Episode
Ep250 - Gabrielle Parker, Jemima on the International Tour
- Podcast
- The Wrong Cat Died
- Published
- Apr 21, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2377
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcasts/the-wrong-cat-died/
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wrong-cat-died-1185529/episodes/ep250-gabrielle-parker-jemima-on-the-international-tour/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wrong-cat-died-1185529/ep250-gabrielle-parker-jemima-on-the-international-tour.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
“In my head I think Jemima is the daughter of Bombalurina and Macavity.” This episode features Gabrielle Parker who played Jemima on the 2025 International Tour of CATS. Hear Gabrielle share how a ballet background and seeing Cats around age 10 sparked her obsession with the show and her early goal to play Victoria. She recounts auditioning soon after graduating, initially being seen for Rumpleteazer before landing Victoria, and explains how character work begins with the “three words,” including Victoria’s surprising trait of being “unselfconscious.” Gabrielle discusses later playing Jemima on tours through Korea, Taiwan, China, and Europe, including the challenge and audience reaction of singing the opening of “Moonlight” in Korean and Mandarin. She offers personal Jemima backstory theories, reflects on touring culture differences, shares memorable mishaps and emergency cover moments, and reveals she met her husband on CATS, joking about a “white cat curse.” 00:50 First Time Seeing CATS 07:18 Building Victoria and Jemima 12:08 Jemima Backstory 20:20 Singing Moonlight in New Languages 24:33 White Cat Curse Love Story 26:48 CATS Wedding Performance 31:53 Rapid Fire Check out Gabrielle on Instagram: @gabbyparker_ Produced by: Alan Seales & Broadway Podcast Network Social Media: @TheWrongCatDied Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices