Your little one is a star, but Broadway hasn’t seen the light… yet.  Next Monday and Tuesday evening, there’s a chance for this budding diva to try out for a starring role in Cat.

That’s right, Cat—singular.  Not even feline. Before you stop reading, remember, many great shows start on the smaller stage.

The Strollers, (www.thestrollers.org) Maplewood’s resident theatre company, is holding auditions for Cat: The Adventures of a Caterpillar.  It’s a new musical by New York City composer David Wolfson, about a singing insect who is too large to escape a fire,  and is left behind all the others rush into an ant hole.  Then, she’s picked up by a passing elephant and suddenly becomes a tiny adventurer in a giant world.

The director/choreographer Carol Cornicelli, is looking for actors ages 10 to 99. Cornicelli, who is also the resident publicist, writes that those auditioning should be prepared to “sing, read, and move.”  The play features some large puppets, manipulated by several cast members.

The tryouts are Monday, December 1st  and Tuesday the 2nd at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts in Maplewood. Call backs are Thursday the 4th. The cast that is chosen will  rehearse through the holidays;  the show opens January 23rd.

Good luck, and don’t forget what happens when a caterpillar sheds its skin. A starring role here might just help reveal the next Broadway butterfly.