by: Tenessee Williams 
Directed by Steve Rosenbaum

Tennessee Williams’ 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, holds monumental importance for the LBGTQ+ community as one of the earliest mainstream American plays to center its narrative on repressed homosexuality, internalized homophobia, and the destructive nature of the closet.  Openly gay at a time when few were, Williams wrote CAT at the height of the Lavender Scare, bravely breaking new ground by placing same-sex desire directly onto the Broadway stage. The Bent’s production will explore a new approach to bring to the forefront the secreted desire between Brick and his best friend, Skipper.