Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Austin Shakespeare

Sep. 18 - Sep. 25 (2018)

Experience a new production of Tennessee Williams’ steamy masterpiece, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Williams’ favorite story of ex-football player “Brick,” now alcoholic, who struggles with his strong-willed wife and father. The show features Gwendolyn Kelso as “Maggie the Cat,” who so impressed Austin Shakespeare audiences with her “Blanche Dubois” in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. 

Dangling between the dangers of wealth and poverty, the family’s “Southern discomfort” becomes increasing treacherous as secrets are revealed that have been evaded by mendacity. Written in the 1950s, this script reveals homosexual longings that were not allowed in the Liz Taylor/Paul Newman film. For Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize and a Drama Critics Circle Award. Other well-known characters in the play include Big Daddy, Big Mama, Gooper, Mae and their children, referred to as “no neck monsters.”  

From artistic director Ann Ciccolella:

 

Austin Shakespeare, Professional adult theater company, is seeking THREE boys and girls ages 9-11 to be "No Neck Monsters" in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  
 
Please contact auditions@austinshakespare.org with headshot and resume.
 
Commitment is 4 weeks of rehearsals and 3 weekends of performances at the Long Center's Rollins theater.  Payment is a stipend.
 
First rehearsal is Tues evening Oct. 16.  Youngsters will come once in the first week, twice the second week, four times the third week and then 6 times the final rehearsal week week Mon Thurs Nov. 12-13-15.   Generally rehearsals are evenings and weekends. 7-9:30 pm Tues-Fri. betw 1-5pm Sat and betw 5-9 pm Sundays.
 
Performances are  Wed-Sat nights 7:30 pm and Sundays at 3 pm (usually arrive an hour before).  No performance on Thanksgiving but Wednesday Nov. 21 (the night before) and Wed Nov. 28 as well. Final performance Dec. 2. 
 
Two of the children are supposed to be TWINS if possible.  All have Southern accents.

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