#aiden pressel

[real-reulbbr-band]

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:

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Hyla Mayrose as Victoria and Aiden Pressel as Plato.

Cats US tour 6, 2021.

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[fluffytuffles]

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)

[kittycast-archive]

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.

[lozeyart]

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)

[white-cat-of-doom]

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

[callicopat]

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

[cryptidvoidwritings]

Happy 400 shows, Dominic Fortunato!

[indianasolo221]

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.

[sorrynotsorryboutwhatshesaid]

jellicle cats are queens of the night!

[rice-pudding-slaps]

(From Aiden Pressel's instagram story)

Aiden Pressel as Plato

Alexia Waites as Victoria

[fluffytuffles]

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[whit-on-the-side]

help aiden pressel is cuting again

[lozeyart]

I drew Aiden Pressel as Macavity and usually I’d wait to make a mass post of all the actors together but I like this one so much that I’m posting it seperately.

(colors totally inspired by how @yoa-artblog does colors)

[white-cat-of-doom]

Oh, to be in a kitty pile with Jellylorum. The dream.

(US Tour 6 sometime in March 2022; Aiden Pressel as Plato, Lauren Louis as Demeter, Kieran Macdonald as Tumblebrutus, Kayli Jamison as Jellylorum, and Vinny Andaloro as Alonzo)

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

they’re going to make me EXPLODE