“When I write I don’t aim to shock people, and I’m surprised when I do. But I don’t think that anything that occurs in life should be omitted from art, though the artist should present it in a fashion that is artistic and not ugly. I set out to tell the truth. And sometimes the truth is shocking.” — Tennessee Williams

About the play- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“Mendacity is a system that we live in, liquor is one way out an' death's the other” - Brick

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’, potentially one of the most descriptive titles in history, immediately and viscerally sets the tone of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Martin McDonagh is a British-Irish screenwriter, director, and one of the most acclaimed playwrights of our time whose body of work spans over two decades.  As a playwright he is celebrated for his absurdist black humor and incendiary spirit that challenges the modern theatre aesthetic.

LIke a Disease

“I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me.”

– Sam Shepard, Fool For Love

Odds are you can find a bit, if not a lot, of truth in this quote. Maybe you've experienced this sentiment in your life, maybe a specific situation or relationship, past or present, came to the forefront of your mind.