The 1955 play by Tennessee Williams is set in a plantation home in the Mississippi Delta. Big Daddy Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. He is distressed by the rocky relationship between his beloved son Brick, an aging football hero who has turned to drink, and his beautiful and feisty wife Maggie. As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of Southern gentility slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed, lies and suppressed sexuality reach a boiling point.

“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” originally opened on Mar 24, 1955 at the Morosco under the auspices of The Playwrights’ Company.  Elia Kazan directed a cast starring Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara, Mildred Dunnock, Burl Ives, Madeleine Sherwood & Pat Hingle.