titanic WMU; Cody, Bronco Way WMU.
Stella Marx (Bombalurina/Rumpleteaser Understudy): is a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio. Her previous credits include Ensemble, Titantic WMU.
Alex Gianakos (Pit Singer): is a sophomore from Clarkston, MI. His previous credits include Robert Hitchens/Ensemble - Titanic the Musical in Concert.
Riley Bannister (Rumpleteazer/Dance Captain): is a senior! from Westerville, Ohio. Her previous credits include Ensemble/Assc. Choreo, Legally Blonde; Ensemble/Dance Captain, On The Town; Ensemble/Dance Captain, Spongebob the Musical.
Timsil Goodman (Swing- Quaxo, Alonzo): is a freshman from Mitchell, IN. His previous credits include Emmett, Legally Blonde; Archie, 13: The Musical.
Caden Lohr (Rum Tum Tugger): is a senior from Zeeland, MI. His previous credits include Larry the Lobster, SpongeBob; Nikos/Dance Captain, Legally Blonde; Ensemble US Gabey, On The Town.
Jordyn Freed (Grizabella/ Jellorum Understudy): is a sophomore from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her previous credits include Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd Jane Seymour, SIX Sugar Plum Fairy/ Gingy, Shrek.
Grace Avery (Grizabella): is a senior from Bolingbrook, IL. Her previous credits include Alice Beane, Titanic; Ensemble/US Paulette, Legally Blonde; Associate Choreographer, Spongebob the Musical; Ensemble/US Princess Mary, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Choreographer/Assistant Director, Rising Water.
Cayla Nichole Harris (Jellylorum): is a senior from Warsaw, Indiana. Her previous credits include Vivienne, Legally Blonde; Princess Mary, Great Comet of 1812; US Hildy/Swing, On the Town.
Mia Quesada (Victoria): is a sophomore from Canton, MI. Her previous credits include Alex, Bronco Way Stepp; Sister/ ensemble, Dream Girls; Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes.
Deedee Nwafo (Sillabub): is a sophomore from Carmel, Indiana. Her previous credits include Charlene/Ensemble, Dreamgirls; Natalie, Bronco Way; Megan, Puffs.
Angela Calleja (Electra): is a junior from Livonia, MI. Her previous credits include Understudy Spongebob, Spongebob; Ensemble, Dreamgirls; Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre, Spelling Bee at Farmers Alley Theatre.
Isabel Brown (Cassandra, Victoria US, Associate Choreographer): is a senior from Columbus, Ohio. Her previous credits include Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, Featured Ensemble/Pilar US in Legally Blonde, Medea/Dryope in Argonautika.
Marshall Clifton (Swing, U/S Mungojerrie & Skimbleshanks): is a sophomore from Austin, Texas. His previous credits include Carlson/Swing, Titanic: In Concert, WMU.
Tiffany Ridolphi (Pit Singer): is a sophomore from Marquette, MI. Her previous credits include Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical; Mrs. Teavee, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - A New Musical; Arlo/Booker Understudy, Go Girl North.
Justus Palumbo (Pit Singer): is a sophomore from Indiana. His previous credits include Thomas Andrews, TITANIC IN CONCERT.
Perris Stachlewitz (Costume Designer): is a senior from Mendota IL. Her previous credits include Dream Girls, Star Dresser; The Great Gatsby, Assistant Costume Designer; All the Natalie Portmans, Costume Designer; Haunting if Hill House, Props Master; Sponge Bob The Musical, Wig Assistant; Intimate Apparel, Wardrobe Supervisor.
Isabella Starmach (Demeter/Sillabub Swing): is a sophomore from Wheaton, IL. Her previous credits include (WMU/EFA) Ensemble, Lorax (non WMU) Young Phyllis - Follies, Rusty - Footloose.
Anthony Puente (Bustopher Jones Understudy/Old Deuteronomy Understudy): is a sophomore from Grand Rapids, MI. Their previous credits include Pitman in Titanic.
Bella Welling (Pit Singer): is a sophomore from Howell, MI. Her previous credits include Marion- Titanic.
Caroline Bisceglie (Demeter): is a junior from Roselle, IL. Her previous credits include Swing, SpongeBob; Ensemble, Titanic.
Haakan Packwood (Understudy, Rum Tum Tugger, Gus, and Pouncival/Macavity): is a junior from Pekin, Indiana. His previous credits include PATCHY THE PIRATE/ELECTRIC SKATE- SpongeBob, Charles Clark - Titanic, Understudy Warner/Kyle-Legally Blonde.
Gerard Wells (Old Deuteronomy): is a senior from Romulus, MI. His previous credits include Carlos - Legally Blonde, Workman I - On The Town, Tiny Joe Dixon - Dreamgirls.
Carlos Caracheo Trujillo (Gus): is a senior from Wyoming, Michigan. His previous credits include Ensemble, Natasha Pierre;MC/Ensemble, Dreamgirls..
Joey Pickett (Pit Singer): is a junior from Livonia, Mi. His previous credits include Jay Yates/Latimer in Titanic in Concert.
Lily Bashara (Stage Manager): is a senior from Oceanside, CA. Her previous credits include SM, The Book of Silence; SM, Winter Dance Showcase 2025; SM, Bronco Way 2024; Props Master, POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are 7 Women Trying to Keep Him Alive; ASM, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; ASM, The Play That Goes Wrong.
Logan Reeves (Sound Designer): is a senior from Portland, MI. Her previous credits include Sound Designer for Dreamgirls, Assistant Sound Designer for Legally Blonde, A2 for On The Town, Next Stop Broadway, Audio Engineer for Winter Dance Gala, Audio Engineer for Next Stop, Broadway 2024.