An American classic by Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is set in the sweltering Mississippi Delta where Brick and his wife Maggie (“the Cat”) are celebrating the birthday of Brick’s father, Big Daddy. But Big Daddy is disturbed and disappointed by the tempestuous relationship between his prized son Brick, an aging football hero who is desperately trying to escape reality, and the beautiful and feisty Maggie. As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of Southern gentility slips away, and long-hidden truths emerge in this powerful, not to be missed, Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.

Directed by Danny Randerson, the cast includes Erin Healani Chung, Danny Randerson, Molly McGivern, David Greene, Jim Thompson, Erin Smith, Cameron Johnson, Ray Ryan, Leo Skelton, and Robin Ziroli.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the second of six monthly staged readings in the Play Reading Series, the Mālama Arts initiative to support excitement and offer opportunity for plays in Hilo. Each month, MA will select a play for local actors to read for a live audience. Staged readings are exciting yet low-pressure opportunities to present actors and audiences with new material. With generous support from the County of Hawai’i and in collaboration with Hilo Community Players, Mālama Arts is pleased to offer the Play Reading Series free of cost.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (AMATEUR PERFORMANCE RIGHTS) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.

www.concordtheatricals.com