Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a searing exploration of desire, lies, and the intense dynamics of family—topics that remain as powerful and relevant today as when the play premiered. Tennessee Williams crafts a world that’s both raw and poetic, pushing the limits of human vulnerability and capturing audiences with its fierce authenticity.
All 1 pm readings are indoors at Grizzly Peak Winery. April 30, May 1-4. $40 ($45 at the door.)
Need access seating? Arrive at the winery by 12:10, and let the reception staff know when you check in. Note that the first row may be reserved as a donor benefit. Large print programs are available at each performance upon request. Grizzly Peak Winery is a mobility accessible venue.
Meet the Artists
Jeffrey King (Big Daddy)
Jeffrey was a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company for 20 seasons where he appeared in more than 50 productions, as well as performing in regional theaters around the country and appearing in television, film and radio. He most recently performed at The Public Theater in New York in Manahatta and Rogue Theater Company in Circle Mirror Transformation. Also Virginia Stage Company as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theater as Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet. Other stage roles include: Dick Fuld and Peter Minuit at Yale Repertory Theatre's east coast premiere of Manahatta; Roger in the world premiere of Mother Road; John Heminges in The Book of Will; Henry IV in Henry IV, Pt. 1 and Henry IV, Pt 2; Bolingbroke in Richard II; Flip Benham in Roe; Henry II in The Lion in Winter; Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra; Clarence in Richard III; Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire; Claudius in Hamlet; Achilles in Troilus and Cressida; Antonio in The Tempest; Belarius in Cymbeline; Steve Heidebrecht in August: Osage County; Wagner in Room Service; Beralde in Imaginary Invalid. He originated the role of Joe Pitt in Angels in America, first performed at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco and later at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Other theaters at which he has worked include Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, The Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Empty Space Theatre in Seattle, Marin Theatre Company, The Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville and The Asolo Theatre in Sarasota. Film and television credits include: According to Jim, ER, Chicago Hope, Wings, Beverly Hills 90210, The Practice, Mars Attacks! with Jack Nicholson, That Darn Cat with Christina Ricci, Clean Slate with Dana Carvey, among others. He received his MFA in acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory.
Daniel Molina (Brick)
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Recent credits: Prince Hal/Henry V in The Histories (The Guthrie Theater) A Christmas Carol (The Goodman Theatre), The Liar, Romeo and Juliet (American Players Theatre), Fish in the Dark (Broadway), five seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Film: The Yellow Birds Awards: National Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Alejandra Escalante (Maggie)
OFF-BROADWAY: Dying City (Second Stage) REGIONAL: Simona’s Search (Hartford Stage); The Cherry Orchard, 2666, Upstairs Concierge, Measure for Measure, Song for the Disappeared (Goodman Theatre); Henry V, All’s Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Taming of the Shrew (American Players Theatre); The Odyssey, Othello (American Repertory Theater); Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater); The Excavation of Mary Anning, Another Word for Beauty, Fingersmith (New York Stage and Film); Darwin In Malibu (Washington Stage Guild). In six seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Tenth Muse, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Wrinkle in Time, The Tempest, Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Othello and Love’s Labor’s Lost. Education: BFA from Boston University.
Lili Fuller (Mae)
Lili is a choreographer, director, writer, and actor. She was the choreographer for RTC’s Stones in His Pockets and the assistant director, choreographer, and intimacy coordinator for Heisenberg. She has worked with the Geffen Playhouse, Rogue Machine Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, ETC Theatre Company, The Pico Playhouse, Gay Men’s Chorus of LA, Varsity Vocals, and Musical Theatre Repertory, among others, and has choreographed over 30 plays and musicals for the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her work has been featured on the stages of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Royce Hall, and the Beacon Theatre. Lili was the co-founder and artistic director of the Ovation winning Boom Kat Dance Theatre and has developed two TV series with her husband, Joe Sofranko, for FOX and Netflix. lilifuller.com
Tony DeBruno (Doctor Baugh)
In 26 seasons at OSF: Fennyman and Ensemble in Shakespeare in Love; Justice Shallow in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Duke of York in Richard II; Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls; Pisanio in Cymbeline; Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet; Provost in Measure for Measure; Charlie Aiken in August: Osage County; Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing; Sam Katz in Paradise Lost; Brabantio, Gratiano in Othello; Alfieri in A View from the Bridge; Zangler in On the Razzle; Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank; Harry Binion in Room Service; George Pye in Humble Boy; Mitch Vine, Ira Kirschenbaum in Continental Divide (OSF; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, England; The Barbican); Gloucester in King Lear; Peppino in Saturday, Sunday, Monday; Shylock in The Merchant of Venice; Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing; Zeizel in Vilna’s Got a Golem; Charley in Death of a Salesman; Uncle Morty in Awake and Sing!; Sam Truman in Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Dr. Gibbs in Our Town; Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves; Black Swan Lab (2010). Other theatres: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Shakespeare St. Louis, others. Education: MA, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Jamie Newcomb (Reverend Tooker)
Jamie is happy to be back at Rogue Theater Company after playing Sheriff Deon Gilbeau in RTC’s 2024 reading of August: Osage County. Other theaters: The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing. San Diego Rep: Honky, Zoot Suit, Brooklyn Boy, The Illusion. North Coast Rep: The Homecoming, Christmas Carol (as told by one man who cares - Streamed), How the Other Half Loves. Cygnet Theatre: Roy Cohn in Angels in America (Craig Noel award). Other Theatre: OSF (14 seasons), Denver Center Theatre (nine seasons), The Public Theatre, B.A.M. Utah Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare & Company (founding member), The Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, Missouri Rep, Arizona Theatre Co., and Geva Theatre. Representative roles: Oxford Society Award for Richard III (O.S.F.) Drama Logue Award for Touchstone, (S.S.C.), Coriolanus, Iago, Bottom, Feste, and The Duke in Measure for Measure. T.V.: “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle,” “Honky” (P.B.S.), and “I Want To Keep My Baby” (CBS). Film: “Lone Wolf”. Directing: Much Ado, Midsummer (USD Graduate Program), Lone Star, True West, and Found a Peanut (National Theatre Conservatory). Fight Director: SD Rep, SD Opera, The Old Globe, L.J.P. , O.S.F., Chicago Shakes, Idaho Shakes, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Shak&Co. Continuing Lecturer: U.C.S.D. Graduate Theatre Program.
Barret O’Brien (Gooper)
Barret appears twice in RTC’s 2025 season, also playing Gooper in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He played Little Charlie Aiken in RTC’s 2024 reading of August: Osage County. Barret is an actor committed to creating work that is gentle on Earth's natural resources. He's appeared in over eighty plays and films from off-Broadway to tiny, poetic theatres in Europe you've never heard of but would most definitely dig. Recent projects include Above the Trees (Joma Films), The Long Long Night (Duplass Brothers Films), Hamlet (ANPF), Scapino (Camelot Theater), and The Lemurian Candidate (Crossing Bridges Films). Education: Yale School of Drama
Ellen D. Williams (Big Mama)
Ellen is a multi-hyphenated artist who grew up in Los Angeles, Ca. She is most known for her recurring work as Patrice on the hit CBS comedy, How I Met Your Mother, and Nicole Baskets playing opposite Zach Galifianakis on the FX dramedy, Baskets. Other credits include: Barry, Bless This Mess, Superstore, I’m Sorry, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Life in Pieces, The Mindy Project, Criminal Minds, The Real O’Neals, Pitch, and Kevin From Work. A theatre graduate of California State University, Long Beach, Ellen has also performed regionally in theatres in Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, and most recently for The Ashland New Plays Conference and Ojai Playwrights Conference. She is an ABC Talent Showcase Alum from the Los Angeles cast of 2008. Years later she joined as a director from 2012-2014. After a four-year hiatus she returned in 2019 and in 2020 was one of three directors who directed in an all virtual platform. Currently, Ellen is working on selling a pilot she wrote about her unique bi-racial, Filipino American experience. She is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity. Ellen is represented by Entertainment Lab in LA/NY and Luciano/Reeves Talent. IG and tiktok: theellendwilliams Twitter: ellendwilliams
Domenique Lozano (Director)
Domenique appeared in RTC’s procuction of Gidion’s Knot. She is a west coast based director, actress, and educator. She was a resident artist with the American Conservatory Theater, (ACT) for 15 years, where she served as a core faculty member and director in the MFA Program, a director and teacher in the Young Conservatory and Studio ACT Programs, and the resident director of the main stage production of A Christmas Carol. Directing work at ACT also includes MFA productions of Fuente Ovejuna, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Sueno, The Skin of Our Teeth, as well as the world premieres of Staying Wild and Home Front. Domenique was an associate artist with the California Shakespeare Theater (CST) and has performed leading roles in over 20 productions, as well as serving as master vocal and text coach on numerous productions. Additional acting credits include work with the ACT, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Repertory Company, San Jose Repertory Theatre, San Jose Stage Company, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). She served on the Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies faculty at UC Berkeley as both a teacher of acting and as a director. Directing credits there include Tartuffe, Curly Fries, a webisode series, and Men on Boats. Acting credits include work with CST where she was an Associate Artist, ACT, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, CenterRep, and OSF. Domenique has also taught at UC Davis, Saint Mary’s College, Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, CST, Las Positas and Solano Colleges. She is currently an adjunct faculty at Southern Oregon University, where she teaches acting. AT SOU, she directed The Wolves in 2023, and will direct The Merry Wives of Windsor in 2025.
Tennessee Williams (Playwright)
Williams was one of America’s most prolific and important playwrights. His prodigious output included The Glass Menagerie (NY Drama Critics Award 1944), A Streetcar Named Desire (New York Drama Critics Award, Pulitzer Prize 1947), Summer and Smoke (1948), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Camino Real (1953), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (New York Drama Critics Award, Pulitzer Prize 1955), Orpheus Descending (1957), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), Night of the Iguana (1961), The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (1963), Out Cry (1973), Vieux Carre (1977), A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1979), and Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981).
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SEASON SPONSORS
Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley, Carolyn Mandell, George Paige, Donna Ritchie, Stan Schiffman, and Dick and Elaine Sweet