Cat coming to Averitt Center

Weekend shows set for famed Tennessee Williams play

Maggie, right, played by Kathryn Burrell, has an animated discussion with her husband, Brick, played by James Brooks, during Wednesday night's dress rehearsal for Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The play, directed by Mical Whitaker and Melinda Roell, will be performed at the Averitt Center for the Arts this weekend. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, followed by a matinee performance on Sunday at 2 p.m. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

W 0223 1 catonahottinroof — Maggie, right, played by Kathryn Burrell, has an animated discussion with her husband, Brick, played by James Brooks, during Wednesday night's dress rehearsal for Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The play, directed by Mical Whitaker and Melinda Roell, will be performed at the Averitt Center for the Arts this weekend. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, followed by a matinee performance on Sunday at 2 p.m. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

Co-directors Mical Whitaker and Melinda Roell will bring Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" to the Emma Kelly Theater this weekend. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. "I've been able to direct 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Stairs to the Roof,' but 'Cat' is one of my favorite Tennessee Williams plays," Whitaker said. "I'm at a point in my career, and in my life, where I have the opportunity to do the projects that I want to do, and this is one I can cross off my bucket list."

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