A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jess K Smith, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Performance Dates and Times
Friday, Feb. 27, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2:00 pm + 7:30 pm
Friday, March 6, 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm + 7:30 pm
Tickets: $11 general; $7 sr. citizen (55+), non-Puget Sound student, military, and Puget Sound faculty/staff/student. Tickets sold at Wheelock Information Center, 253.879.6013, and online at tickets.pugetsound.edu. Remaining tickets available at the door.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, written by Tennessee Williams, is an iconic American play that follows Blanche DuBois as she attempts to find hope for stability and a refuge from her haunting past in her reunion with sister, Stella. However, Stella’s new life with husband Stanley in their modest home situated in the French Quarter of New Orleans unsettles Blanche, unearths her troubled past, introduces new but fleeting love with a man named Mitch, and eventually leads to a traumatizing confrontation with Stanley.
The production features a live jazz combo, an intimate set (Kurt Walls), expressive lighting (Patty Mathieu), and vibrant costumes (Mishka Navarre). Collectively the production elements aim to evoke the heat, color, and texture of New Orleans in the 1940s while also transporting the audience into the mind and imagination of Blanche DuBois as she fights for magic over realism.
Please note that this play contains both domestic and sexual violence.