The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the two productions leading the 2025/26 Theatre Company season, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and directed by Chris Coleman and The Happiest Man on Earth adapted by Mark St. Germain and directed by Ron Lagomarsino.

“We’re beginning the 2025/26 Theatre Company season with two extraordinary works that speak to the resilience of the human spirit in very different ways,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman.

We open the season with The Happiest Man on Earth, a one-person play based on the best-selling memoir by Eddie Jaku that tells a remarkable story of survival and resilience. Next up in the fall is the timeless American family drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that grips audiences with its raw emotional power and unforgettable characters. These stories are unflinching and deeply human—a perfect way to invite our community to lean into a season of beautifully authentic storytelling. — Chris Coleman, Artistic Director

Kenneth Tigar

The Happiest Man on Earth will star Kenneth Tigar (Fish in the Dark, Broadway) as Eddie Jaku, and Robert Zukerman (The Puppetmaster of Lodz, Blackfriars Theatre) as the Eddie Jaku understudy. The Happiest Man on Earth will be directed by Ron Lagomarsino (Chester Bailey, Irish Repertory Theater), scenic design by James Noone (Three Tall Women, Off-Broadway), costume design by Johanna Pan (Snow in Midsummer, Classic Stage Company), lighting design by Harold Burgess (Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, Signature Theatre), sound design by Brendan Aanes (Fire in Dreamland, Public Theater), produced by Good Soup Entertainment (Just in Time, Broadway), general management by  Evan Bernardin Productions (Immersive Great Gatsby, Immersive Everywhere), and stage management by Sage Hughes (The Suffragette’s Murder, DCPA).

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will feature Noelia Antweiler (Macbeth, Colorado Shakespeare Festival) as Margaret, Adam Hagenbuch (The Thanksgiving Play, Ensemble Theatre) as Brick, Jim Hunt (Enemy of the People, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company) as Reverend Tooker, Mark Rubald (Hamlet, DCPA) as Doctor Baugh, Lenne Klingaman (Waitress, Broadway) as Mae, Leslie Alexander (A Little Night Music, DCPA) as Big Mama, Lawrence Hecht (Twelfth Night, DCPA) as Big Daddy, Matthew Bryan Feld (Rattlesnake Kate, DCPA) as Gooper, Isabel Gorrell (DCPA Debut) as Dixie, Chase Jaquith (DCPA Debut) as Buster, Danika Morin (DCPA Debut) as Polly,  Max Rynerson (DCPA Debut) as Sonny, and Sagely Sloan (DCPA Debut) as Trixie.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be directed by Artistic Director Chris Coleman (Little Shop of Horrors, DCPA), scenic design by Lisa M. Orzolek (Sweet & Lucky: Echo, DCPA), costume design by Kevin Copenhaver (Hamlet, DCPA), lighting design by Robert J. Aguilar (Hotter Than Egypt, DCPA), sound design by Joshua Nguyen (Broke-ology, Kansas City Repertory Theatre), psychodramaturgy by Barbara Hort, PhD (Little Shop of Horrors, DCPA), voice and dialect coaching by Elisa Carlson (Selma, Acadamy Award-nominated), casting by Grady Soapes, CSA (Sweet & Lucky: Echo, DCPA) and Chad Murnane, CSA of Murnane Casting (Little Shop of Horrors, DCPA), and stage management by Brooke Redler (Once on this Island, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park) and Harper Hadley (The Hot Wing King, DCPA).

For information and tickets, visit denvercenter.org. The DCPAccess reduced price ticket on sale for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Happiest Man on Earth will take place on Tuesday, September 9 at noon. Through the DCPAccess program, made possible by citizen support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), the DCPA can provide a limited number of reduced-price tickets to the community to select DCPA productions.