February 11, 2005

Theatre Arts Presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Feb. 25-27 & March 4-6

Kara Addington as Maggie and Scott Scaffidi as Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Nazareth College's Theatre Arts Department is bringing the Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to the stage of Nazareth College's Arts Center Studio 48. Beginning on Friday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m., the cast also performs the play on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m., Feb. 27 at 2 p.m., and the following weekend of March 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. For tickets and more information, call the Nazareth College Box Office at (585) 389-2170 or visit www.naz.edu. General admission tickets are $9 for adults, $8 for students, and $6 for senior citizens.

Charged with verbal pyrotechnics, savage humor, and sexual friction, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is Tennessee Williams's explosive portrait of a Mississippi family in turmoil. While millionaire patriarch Big Daddy refuses to admit he is dying of cancer, his oldest son Gooper and daughter-in-law Mae secretly scheme to secure their inheritance. Meanwhile, his favorite son Brick, a dejected former football star, climbs inside a whisky bottle for solace, threatening his marriage to the sensuous Maggie. As Maggie "the Cat" fights to win back her husband and preserve the family fortune, Big Daddy learns the painful truth about his illness and the shocking secret behind Brick's sullen and abusive behavior.

The cast and their hometowns are as follows: Kara Addington of Scotia, N.Y. (Maggie); Lindsey Coe of Oneida, N.Y. (Mae); Emily Dorsey of Penfield, N.Y. (Daisy, a servant); Molly Harrington of Old Forge, N.Y. (Big Mama); Peter Howard of Forest Hills, N.Y. (Reverend Tooker); Matt Moos of Bourne, Mass. (Big Daddy); Stephanie Sacco of Naples, N.Y. (Sookie, a servant); Scott Scaffidi of Middleton, Mass. (Brick); Nicholas Templeton of Rochester, N.Y. (Gooper) and Joel Wilbur of Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Doctor Baugh).

Contact: Julie Long
E-Mail: jlong2@naz.edu
Phone: (585) 389-2456