<Tr> <Th> Catherine "Cathy" Hiatt </Th> <Td> Lauren Kennedy </Td> <Td> Sherie Rene Scott </Td> <Td> Betsy Wolfe </Td> <Td> Anna Kendrick </Td> <Td> Samantha Barks </Td> </Tr> <P> The show debuted at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Illinois in 2001, running from May--July 1 . The production starred Lauren Kennedy as Cathy and Norbert Leo Butz as Jamie . Kennedy had a previous commitment (a role in South Pacific in London) and was replaced by Sherie Rene Scott . Scott, therefore, performed the vocals on the cast recording . </P> <P> The show opened Off - Broadway at the Minetta Theatre on March 2, 2002 and closed May 5, 2002 . Directed by Daisy Prince, Butz and Scott again starred . The production won the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics, as well as receiving Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Actress, Outstanding Orchestrations, and Outstanding Set Design . It also received the Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Actor, and the Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Off - Broadway Musical . </P> <P> The show was revived in 2013 Off - Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre for a limited engagement with Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe in the roles of Jamie and Cathy, respectively . Brown himself directed . In March 2015, Kantor and Wolfe reprised their roles in a two - night - only concert production of the show at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco . </P>

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