#dudney joseph

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have you heard about this ballroom-style production happening in nyc this summer? i'm so intrigued!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EnK7xuf8_/

Yes! It's been on my radar for a while though I don't think I've posted anything about it yet - at least, I haven't decided on a tag for the production.

Honestly, going by my usual tagging system it should probably be '2024 pac' or '2024 nyc' but. For these guys. I sort of want to name it after its most prominent attribute which is. '2024 ballroom' 😌

Anyway have a promo clip, from their official insta, and some random cast photos out of costume.

(We don't have a lot of costume photos yet but we do know that these Jellicles will be fully humans, not feline: they are people existing within the ballroom cultural milieu of the period and 'jellicle cats' is just the pride name they use for themselves and each other. So if you strongly prefer your cats as cats, this might not be the show for you—but it's certainly a show that speaks to somebody else!)

(Also I'm just really enjoying the flurry of excitement from former Jellicles in comments on this production's posts.)

Dudney Joseph: Munkustrap (Emcee) (he/him).

Dava Huesca: Rumpelteazer (she/her)

Jonathan Burke: Mungojerrie (he/him)

Andre Deshields: Deuteronomy

Sydney Harcourt: Rum Tum Tugger

Baby: Victoria

Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles. (Obvs we're not going with Dame Gilly's choreo here.)

"A radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Inspired by the Ballroom culture that roared out of New York City over 50 years ago and still rages around the world. Staged as a spectacularly immersive competition by Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicken & Biscuits) and PAC NYC Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way), with all-new Ballroom and club beats, runway-ready choreography, and an edgy eleganza makeover that moves the action from junkyard to catwalk.  Come one, come all, and celebrate the joyous transformation of self at the heart of Cats and Ballroom culture itself." (X)

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

A little clip of "The Old Gumbie Cat" from Cats: the Jellice Ball aka Cats PAC NYC taken on August 27, with Kendall Grayson Stroud covering Jennyanydots, Emma Sofia as Cassandra, Dudney Joseph Jr. as Munkustrap and Bryce Farris covering Electra

[rabnerd28]

The Real HouseCats of the Jellicle Ball

Tired: Receipts, proof, timeline, screenshots. Wired: Practical, dramatical, pragmatical, fanatical.

Rodrick Covington as Macavity, Xavier Reyes as Jennyanydots, Emma Sofia as Cassandra and Dudney Joseph Jr. as Munkustrap

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[catsheadcanons]

Okay, as promised, here is a second version. I will preface it by saying that I could very easily just list the entire PAC cast, but here is my best attempt at a list combining casts:

Alonzo - Ahmad Simmons

Gus/Peter/Rumpus Cat - Christopher Gurr

Bustopher Jones - Garnet Williams

Bombalurina - Abigail Gatlin

Cassandra - Katherine Margo Brown

Coricopat - Corey John Snide

Demeter - Jessica Dillan

Electra - Lili Froehlich

Grizabella - Betty Buckley

Jellylorum - Sara Jean Ford

Jemima/Sillabub - Teddy Wilson Jr.

Jennyanydots - Alexa Shanahan

Mistoffelees - Ricky Ubeda

Mungojerrie - Jess LeProtto

Munkustrap - Dudney Joseph Jr.

Old Deuteronomy - Quentin Earl Darrington

Plato - Daniel Gaymon

Macavity - Antwayn Hopper

Carbucketty - Giuseppe Basilio

Rumpleteazer - Maria Cristina Slye

Rum Tum Tugger - Tyler Hanes

Skimbleshanks - Emma Sofia

Tantomile - Emily Tate

Tumblebrutus - Dominique Lee

Victoria - Georgina Pazcoguin

Cats Fans

CONGRATULATIONS

You get to cast your own version of Cats to be filmed and turned into a movie!!! the only problem is you can't pick anyone from the 1998 movie, Unless it's for a different role then they were in the move then it's ok but is has to be a role they have once played in the past even if it was as a swing/cover (EX: Fergus Logan as Misto or Veerle Casteleyn as Victoria)

They can be from any production no matter the year or language used and you can pick actors from non-replicas too

Characters like Gus jr., George, and Exotica can be removed if you can't think of anyone but everyone else must stay and you can add other swings of you want and if need be you can change who plays the Rumpus cat and Macavity can have his own Actor if you want. and if you want a actor but they played the character under a different name (EX: Sillabub, Admetus, Carbuckety, Bill Bailly) they are allowed just keep the names from the 1998 movie

Your list of characters

Alonzo Asparagus Bombalurina Bustopher Johns Cassandra Coricopat Demeter Electra Etcetera Exotica George / Rumpus Cat Grizabella Gus Jr. Jellylorum Jemima Jennyanydots Mistoffelees Mungojerrie Munkustrap Old Deuteronomy Plato / Macavity Pouncival Rumpleteazer Rum Tum Tugger Skimbleshanks Tantomile Tumblebrutus Victoria

Have fun and reblog this to share your cast

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

A little look at Dudney Joseph Jr. as Munkustrap in the winged costume, from I presume the quick changes category during the ball, in Cats: the Jellicle Ball aka Cats PAC NYC

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[rabnerd28]

Baby Byrne covering Skimbleshanks, Dudney Joseph Jr. as Munkustrap, Silk as Mistoffelees

Bonus BTS photo

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