Catherine Parr

* Historical Figure
* Costume 1.0
* Costume 2.0
* Costume 3.0
* Costume 3.1
* Costume 3.2
* Costume 3.3
* Alternate Variation – Black
* Alternate Variation – Blue V1
* Alternate Variation – Blue V2
* Alternate Variation – Blue V3
* Alternate Variation – Blue V4
* Alternate Variation – Orange V1
* Alternate Variation – Orange V2
* Alternate Variation – Silver
* Non-Replica Costume – Poland
* Non-Replica Costume – Hungary

**Catherine Parr** was Queen of England and Ireland from 1543 to 1547 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his sixth and final wife. She is currently being played by Janiq Charles in the West End production of *Six the Musical*, and by Gabriela Carrillo in the Broadway production. In cast recordings, her role was played by Izuka Hoyle and Anna Uzele respectively.

## Cast

* Principals
* Temporary Replacements
* Super Swings
* First Covers
* Second Covers
* Third Covers
* Rehearsal Swings
* Emergency Covers

**Amelia Atherton**  Seventh Bliss Cruise Production

**Rhiannon Bacchus**  Cancelled Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Aja Simone Baitey**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Elena Breschi**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Gabriela Francesca Carrillo**  North American "Aragon" Tour; Third Broadway Production

**Janiq Charles**  Fifth West End Production

**Athena Collins**  Second UK Tour; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Roxanne Couch**  Fourth West End Production

**Viquichele Cross**  First Bliss Cruise Production

**Meghan Dawson**  Third Bliss Cruise Production

**Gallusz Nikolett**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Elèna Gyasi**  Third UK Tour

**Aoife Haakenson**  Fifth UK Tours; Dutch International Tour stop

**Hong Ji-hee**  South Korean Production

**Taylor Iman Jones**  Second Broadway Production

**Natalia Kujawa**  Non-Replica Polish Production

**Izuka Hoyle**  Off-West End Production

**Brennyn Lark**  First Broadway Production

**Eloise Lord**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Amanda Lee**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Megan Leung**  Second Bliss Cruise Production; Fifth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Vidya Makan**  First & Second Australian Tours

**Lauren Mariasoosay**  Canadian Production

**Sydney Parra**  North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Maiya Quansah-Breed**  First UK Tour; First West End Production; 2022 Reunion

**Alana M. Robinson**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Adriana Scalice**  First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Shimali de Silva**  Original Student Production

**Danielle Steers**  Second West End Production; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Meesha Turner**  Third West End Production

**Veres Mónika Nika**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Anna Uzele**  Pre-Broadway Tour; First Broadway Production

**Amelia Walker**  First & Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Jarynn Whitney**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production; Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Joy Woods**  First Broadway Production

**Yoo Ju-hye**  South Korean Production

**Athena Collins**  Second West End Production

**Courtney Mack**  North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Chiara Assetta**  Second Australian Tour

**Ella Burns**  First Australian Tour

**Jennifer Caldwell**  Second West End Production

**Harriet Caplan-Dean**  Fourth & Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Cristina D’Agostino**  Second Australian Tour

**Meg Dixon-Brasil**  Fifth West End Production

**Bryony Duncan**  Second West End Production

**Madeline Fansler**  Second Australian Tour

**Collette Guitart**  First, Second & Third West End Production

**Grace Mouat**  First UK Tour

**Karis Oka**  First & Second Australian Tour

**Natalie Pilkington**  Third & Fifth UK Tour

**Shannen Alyce Quan**  First & Second Australian Tour

**Rachel Rawlinson**  Third & Fourth West End Production; 2022 Reunion

**Esme Rothero**  Third & Fourth West End Production

**Shakira Simpson**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Harriet Watson**  Fourth UK Tour; Third & Fourth West End Production

**Liv Alexander**  Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Gabriella Boumford**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Wesley Carpenter**  Third Broadway Production; First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Marilyn Caserta**  Third Bliss Cruise Production; Second Broadway Production; North American "Aragon" & "Boleyn" Tour

**Ayla Ciccone-Burton**  First, Second & Third Broadway Production

**Roxanne Couch**  Third West End Production

**Csonka Dóra**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Deirdre Dunkin**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Madeline Fansler**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production

**Jana Larell Glover**  North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Keirsten Nicole Hodgens**  First Broadway Production

**Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert**  Pre-Broadway Tour

**Abbi Hodgson**  Fifth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Cherelle Jay**  Third UK Tour

**Kelsee Kimmel**  North American "Aragon" Tour

**Kristina Leopold**  Second & Third Broadway Production

**Hailey Lewis**  Canadian Production

**Hannah Lowther**  Fifth West End Production

**Courtney Mack**  First Broadway Production

**Mallory Maedke**  2020 Broadway Previews

**Giulia Marolda**  Seventh Bliss Cruise Production

**Bethany McDonald**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Kayla McSorley**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Sophie-Rose Middleton**  Second Bliss Cruise Production

**Tamara Morgan**  Fourth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Taylor Pearlstein**  North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Natalie Pilkington**  First Bliss Cruise Production; Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Erin Ramirez**  North American "Aragon" Tour

**Ellie Sharpe**  Second & Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production; Cancelled Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Marta Skrzypczyńska**  Non-Replica Polish Production

**Abigail Sparrow**  Canadian Production

**Courtney Stapleton**  First West End Production

**Hana Stewart**  Second West End Production; First Broadway Production; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Leah Vassell**  Fourth West End Production

**Elizabeth Walker**  First Breakaway Cruise Production

**Harriet Watson**  Second & Third UK Tour; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Monique Ashe-Palmer**  Fourth West End Production

**Paisley Billings**  Third West End Production

**Bryony Duncan**  Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Jennifer Caldwell**  Second & Third UK Tours; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour

**Ellie Jane Grant**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Collette Guitart**  Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Cherelle Jay**  Second West End Production

**Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert**  2020 Broadway Previews

**Courtney Mack**  2020 Broadway Previews

**Vicki Manser**  First West End Production

**Leesa Tulley**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Cassandra Lee**  Second & Third UK Tours; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Zara MacIntosh**  Second West End Production; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Izi Maxwell**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Shekinah McFarlane**  First West End Production

**Grace Melville**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Grace Mouat**  First West End Production

**Danielle Rose**  Third & Fourth West End Production

**Brooke Aneece**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Amy Bridges**  First Bliss Cruise Production

**Lois Ellise**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Maddison Firth**  First Breakaway Cruise Production

**Adrianna Glover**  Third Bliss Cruise Production

**Jaelle Laguerre**  Fifth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Emily Rose Lyons**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Gabbi Mack**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Giulia Marolda**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Kara-Ami McCreanor**  Second Bliss Cruise Production

**Sarah McFarlane**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Jasmine Smith**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Princess Sasha Victomé**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production

**Harriet Caplan-Dean**  Fourth West End Production

**Athena Collins**  Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Elèna Gyasi**  Fourth UK Tour

**Kelsee Kimmel**  First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Toby Marlow**  First West End Production

**Natalie Pilkington**  Third West End Production

**Maiya Quansah-Breed**  Second UK Tour; Second West End Production

**Hana Stewart**  Third UK Tour

**Harriet Watson**  Third West End Production

## Songs

* *Ex-Wives*
* *Ex-Wives (Reprise)*
* *The One You've Been Waiting For*
* *Haus of Holbein*
* *Haus of Holbein (Playoff)* (live only)
* *I Don't Need Your Love*
* *I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)*
* *Six*
* *Megasix*

## Issue

* Mary Seymour (born 30 August 1548, died 1550?)

## Trivia

* Catherine was the goddaughter of Catherine of Aragon, and it is believed that she was named after her godmother.
	+ Catherine Parr's mother, Maud Green, was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon.
* After the death of Henry VIII, Catherine married Thomas Seymour, who was the brother of Henry's third wife Jane Seymour. This would have made the two sisters-in-law.
* Out of all of Henry's queens, he was most closely related to Catherine Parr and Catherine of Aragon.
* Catherine's daughter, Mary Seymour, is the only one of the queens' children that is not mentioned within the show, although most of the children only receive brief mentions.
	+ Although it is widely presumed that Mary died at the age of two since she disappeared from historical record completely after 1550, some historians claim otherwise.
* For swings and alternates that have two first covers, the role of Catherine Parr is most often paired with that of Jane Seymour.
	+ For swings and alternates that have three first covers, the previous pair with the addition of the role of Katherine Howard is the most common.
* Over all, out of the four alternate costumes, the orange costume is most associated with the role of Parr; three out of the four actresses cast as the orange alternate have had Parr as one of their intended first covers.
* Catherine is currently the most common role for swings and alternates to make their show debut as, with ten cast members having debuted as her; those cast members being Courtney Stapleton, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Natalie Pilkington, Harriet Watson, Shannen Quan, Keirsten Hodgens, Marilyn Caserta, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Erin Ramirez, and Cristina D'Agostino.
* Although her name is most commonly spelled as "Catherine" it is also sometimes spelled "Katherine" or "Kathryn"
* Catherine Parr is the only principal role in *Six* which has only been played by women of colour.
* In the musical, Catherine's 'queenspirations' were Alicia Keys and Emeli Sandé.
* In an Instagram story, Toby Marlow stated that if *Six* were to be made into a movie, he would like either Beyoncé or Alicia Keys to play Catherine.
* In the show, Catherine's stage directions and blocking have changed more than any other queen in the show.
* Toby Marlow, one of the show's co-writers, stepped in to play Catherine for both performances on 28 July 2019 due to cast illness.

## References

2. ↑ https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SIX-Composer-Toby-Marlow-Steps-into-the-Role-of-Catherine-Parr-for-Two-Performances-20190729