Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
directed by Will Britton
Thurs.-Sat., Jan. 17-Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
Left to right: Michael Catlin, Anne-Sophie Grenier, David Slack, Helen Bretzke, Garrett McCrea, Desmond Kerr, Katie Kerr, Annika Swackhammer, Beau Cassibo, Tessa Vaillancourt, Penny Nash, Kevin Shipley
Damien Schaefer and Anne-Sophie Grenier |
In a plantation house, the Pollitt family celebrates the 65th birthday of the family patriarch, Big Daddy. The mood is sombre, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.
Damien Schaefer and Michael Catlin |
Younger son Brick's drinking is out of control, and has already led to his breaking his ankle while trying to jump hurdles at the high school athletic field where he was once star. His marriage to Maggie is in trouble, in part because of her affair with his childhood friend Skipper. But the real root of their problems, or at least of Brick's, may lie in the relationship between Brick and Skipper.
Swarming around Maggie and Brick are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son.
The original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened at the Morosco Theater on March 24, 1955, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in that year. London's West End production opened January 30, 1958. There have been many productions since including several Broadway and West End revivals.
Cast |
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| Brick | Damien Schaefer |
| Margaret | Anne-Sophie Grenier |
| Big Daddy | Michael Catlin |
| Big Mama | Penny Nash |
| Gooper | Garrett McCrea |
| Mae | Helen Bretzke |
| Reverend Tooker | David Slack |
| Doctor Baugh | Kevin Shipley |
| Buster | Beau Cassibo |
| Dixie | Tessa Vaillancourt |
| Trixie | Annika Swackhammer |
| Sonny | Desmond Kerr |
| Polly | Katie Kerr |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Angie Roberts Elizabeth Taylor |
| Director | Will Britton |
| Stage Manager | Alexandra Cooper |
| Asst. Stage Managers | Katie Flower-Smith Suzanne Kerr |
| Set Design & Chief Carpenter | Dave Kearney |
| Lighting Design | David. L. Smith |
| Sound Design &: Operator | Michael Gourgon |
| Lighting Operator | Alexandra Cooper |
| Costume Design | Krista Berg |
| Props & Set Dressing | Adrian Cooper |
| Scenic Artist | Patty Halligan |
| Artistic Consultant | Cassel Miles |
| Set Construction | Dave Kearney Anne-Marie Bergman Dave Oliver Reeg Brockwell Dan Milling William Kerr Cory Burns Steve VanVolingburgh Chris McKinnon James Gow Lorna Jodoin Rick Jodoin Grant Buckler D.T. McNichol |
| Lobby Photography | Ian Malcolm |
| Archival Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Lobby Art Curator | Liz Schell |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Steve Powell |