DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS WE HAVE POSTPONED OUR UPCOMING PRODUCTION UNTIL ADVISED BY THE HSE THAT IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
Until then please stay safe & mind yourself. Thank You for your support over the years.
Clonmel Theatre Guild is delighted to announce our next production will be Tennessee Williams’ iconic play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” directed by Catherine McVicker. It will be staged in the White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel at a future date to be announced.
Tennessee Williams’ heart-wrenching drama examines the undercurrent of deceit holding a wealthy family together while threatening to tear them apart. Over the course of one sultry Mississippi night, the characters’ gentility disappears as accusations of greed, sexual desire, and dishonesty — long repressed — come to the fore. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play (Williams’ self-proclaimed favourite) forces the audience and characters alike to determine what is truth, what is a lie, and which lies have become the truth. The setting for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is a Mississippi plantation during summer in the mid-1950s.
Director Catherine McVicker has chosen a wonderful cast for this play. They are:-
- MARGARET — SUZANNE DUNNE – Known as “Maggie the cat,” wife of Brick, edgy, tense and suspicious of her husband
- BRICK — JOHN MORRIS – Husband of Maggie, once an outstanding athlete, youngest son of Big Daddy and Big Mama
- MAE — JANET MCENTEE – Sometimes called ‘sister woman’ wife of Gooper
- GOOPER — HUGH HENNESSY – Brick’s older brother, sometimes called “Brother man,” a lawyer
- BIG MAMA — SUSAN MOORE – Loud, brash, anxious
- BIG DADDY — EDMOND RYAN – Conflicted, blunt, desires to regain his control after a long sickness
- REVEREND TOOKER — DAVID WALSH – The family’s Parish Pastor
- DOC BAUGH — JIM MALONE – The family doctor
- LACEY & SOOKIE — JENNIFER LYNCH & BARBARA BINCHY – servants
- CHILDREN —BELLA, CHARLIE & CHRIS – Children of Gooper and Mae
We are all very excited about this production and look forward to seeing you in the White Memorial in May.
