Aubrey Plaza’s latest directorial venture is an animated series about a cat named Kevin
The series, directed and co-created by the Delaware native, will play on Prime Video. She also voices a character in the show.
Delaware native Aubrey Plaza’s new adult animated series, Kevin, is set to premiere on April 20.
The Prime Video comedy, written and executive produced by Plaza, was co-created by the Parks and Recreation actress and Joe Wengert, who also serves as showrunner. All eight episodes will drop together in more than 240 countries and territories.
The streamer also revealed the show’s title sequence, which features the original song, “I’m Coming Home,” performed by actor Jason Schwartzman who plays a lead role in the series. Schwartzman co-wrote the song with series composer Dan Romer.
The show follows a cat named Kevin who leaves his humans after their unexpected breakup, and moves into a pet rescue in Astoria, Queens. He joins a “chaotic band of misfit animals,” who help him figure out what he “truly wants out of life,” according to the series logline.
Schwartzman voices Kevin and Plaza voices Dana, one half of the broken-up couple Kevin leaves behind.
The stacked cast includes Whoopi Goldberg as Cupcake, John Waters as Armando, and comedian Aparna Nancherla as Judy. They each play Kevin’s new cat roommates at the local pet rescue, which is run by Seth (Gil Ozeri) and his dog Brandi (Amy Sedaris).
Plaza, a Wilmington native, who started out performing improv and sketch comedy at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, first rose to stardom playing the deadpan but hilarious April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation.
Plaza has previously produced (and starred in) The Little Hours, the 2020 Black Bear, and the 2022 crime film, Emily the Criminal. She made her directorial debut in the 2021 series Cinema Toast, directing and writing the episode, “Quiet Illness.”