A Streetcar Named Desire
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A Streetcar Named Desire

By Tennessee Williams Directed by Christopher Liam Moore
April 17 – November 2, 2013

Steamy Showdown

Southern aristocrat Blanche, down on her luck, is reduced to living with her sister Stella and Stella’s pugnacious blue-collar husband, Stanley. Life with them in their tiny tenement apartment is unbearable until a kindly suitor appears and seems to offer Blanche a ticket to a better life. But Stanley, bristling at Blanche’s high-handed dismissal of him, sets out to dismantle her genteel façade, hurtling them toward an epic battle in Williams’ Pulitzer Prize–winning classic. Audience Notes: Fog and herbal cigarettes are used in this production.
Suitability Suggestions
A Streetcar Named Desire is an emotionally violent play, dealing with mental instability, domestic abuse, rape, alcoholism and suicide. It contains references to the tragic consequences of Blanche’s marriage to a gay man, as well as ethnic slurs and stereotypical attitudes toward class and ethnicity. It may be best suited for mature high school students. Prologue recommended.

Trailer: A Streetcar Named Desire

Creative Team

Cast

* Member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
**AEA Professional Theatre Intern

OSF thanks our show sponsors

  • PRODUCTION SPONSORS
  • The Chautauqua Guild
  • Charlotte Lin and Robert P. Porter
  • The Robert and Star Pepper Foundation
  • PRODUCTION PARTNERS
  • Helen Lee Henderson
  • Carole Howard
  • Anonymous Ashland Donors

Our 2013 Season