| Description | Cat | Actor In Original Performance |
| Patriarch of the Jellicles, Takes one cat every year to the Heaviside Layer | |
| The show's Narrator, a black and silver tom | |
| Formerly, The Glamour Cat, left the tribe to see the world | |
| The Flirtatious Leopard Spotted tom | |
| Saucy Red Female, Principal Vocalist in 'Macavity' | |
| A Skittish Female, Principal Vocalist in 'Macavity' | |
| The youngest kitten of the tribe, the only one who seems to accept The former Glamour Cat | |
| A black and white tom with magical powers, | |
| The villain of the show, Who has 'broken every human law' and 'breaks the law of gravity' | |
| The Old Gumbie Cat, who has put the cockroaches and mice to work | |
| A motherly cat for the whole tribe, named after T.S. Eliot's own cat, plays Griddlebone as well | |
| The old Theatre cat, known best for his role as Growltiger | |
| | Description | Cat | Actor In Original Performance |
| Half of the nearly identical cat burglar pair, the male | |
| Half of the nearly identical cat burglar pair, the female | |
| The cat about town, A very fat cat, a 'twenty-five pounder' who is 'putting on weight everyday' | |
| The Railway Cat, orange tabby | |
| An entirely white kitten whose dance begins the Jellicle Ball | |
| A black and white, sometimes gold tabby | |
| The abyssinian cat, who was there when 'the Pharaohs commissioned the sphinx' | |
| Playful adult cat, brown and white tabby, a principal chorus dancer | |
| Half of the psychic pair of cats, the male | |
| Half of the psychic pair of cats, the female | |
| A black and white cat with red glowing eyes | |
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