Pit & Balcony’s opens its ambitious 92nd season with Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-Winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire.
The play won the Pulitzer in 1948 and was immortalized in the American dramatic cannon by the 1951 film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh. The play follows Blanche DuBois as she moves in with her sister, Stella, and brother-in-law, Stanley in New Orleans after losing the family estate to creditors. As the story unfolds we learn more about what drives Blanche to live with her sister and brute of a brother-in-law. The classic play explores themes of loss, grief, mental health, and hope.
“Streetcar is such an actor-driven classic.” says Amy Spadafore, Managing Director of Pit & Balcony. “We wanted to give our local performers the opportunity to really sink their teeth into a piece and I’m excited about the cast we have to do just that.”
Pit & Balcony’s all-volunteer cast includes Matt Kehoe and Scarlett Cunningham as Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois, with Megan Douglass playing Stella Kowalski. The cast is rounded out by Greg Allison, Leslie Larkins, Matthew Turner, Richard Gomez, Briana Boyles, Sandra Cline, and Marcelina Fulgencio.
Guest director, Dave Ryan says of the show, “We need Streetcar because it thrills us, scintillates us, terrifies us. We need it because, despite almost a century of progress, the human animal is the same now as it was then: brutal and fragile, profane and sacred, filthy and clean.”
Performances of A Streetcar Named Desire run September 15-17 & 22-24. Friday and Saturday showings will begin at 7:30pm and Sunday’s performances will begin at 3:00pm. This production includes potentially offensive language, adult situations, and depictions of domestic violence and sexual assault.
A Streetcar Named Desire is proudly presented in partnership with N’Orlins Café in Frankenmuth. Attendees will receive a coupon for a free beignet with every ticket purchased.
Ticket information can be found at www.PitAndBalconyTheatre.com or by calling (989)754-6587.