This is a gripping and intensely moving play, a play that can hold its own with anything written in the post-O'Neill American theater…Brilliant scenes, scenes of sudden and lashing dramatic power, break open…There is, indeed, no one moment in the evening when the stinging accuracy of Mr. Williams' ear for human speech is not compellingly in evidence…Mr. Williams is the man of our time who comes closest to hurling the actual blood and bone of life onto the stage; he is also the man whose prose comes closest to being an incisive natural poetry.- NY Times
Synopsis
In what is possibly Tennessee Williams’ most famous and well-loved dramas of the modern theatre, Maggie and Brick are trying to survive the ever present tension when Brick’s family gets together to celebrate Big Daddy’s 65th birthday. As the family members jockey for power and favoritism, secrets are exposed and weaknesses and insecurities are put to the test. In this latest version of the timeless drama, emotions have never been laid more bare and we have never felt so close to these beautifully flawed characters. Come on in, Maggie the Cat awaits.
CAST LIST:
Jason Cook (BRICK)
Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE)
Rick Kopps (BIG DADDY)
Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA)
Hillary Weintraub (MAE)
Keith Bush (GOOPER)
Taylor Goss (REVEREND TOOKER)
Jim Perham (DOCTOR BAUGH)
Sophia Zavala (TRIXIE)
Bella Dorman (POLLY)
PERFORMANCE PHOTOS:
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 1: Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Jason Cook (BRICK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 2: Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Jason Cook (BRICK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 3: Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Hillary Weintraub (MAE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 4: Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA), Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 5: Bella Dorman (POLLY), Keith Bush (GOOPER), Hillary Weintraub (MAE), Sophia Zavala (TRIXIE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 6: Rick Kopps (BIG DADDY), Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 7: Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Sophia Zavala (TRIXIE), Bella Dorman (POLLY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 8: Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Jason Cook (BRICK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 9: Rick Kopps (BIG DADDY), Jason Cook (BRICK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 10: Rick Kopps (BIG DADDY), Jason Cook (BRICK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 11: Taylor Goss (REVEREND TOOKER), Jim Perham (DOCTOR BAUGH), Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA), Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 12: Jim Perham (DOCTOR BAUGH), Keith Bush (GOOPER), Taylor Goss (REVEREND TOOKER), Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA), Hillary Weintraub (MAE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 13: Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMMA), Keith Bush (GOOPER)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (MAINSTAGE, Feb. 26th – Mar. 26, 2022)
PHOTO 14: BACK ROW: Taylor Goss (REVEREND TOOKER), Keith Bush (GOOPER), Rick Kopps (BIG DADDY), Jason Cook (BRICK), Jim Perham (DOCTOR BAUGH)
FRONT ROW: Bella Dorman (POLLY), Hillary Weintraub (MAE), Michelle Miller-Day (BIG MAMA), Gaelyn Wilkie (MAGGIE), Sophia Zavala (TRIXIE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)
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