Debuting on Broadway in 1965, the play, which starred Elliott Gould and Leslie Ann Warren, was pulled by its producers after a handful of performances due to negative reviews.

Now, thanks to musical theatre professor Fred Love, the play will be resurrected on Oakland University’s campus.

“It’s a chance to see something they may not get to see anywhere else,” said Karen Sheridan, the play’s director and an OU professor.

“Drat! The Cat!” is the mystery of a notorious cat burgler who has been robbing members of high society, leaving only his calling card: “So long, Charlie, the Cat strikes again!”

“Drat has brains, intelligence and style, heart, genuine and believable emotion and courage [and] the guts to do something creative and exciting,” Love said.

Sheridan said that she enjoyed the physical comedy and said that the fun feeling of the play drew her to it.

“I like walking into a room of students and seeing how we can make people laugh,” she said. “Plus, the music is so good.”

Since “Drat! The Cat!,” which was written by Ira Levin, who also penned such films as “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Stepford Wives,” hadn’t been performed in 43 years, Sheridan and her cast were briefly impeded due to the fact that the production company didn’t have any printed scripts to give them.

Sheridan is excited to perform in Varner’s small theatre, which allows the action on stage to be performed next to, and around, the audience.

Sheridan is also looking forward to the prospect of debuting a play that everyone in the audience is all but guaranteed to have never seen before.