After Brick Pollitt injures himself while drunkenly revisiting his high school sports-star days, he and his tempestuous wife, Maggie, visit his family's Mississippi plantation for the 65th birthday of his hot-tempered father, Big Daddy. Cantankerous even with declining health, Big Daddy demands to know why Brick and Maggie haven't yet given him a grandchild, unlike Brick's brother Gooper and his fecund wife, Mae.

Founded in 1927, Bakersfield Community Theatre is Bakersfield's first and California's oldest continuously producing theatre. BCT has helmed works encouraging diversity and inclusivity by focusing on the community aspects of theatre, including the promotion of local artists through its annual One-Act Festival and a free Youth Theatre Program to provide a place for children to express themselves, learn, and be part of our wonderful community.