Indoor Cats

FULL-LENGTH: Recently dumped filmmaker Jules, is holed up with her cat at her parents cabin in Central Pennsylvania, watching her career dreams dry up in the face of the pandemic and screening her infuriatingly competent sister’s calls. When she flirtatiously encounters her Naturalist neighbor Pete, she begins a foray into the bizarre world of making films for feline viewing. Faced with uncertainty both personal...

FULL-LENGTH: Recently dumped filmmaker Jules, is holed up with her cat at her parents cabin in Central Pennsylvania, watching her career dreams dry up in the face of the pandemic and screening her infuriatingly competent sister’s calls. When she flirtatiously encounters her Naturalist neighbor Pete, she begins a foray into the bizarre world of making films for feline viewing. Faced with uncertainty both personal and global, Jules must use instinct to decide who gives her art, and life, meaning, even when it’s feeling more and more like the end of the world.

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Indoor Cats

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  • Aly Kantor: Indoor Cats

    God, this play is just so delectably intimate, from the close POV in the monologues to the relative scale of the conflict, which takes up so much space in the lives of the characters, already made smaller by COVID. I was especially fond of Panda, whose inclusion as a character adds so much charming theatricality. The human characters are also fantastic, flawed and broken but immensely relatable as a result. They felt incredibly vivid, which made all of the emotions (happy and sad) hit harder!

    God, this play is just so delectably intimate, from the close POV in the monologues to the relative scale of the conflict, which takes up so much space in the lives of the characters, already made smaller by COVID. I was especially fond of Panda, whose inclusion as a character adds so much charming theatricality. The human characters are also fantastic, flawed and broken but immensely relatable as a result. They felt incredibly vivid, which made all of the emotions (happy and sad) hit harder!

  • Shaun Leisher: Indoor Cats

    A delightful romantic comedy set during the pandemic. Loved this expertly crafted cast of characters that you can't help but fall for. Things feel really hopeful in the end.

    A delightful romantic comedy set during the pandemic. Loved this expertly crafted cast of characters that you can't help but fall for. Things feel really hopeful in the end.

  • Claudia Haas: Indoor Cats

    Cats and catastrophe and Covid. Birds and babies and blues. And love. Imperfect, wild, tame, and (sometimes) bliss. A tale of creating, recreating and finding what is needed and wanted. A play that includes Covid without it being centerstage. The relationships take that honor. Gorgeous, imaginative play.

    Cats and catastrophe and Covid. Birds and babies and blues. And love. Imperfect, wild, tame, and (sometimes) bliss. A tale of creating, recreating and finding what is needed and wanted. A play that includes Covid without it being centerstage. The relationships take that honor. Gorgeous, imaginative play.

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JULES: Mid-20s, she/her/hers, multi-media stop motion video artist with a prickly exterior and marshmallowy center. Don’t call her cute.

PANDA: Like 5 in human years, gender irrelevant, a black and white cat. Very cute, but this is also irrelevant.

WILLA: Early 30s, she/her/hers, Jules’ older sister, 6 months pregnant at the start of the play, a teacher ready for summer vacation, genuinely doing her best all the damn time and it’s exhausting.

PETE: Late 30s, he/him/his, nature photographer/videographer, community college instructor, and Philly-accented free-spirit.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Year 2022

Production History

Awards

  • Non-Equity Jeff Award for Best New Work
    Jeff Awards
    Winner
    2024