CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jon Heron
WHEN: February 10 – 26. Friday evenings at 8 PM, Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM
WHERE: Playhouse 22 is conveniently located at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center at 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.
TICKETS: $20/adults and $18/seniors and students, and are available online at Playhouse22.org, by calling the Box Office at 732.254.3939 or at the Box Office window.
Because of adult content and language, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is recommended for mature audiences and parental guidance is suggested.
The play is about a powerful Southern family that gathers at a birthday celebration for patriarch Big Daddy, who does not know he is dying of cancer. In a scramble to secure their part of his estate, family members hide the truth about his diagnosis from him and Big Mama. Front and center as tensions mount are alcoholic former football hero Brick and his beautiful but sexually frustrated wife Maggie “the Cat”; as their troubled relationship comes to a stormy and steamy climax, a shockwave of secrets isfinally revealed.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stars Tara Cioletti as Maggie; Zach Chrzan as Brick; Sherry Lilenfeld as Big Mama and Bob Dumpert as Big Daddy. The ensemble features Mike Sundburg as Gooper; Amy Wells as Mae; Pete Trabucco as Rev. Tooker and Ken Paris as Doc Baugh. In addition, Matthew Cox, Caden Dowgin, Genevieve Fabian, Jaime Lewis and Andrew Mercurio appear as the children of the family.
