VMT play

The play is nominated for three "Golden Stage Crosses"

VMT invites you to rediscover the iconic American playwright Tennessee Williams and his classic text "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

Director – Christian Weise (Germany) Playwright – Tennessee Williams Dramaturge – Beate Seidel (Germany) Set Designer – Julia Oschatz (Germany) Costume Designer – Josa Marx (Germany) Composer – Jens Dohle (Germany) Sound Director – Vilius Narvilas Lighting Designer – Audrius Jankauskas Special Mechanical Effects – Aistis Kavaliauskas Assistant Costume Designer – Sidas Martinavičius Assistant Director – Andrius Merkevičius Play translated into Lithuanian by Lilija Vanagienė Play translation reviewed and updated by Andrius Merkevičius Translator during rehearsals – Jūratė Sviackevičienė

Cast: MARGARET - Teklė Baroti BRICK - Šarūnas Januškevičius MAE - Gintarė Latvėnaitė-Glušajeva BIG MAMA - Ilona Kvietkutė BIG DADDY - Tomas Rinkūnas REVEREND TOOKER - Balys Latėnas GOOPER - Tomas Kliukas DOCTOR BAUGH - Tomas Stirna LITTLE GIRL - Larisa Kalpokaitė LITTLE BOYS - Jonas Braškys, Mindaugas Capas MUSICIANS: DRUMS - Ignas Kasikauskas GUITAR - Žygimantas Juozas Bačkus

The work was taken on by German director Christian Weise, a talented researcher of bourgeois lifestyle. Like many of T. Williams' works, this one contains the painful experiences of the author himself – alcoholism, homosexual nature, and the attempt to establish oneself and function in society.

The work takes us to the conservative environment of the US Southern states and focuses on a closed space – a cotton plantation, where the owner, Big Daddy, is celebrating his birthday. Big Daddy is terminally ill, but he does not know it yet. A struggle for the inheritance begins among his descendants. His son Gooper, with his wife Mae and spoiled children, plays the part of a happy family and is therefore worthy of the inheritance.

Meanwhile, the other son, Brick, has already withdrawn from the competition for Big Daddy's pot of gold. His wife Maggie tries to persuade him otherwise, but alcoholism and his hidden love for his former teammate, Skipper, force Brick to give up. However, Maggie is the persistent "cat on a hot tin roof," and on top of that, there is Big Daddy's own affection for his fallen son.

Additional information:

N-16: contains profanity, use of smoke.

"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF is presented by special arrangement with The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee."

Prepared for the State Small Theatre of Vilnius in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Lithuania and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.