CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Directed by Thomas Ouellette
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
CAT PURRS AT PA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
“This is a fine production, emotionally gripping, often humorous with superb performances in a tightly-wound, fast-paced drama…”
“The PSF production directed by Thomas Ouellette stands on its own.” – Lehigh Valley Press
THIS ‘ROOF’ IS SUPERHEATED
“…a sizzling-fresh production”
“…a fresh staging that literally moves the play in a new direction “
“I’ve seen strident Cats and dark Cats and even a pensive one. But I’ve never been swept away by a Cat as blistering, fast-moving, and simply moving as the production Thomas Ouellette has conjured.”
“And Ouellette’s direction manages to let in a thin ray of something like hope in the final seconds. This Cat doesn’t have claws, it has daggers.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
SHAKESPEARE FEST’S ‘CAT’ IS EXCITING AND TOUCHING
“Director Thomas Ouellette has imbued the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with new blood and new life. Forget every theatre or movie image you have seen of “Maggie the Cat.” This production is one of the most touching I have ever seen.” – The Morning Call
PSF’S SUPERB ‘CAT’ INHABITS A DARWINIAN WORLD
“Over the years, I’ve seen many productions of this play. If I said 20 I’d be close. Included among them were two Broadway interpretations with stellar casts. However I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said that the PSF mounting, running through Aug. 5 on the Main Stage, is the best I’ve ever seen.”
“And frankly, it may be the best staging the festival ever has mounted.”
“Directed with grace, invention and a virulent psychological truth by Thomas Ouellette, this ‘Cat’ doesn’t purr. It growls.”
“Ouellette understand that ‘Cat is about greed and lust and yes, mendacity. But more than that, it’s about survival. And the universe he deftly creates – and in which he stage so beautifully and shrewdly – is a Darwinian world.”
“The acting proves riveting from start to finish, thanks to the skill of the actors but also to Ouellette’s incisive direction.”
“This is the best kind of adult theater: provocative and honest. Always honest. It’s a big step for the festival, which with this season has matured into a world-class event.” – Reading Eagle