Theater
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
by Tennessee Williams
Streetcar Named Desire
March 8-11 & 15-17, 2012
Thurs – Sat @ 8pm and Sun, March 11 @ 2pm
An American masterpiece, Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1947 and the film version received 12 Oscar nominations.
The play, a frank and unblinking depiction of sexuality and brutality, centers around the conflict between Blanche Dubois and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski.
The Dubois family fortune has finally been frittered away. Blanche, a Southern belle past her prime and addicted to alchohol, has no way of supporting herself; so, she comes to live with her sister Stella and brother-in-law in the two room Kowalski appartment. Stella Kowalski describes Stanley as “a different species”. Blanche describes him as “downright bestial”. He will stop at nothing to get Blanche out of his apartment and out of his marriage.
When first produced in 1947, A Streetcar Named Desire was a sensation, catapulting its leading actors (notably, Marlon Brando) to stardom. Of that original performance, Arthur Miller says that “A writer’s soul, a single voice was almost miraculously enveloping the stage…this play made it possible for the stage to express any and all things and to do so beautifully”.
Directed by Joseph York, with Sarah Burcon, Andy Burt, Mouse Courtois, Rick Katon, Wendy Ascione, Phil Martinez, Erin Baldwin, Zach Damon, Adrienne Frank, and Jim Dowling.
Ticket prices are $18 general, $12 for students and seniors. Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Can. Visit PTD Productions for more information, and to learn about the Stimulus Program with the Four-Show Pass and our Family Discount tickets! Call (734) 483-7345 to reserve tickets, or purchase online through ShowTix4U.
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by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard
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“Painting Churches”
by Tina Howe
September 20-23 & 27-29, 2012
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