The Cat's Meow
TARRANT COUNTY PREMIERE!
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ONSTAGE in Bedford Bedford, Texas
TARRANT COUNTY PREMIERE! Written by Steven Peros. Directed by Mike Hathaway. Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect one notorious weekend on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. Weekend guests include: Charlie Chaplin, who has been carrying on with movie star Marion Davies, a secret known to Davies' paramour, the married – and much older -- Hearst; and movie mogul Thomas Ince, who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership with Hearst. Playing with fire, Ince tries to convince Hearst that he can handle both Marion's movie career... and her private life as well. A darkly comic morality play, laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions, which climaxes in a shocking act of violence. Rated "R" for sexual situations and drug use FRI-SAT @ 8 PM SUN @ 3 PM