#aiden pressel

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Just giving you all the option to vote on this important question from Aiden Pressel.

He seems in need of a loving home. 😌

2021 US tour, 13 March 2022.

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Happy 400 shows, Dominic Fortunato!

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Hyla Mayrose Perillo, reminisces her time two years ago opening cats the musical as the white cat!

And shares a clip of the pas de deux from the wings. (Click video for better quality)

Bonus:

<3

Hyla Mayrose as Victoria and Aiden Pressel as Plato.

Cats US tour 6, 2021.

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Litsy’s Jellicle Family Headcanons

A few disclaimers before we get into this:

These are based on my experience and opinions after seeing the tour in May 2021. I’ll include a cast list at the bottom if you’re interested. Most of these were approximately formed at the time (I recently reread my thoughts from immediately after seeing the show), but are being finalized and articulated over a year later, so some of it is a bit more recent.

Obviously I went into seeing the tour already with strong opinions and ideas from the 1998 film, so as long as those weren’t contradicted by the tour, or the tour inspired new ideas, I’ve often defaulted to my original ideas. So this is mostly to compare the two productions to each other in terms of my thoughts on the relationships between the characters.

You are not immune to backstage shenanigans.

I’m picking and choosing which “chorus cats” for featured performers are included in the canon.

I didn’t include romantic relationships unless they resulted in a child.

I’m gonna go through the 1998 headcanons pretty quickly because I’ve shared these before.

Feel free to ask questions if you have any, I’d love to share more thoughts and discuss!

1998 film family tree headcanons:

Old Deuteronomy and Grizabella are the parents of Macavity, Munkustrap, & Rum Tum Tugger. They are former mates; she left the tribe when their sons were still young. They still resent her for it by the time of the canon Jellicle Ball.

Macavity and Demeter are the parents of Plato. Mac and Dem were never mated.

Munkustrap and Demeter are the parents of Jemima. Munk and Dem are mates. Munk is also a father figure to Plato.

Coricopat & Tantomile are twins. They have no other family in the tribe.

Exotica Wallflower is Cassandra’s mother. She is also mates with George, but George is not Cassandra’s father.

Gus is Asparagus’s father.

Asparagus and Jellylorum are the parents of Tumblebrutus, Etcetera, & Pouncival, who are littermates. Asparagus and Jelly are mates.

Jennyanydots is the mother of Bombalurina.

Skimbleshanks’s deceased sister was the mother of Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, who are littermates. He took them in when their mother died, as their father is unknown.

Skimble and Jenny are the adoptive parents of Mistoffelees and biological parents of Electra. Skimble and Jenny are mates.

Jellicles with no blood/familial relationships in the tribe: Alonzo, Bustopher Jones, Victoria.

2021 tourverse/revivalverse family tree headcanons:

Old Deuteronomy is the father of Macavity, Rum Tum Tugger, and Munkustrap. They are half-siblings.

Macavity and Demeter are the parents of Plato. Mac and Dem were never mated.

Munkustrap and Demeter are the parents of Jemima. Munk and Dem are in a relationship but not mated.

Bombalurina is Demeter’s mother.

Coricopat & Tantomile are twins. They have no other family in the tribe.

Gus is Peter’s father.

Peter and Jellylorum are the parents of Tumblebrutus. Peter and Jelly are mates.

Skimbleshanks adopted Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, who are not littermates and whose biological parents are unknown.

Skimbleshanks & Jennyanydots are in an open, unmated relationship, and are the adoptive parents of Pouncival.

Jellicles with no blood/familial relationships in the tribe: Alonzo, Bustopher Jones, Cassandra, Grizabella, Mistoffelees, Victoria.

VISUAL REFERENCES

TOUR CAST LIST

Alonzo (Vinny Andaloro); Bombalurina (Chelsea Nicole Mitchell); Bustopher Jones/Gus/Peter (John Anker Bow); Cassandra (Lexy Bittner); Coricopat (Taylor James Rosenberger); Demeter (Lauren Louis); Grizabella (Tayler Harris); Jellylorum (Kayli Jamison); Jennyanydots (Michelle E. Carter); Macavity/Plato (Aiden Pressel); Mistoffelees (Paul Giarratano); Mungojerrie (Max Craven); Munkustrap (Nick Davis); Old Deuteronomy (Indalecio de Jesus Valentin); Pouncival (Dominic Fortunato); Rumpleteazer (Elana Valastro); Rum Tum Tugger (Zach Bravo); Sillabub (Brianna Kim); Skimbleshanks (Christopher Salvaggio); Tantomile (Alexia Waites); Tumblebrutus (Sean McManus); Victoria (Hyla Mayrose Perillo)

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Kitty Cast: Where Are They Now?

Aiden Pressel

Who?

Aiden played the dual role of Plato/Macavity in the Cats National Tour from its relaunch in September 2021 to the conclusion of the first season on June 26th, 2022. He was also Assistant Dance Captain for the production.

Where is he now?

He is currently performing as Wilfred in The Bridgerton Experience NYC.

Has he done anything else?

He was an ensemble member in a production of An American in Paris from 9/15 to 10/23/22 at Argyle Theatre in Babylon, NY.

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I posted 415 times in 2022

That's 241 more posts than 2021!

273 posts created (66%)

142 posts reblogged (34%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@munku-collar

@white-cat-of-doom

@the-cat-at-the-theatre-door

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I tagged 309 of my posts in 2022

Only 26% of my posts had no tags

#cats musical - 287 posts

#cats the musical - 287 posts

#jellicle cats - 174 posts

#cats 1998 - 123 posts

#cats us tour 6 - 96 posts

#cats us tour 2021 - 49 posts

#jemima cats - 46 posts

#demeter cats - 45 posts

#cats headcanons - 44 posts

#jellicle asks - 43 posts

Longest Tag: 79 characters

#i think mungo and rumple would want to invite all their friends to the junkyard

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Backstage with the boys: featuring Aiden Pressel as Plato, Christopher Salvaggio as Skimbleshanks, Dominic Fortunato as Pouncival, Max Craven as Mungojerrie, Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus, Taylor James Rosenberger as Coricopat, and Vinny Andaloro as Alonzo.

69 notes - Posted January 13, 2022

#4

The more I listen to the Jellicle Ball, the more I realize that it's just an accurate representation of when cats get the zoomies....

69 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

#3

Michelle Lukes as Demeter.

74 notes - Posted April 25, 2022

#2

Rosemarie Ford as Bombalurina.

85 notes - Posted February 12, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Tayler Harris as Grizabella, Lexy Bittner as Cassandra, and Zach Bravo as Rum Tum Tugger.

98 notes - Posted January 24, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

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All the actors I’ve drawn for the US touring cast!
In order:
Elana Valastro as Rumpleteazer with Brian Nelson as Mungojerrie
 Kelliann DeCarlo as Grizabella 
Chelsea N. Mitchell as Bombalurina 
Michelle E. Carter as Jennyanydots 
Brian Nelson (again) as Mungojerrie (he’s my favorite okay don’t look at me, do you understand the restraint I’m putting on myself to NOT draw him again???) 
Devon McCleskey as Munkustrap 
Aiden Pressel as Plato 
If anyone wants to see more of my art of the actors, I’m still drawing them and plan on drawing all of them! If you want to see a particular actor, send them in! (And if they’re a swing, send in the actor and one of the characters they’ve played)

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Brian Craig Nelson made his Rum Tum Tugger cover debut yesterday (14 Jun 2022) in US Tour 6, a role that is his principal cover! Congratulations!

With Chelsea Nicole Mitchell as Bombalurina, Elana Valastro out of costume, Christopher Salvaggio as Skimbleshanks, Vinny Andaloro as Mungojerrie (cover), Paul Giarratano as Mistoffelees, Aiden Pressel as Plato, and Dominic Fortunato as Pouncival.

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

the best plato ngl

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What’s A Jellicle Cat⁉️🤨: Featuring Aiden Pressel as Plato and Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus. [US Tour 6 2022]

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jellicle cats are queens of the night!

[cryptidvoidwritings]

Ferocity 😌

Source

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(From Aiden Pressel's instagram story)

Aiden Pressel as Plato

Alexia Waites as Victoria

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help aiden pressel is cuting again

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Backstage with the boys: featuring Aiden Pressel as Plato, Christopher Salvaggio as Skimbleshanks, Dominic Fortunato as Pouncival, Max Craven as Mungojerrie, Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus, Taylor James Rosenberger as Coricopat, and Vinny Andaloro as Alonzo.