Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Greg Hubbard
Produced by John Ribovich

Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., on behalf of The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

An Actors' Equity Association approved project.

Cast:

John T. Aney (Gooper) is happy to be making his debut at Calaveras Rep. John holds an MA from Indiana University and a certification in Acting and Directing from the Moscow Art Theatre. Recent South Bay performances include Gordon in Nieville's Island, Bernard in Arcadia, Tony in This Day and Age, and Sir Jasper Fidget in The Country Wife. A native Oregonian, John was one of the founding members of Tyger's Heart Shakespeare Company in Portland.

Jack Codd (Rev. Tooker) last appeared at Calaveras Rep. in A Midsummer Night's Dream in the roles of Ageus and Starveling. He has performed at many Northern California Theatres, including the Noh Space and The Cable Car Theatre. Jack received his B. A. in Theatre from SFSU.

Ron Evans* (Big Daddy) was seen most recently as Baptista in the Center Repertory Theatre production of The Taming of the Shrew and as Pa Joad in the TheatreWorks production of The Grapes of Wrath. Ron has performed at many other Bay Area theatres including the California Shakespeare Festival at Lake Tahoe and the Aurora Theatre Company. He has recently returned from performing in The Music Man with the Cherry County Playhouse in Muskegon, Michigan.

James G. Mantell (Doc Baugh) is making his first appearance with Calaveras Rep. He has performed with the Menlo Players Guild and the Festival Theatre Ensemble, where he recently appeared as Aegeon in The Comedy of Errors, Cleon in Perecles, and Gonzalo in The Tempest.

Phoebe Moyer* (Big Mama) is the winner of three Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards and two Dean Goodman Choice Awards. She has performed for TheatreWorks, Theater Artists of Marin, Marin Theatre Company, College of Marin, American Citizen's Theatre, Pacific Alliance, Sierra Rep, Marin Shakespeare Company, Willows Theatre, and others. Her favorite roles include Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Maria Callas in Master Class, and Daisy Werthen in Driving Miss Daisy.

Chris Pflueger* (Brick) has been acting in the Bay Area for the last four years. Recently he has been seen in Sex Club Shakespeare's All Well That Ends Well, Last Planet Theatre's The Lament of the Wolfbat, and SF Shakespeare Festival's touring version of The Taming of the Shrew. He also has taken a leading role in the film Coffee and Language, which is showing at film festivals around the country. Chris holds a Master's degree in Japanese Literature.

Eryka Raines (Mae) is appearing in her first show with Calaveras Rep. She has previously performed with Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival, ACT, and Word for  Word, with whom she recently toured France.

Deborah Taylor* (Maggie) is pleased to be making her first appearance with CRT in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Locally she has worked at San Jose Stage, TheatreWorks, Center Repertory Theatre, The Actor's Theatre, Columbia Actor's Repertory, and The Willows Theatre. She is a graduate of Drama Studio London and The Shakespeare Studio, London. She was recently seen at Murphy's Creek playing Desdemona in Othello and Celia in As You Like It.

*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

This production and our other programs are funded in part by Arts Council Silicon Valley, California Arts Council, California Casualty Group, City of Milpitas, Community Foundation Silicon Valley, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, San Jose Mercury News, Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund.

Thanks to these Patrons for their Support:

Anne Bodine, Patrick Chan, Annie Cheung, Krystin Ha, Marina Jaquez, Megan Jaquez, Kimberly Jew, Phyllis Kizer, Annamarie Lagerstrom, Elaine Lee, Tricia Lowe, Geri Madden, Tom and Betty Malcolm, Sadia Mohsin, Vineeth Narayanan, Michael Nguyen, Tien Nguyen, Han Pham Sherry Ray, Nawal Stanojevic, Bruce Sudweeks, Vicki and Dave Thomas, Adrienne Traubenik, Linda Vrabel, An Vu, Kevan Wang, Rich and Geri Watson, Jonathan Yani.

Special Thanks to:

Lee Sankowich at Marin Theatre Company, Erin Kehr at TheatreWorks, Judy Berlin at Kids On Camera!, Show Off Kids, APA Talent, Michelle Loudon at West Bay Opera, Glenn Hubbard, Phil Smith, Mike Henshaw, Kay Thornton, Joe Ragey, Bay Area Mattress Co., Rainey's TV, Los Altos Youth Theatre, The City of Los Altos, Fred Alim and Tom Gough.