Seed Theatre’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Directed by Mixy Mixon

Desire. Shame. Family. Truth. And all the things we refuse to say out loud.

Seed Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Mixy Mixon, a queer theatre artist whose own artistic journey is uniquely connected to Tennessee Williams and his legacy. Mixon was one of the first recipients of the Tennessee Williams Fellowship, funding that helped make their education possible and supported their pursuit of degrees in Theatre and Women’s & Gender Studies. Now, years later, Mixon returns to Williams’ work from the other side of that education—not only as a director and theatre-maker, but as a queer artist examining the work of a queer playwright whose stories were shaped by an era when so much could not safely be said aloud.

That perspective is particularly powerful in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

At the center of the play are Brick and Maggie, a marriage fractured by grief, resentment, desire, and silence. As the Pollitt family gathers at their Mississippi estate, questions of inheritance and legacy collide with sexuality, masculinity, repression, and the carefully constructed lies people tell in order to survive.

Under Mixon’s direction, the queerness at the heart of Brick’s story—and his relationship with Skipper—is not relegated to the margins. Instead, this production examines what Williams was able to put on the page, what his time and circumstances forced into subtext, and what contemporary queer artists and audiences can recognize more openly today.

For Mixon, directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof also represents a remarkable full-circle moment: an artist whose education was made possible, in part, through funding bearing Tennessee Williams’ name now brings their own education, lived experience, and queer perspective to one of his most enduring works.

Sultry, intimate, volatile, and deeply human, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof asks what happens when a family builds its life around things that cannot be spoken—and what it costs to finally tell the truth.

This production also continues Seed Theatre’s commitment to powerful storytelling that refuses to look away from difficult truths. Throughout our season, we choose stories that ask audiences to wrestle with identity, power, belonging, family, injustice, and the complicated ways people fight to be fully themselves. Whether through contemporary queer voices or a classic work viewed through a new lens, Seed believes theatre is at its most powerful when it does more than entertain—it gives us language for the things we have been taught not to say, makes space for stories pushed to the margins, and invites us to see one another more fully.

Seed Theatre’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Directed by Mixy Mixon

Desire. Shame. Family. Truth. And all the things we refuse to say out loud.

Seed Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Mixy Mixon, a queer theatre artist whose own artistic journey is uniquely connected to Tennessee Williams and his legacy. Mixon was one of the first recipients of the Tennessee Williams Fellowship, funding that helped make their education possible and supported their pursuit of degrees in Theatre and Women’s & Gender Studies. Now, years later, Mixon returns to Williams’ work from the other side of that education—not only as a director and theatre-maker, but as a queer artist examining the work of a queer playwright whose stories were shaped by an era when so much could not safely be said aloud.

That perspective is particularly powerful in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

At the center of the play are Brick and Maggie, a marriage fractured by grief, resentment, desire, and silence. As the Pollitt family gathers at their Mississippi estate, questions of inheritance and legacy collide with sexuality, masculinity, repression, and the carefully constructed lies people tell in order to survive.

Under Mixon’s direction, the queerness at the heart of Brick’s story—and his relationship with Skipper—is not relegated to the margins. Instead, this production examines what Williams was able to put on the page, what his time and circumstances forced into subtext, and what contemporary queer artists and audiences can recognize more openly today.

For Mixon, directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof also represents a remarkable full-circle moment: an artist whose education was made possible, in part, through funding bearing Tennessee Williams’ name now brings their own education, lived experience, and queer perspective to one of his most enduring works.

Sultry, intimate, volatile, and deeply human, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof asks what happens when a family builds its life around things that cannot be spoken—and what it costs to finally tell the truth.

This production also continues Seed Theatre’s commitment to powerful storytelling that refuses to look away from difficult truths. Throughout our season, we choose stories that ask audiences to wrestle with identity, power, belonging, family, injustice, and the complicated ways people fight to be fully themselves. Whether through contemporary queer voices or a classic work viewed through a new lens, Seed believes theatre is at its most powerful when it does more than entertain—it gives us language for the things we have been taught not to say, makes space for stories pushed to the margins, and invites us to see one another more fully.

Seed Theatre’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Directed by Mixy Mixon

Desire. Shame. Family. Truth. And all the things we refuse to say out loud.

Seed Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Mixy Mixon, a queer theatre artist whose own artistic journey is uniquely connected to Tennessee Williams and his legacy. Mixon was one of the first recipients of the Tennessee Williams Fellowship, funding that helped make their education possible and supported their pursuit of degrees in Theatre and Women’s & Gender Studies. Now, years later, Mixon returns to Williams’ work from the other side of that education—not only as a director and theatre-maker, but as a queer artist examining the work of a queer playwright whose stories were shaped by an era when so much could not safely be said aloud.

That perspective is particularly powerful in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

At the center of the play are Brick and Maggie, a marriage fractured by grief, resentment, desire, and silence. As the Pollitt family gathers at their Mississippi estate, questions of inheritance and legacy collide with sexuality, masculinity, repression, and the carefully constructed lies people tell in order to survive.

Under Mixon’s direction, the queerness at the heart of Brick’s story—and his relationship with Skipper—is not relegated to the margins. Instead, this production examines what Williams was able to put on the page, what his time and circumstances forced into subtext, and what contemporary queer artists and audiences can recognize more openly today.

For Mixon, directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof also represents a remarkable full-circle moment: an artist whose education was made possible, in part, through funding bearing Tennessee Williams’ name now brings their own education, lived experience, and queer perspective to one of his most enduring works.

Sultry, intimate, volatile, and deeply human, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof asks what happens when a family builds its life around things that cannot be spoken—and what it costs to finally tell the truth.

This production also continues Seed Theatre’s commitment to powerful storytelling that refuses to look away from difficult truths. Throughout our season, we choose stories that ask audiences to wrestle with identity, power, belonging, family, injustice, and the complicated ways people fight to be fully themselves. Whether through contemporary queer voices or a classic work viewed through a new lens, Seed believes theatre is at its most powerful when it does more than entertain—it gives us language for the things we have been taught not to say, makes space for stories pushed to the margins, and invites us to see one another more fully.

King of Drag S2 Watch Part + All King Drag Show

Oops! All Kings is coming to Barking Legs on September 20th! Bring your ones and get ready to party with us as we stream the premiere  of King of Drag Season 2, followed by an all Drag King show starring some of your favorite local performers.

Admission: $15

Doors: 8:00pm

Watch Party: 9:00pm

Drag Show: 10:00pm

Sunday, September 20th

Barking Legs Theater

1307 Dodds Ave

Queens for a Cause (18+)

Drag Benefit Extravaganza- all proceeds go to surgery for Evelyn. Tickets are $10 at the door. Tickets on sale soon!

Spit in Your Face

When Tom Leary, Artistic Director of the San Francisco People’s Theatre, commits to making his company more inclusive, he hires the brilliant, and controversial, Mexican director Fernando Calderón to devise a “groundbreaking” new production guaranteed to shake audiences out of their seats.

Enter Liliana Tzintzún, a young Mexican American costume intern suddenly thrust into the role of assistant to the director, and into the center of a creative process brimming with ambition, ego, good intentions, and explosive questions.

Witty, provocative, and unflinchingly honest, Spit in Your Face asks: Who gets to tell whose story and at what cost?

About The Silent Light

Founded in 2015 by Michael Formanski, The Silent Light is a musical endeavor that breathes new life into classic silent films through the power of heavy metal. Formanski, composer and film director, crafts each score drawing from the dark and intense realms of black metal, doom metal, and original fantasy soundtracks with influences such as The Body, Sunn O))), Emperor, Summoning, and Nobuo Uematsu.

The Silent Light’s performances transform silent films like Metropolis, Faust, and Nosferatu into contemporary masterpieces with their haunting and powerful metal scores. They continue to push the boundaries of what silent film scoring can be, inviting audiences to experience the classics in a way they never have before.

Barking Legs Theater will have two showings of Silent Light's performances. At 7:30 pm will be the first showing of Faust. At 9:30 pm there will be a showing of A Page of Madness. Each show is sold separately, or you can purchase a Double Feature ticket for a discounted price.