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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Auditions

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Audition Details for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

by Tennessee Williams

Director Allyson Sands (fka Good) seeks diverse, dynamic actors for WDL’s  production of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Performances will be March 6-15, 2026.

 

Auditions will be held Saturday 11/8 from 2-6 pm, Monday 11/10 from 6-9 pm.

Callbacks are Wednesday 11/12  6-9pm by invitation only.

 

This play is a tour de force for actors - emotionally rich, character-driven, and laced with biting Southern wit. From explosive confrontations to haunting moments of vulnerability, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof offers challenging, dynamic roles that demand emotional depth, physical presence, and fearless honesty. Whether you're drawn to the tortured silence of Brick, the fire of Maggie, the dominance of Big Daddy, the denials of Big Momma, the manipulation of Gooper and Mae, or the quiet circling of the servants, this play offers performers a chance to sink their teeth into complex, unforgettable roles and dive headfirst into this masterpiece.

 

Time: 1955

Place: A plantation home in the Mississippi Delta

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Southern dialect will be used

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Content warnings: Sexual themes, alcohol abuse, intense language and arguments, and family emotional cruelty

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AUDITION DETAILS

Please read the play. Copies are available at libraries and on the internet

 

Please prepare one of the following monologues or scenes from the play for the character you are auditioning for:

 

Callbacks are by invitation only. Sides will be sent via email for preparation.

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CHARACTERS

  • Margaret Pollitt - “Maggie”

    • Mid 20’s - Early 30’s

    • A beautiful, passionate woman whose vibrant attractiveness has raised her from poverty to the wife of the son of a rich businessman. Her husband has physically and emotionally withdrawn from her, and she is desperate to renew their sexual relationship. She is willing to lie to remain his wife. Actress must be comfortable performing part of the show in a full slip.
       

  • Brick Pollitt

    • Mid to late 20’s - early 30’s

    • The favored son of a plantation owner, he is slipping into alcoholic oblivion after the death of his soulmate/friend. Despite his “weakness” he is a truth teller fighting the many lies his family is built on.
       

  • Harry Pollitt - “Big Daddy”

    • 50’s - mid 60’s 

    • A force of nature – a vulgar, selfish, brash multi-millionaire cotton tycoon. He openly favors Brick. Despite physical issues he’s been given a clean bill of health by his doctor and feels empowered to grab the passion and joy that’s been absent from his life. Married to a woman he despises to elevate him in society.
       

  • Ida Pollitt “Big Mama”

    • 50’s - mid 60’s

    • Married to Big Daddy. She is silly, crude, and lives a life of pretense that her husband loves her despite his ill treatment of her. She, too, favors Brick over his brother. She has let herself go physically and has surrendered her dignity to maintain peace in the lie that is her marriage.
       

  • Gooper Pollitt “Brother Man”

    • Mid 30’s - early 40’s 

    • Brick’s older, lawyer brother.  He deeply resents Brick’s status as the “favored son.” He has taken satisfaction in Big Daddy’s declining health and deliberately schemes to take over Big Daddy’s estate.
       

  • Mae Pollitt “Sister Woman”

    • Mid 30's - Early 40’s

    • Gooper’s wife.  Mother of 5 children with one on the way. From a once rich family that helped make Gooper successful, she holds that over his head. Very jealous of Maggie’s beauty and Big Daddy’s doting on her. She goes to great, embarrassing lengths to appear the loving daughter-in-law while all the while viciously conspiring with Gooper to ensure they inherit the estate.
       

  • Reverend Tooker 

    • 50's - 60’s 

    • A tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at Big Daddy’s birthday party.  A small town preacher who enjoys the high life as long as someone else pays for it.
       

  • Doctor Baugh

    • 40’s - 50’s

    • Big Daddy’s doctor. Tired from too long in his profession and averse to giving bad news.
       

  • The Children: Dixie, Trixie (girls), Buster, Sonny (boys)

    • Able to pass for Ages 8 - 12

    • Dixie, Buster and Dixie are three of Mae and Gooper's five children. They appear late in Act 1, when Dixie, Buster and Trixie burst in on Maggie and Brick, firing their cap pistols at Maggie. Dixie taunts Maggie for being childless. Mae is using her children to unabashedly trick Big Daddy into believing he is deeply loved by Mae and her family and thus should give them the estate. The children often behave meanly or mischievously when they are not trying to manipulate Big Daddy. They sing happy birthday in Act II.
       

  • Servants:

    • The servants appear throughout the play and have a significant impact on the overall tension of the dysfunctional Pollitt family. 

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  • Lacey

    • 45ish

    • A male servant, butler.
       

  • Sookey

    • 45ish

    • The housekeeper.
       

  • Daisy

    • 30ish

    • A maid. 

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