Introducing a family musical based on the award-winning book

Opera Cat is a one-act musical based on and named for Opera Cat, a picture book by Tess Weaver and Andrea Wesson.

The book and score are designed to appeal to adults and kids alike, in the spirit of animated films such as Inside Out and Beauty and the Beast.

In addition to seven original songs that range from rock to a tango and even a soft shoe number, the score features snippets of arias from operas by Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini.

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Steve and Doug invited me to be a part of a table reading of their new musical Opera Cat, and I was completely charmed by their clever, sophisticated, and accessible score—something all too rare in theatre for young audiences.

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JOHN DREA, Actor