A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
A Mainstage Drama
Directed by Marc S. Sanders
Presented by Jim Russell
April 17th - May 3rd, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Saturday 2 p.m. matinee on April 25th
In one of the most renowned plays of the American theater, Blanche DuBois, a schoolteacher from Mississippi, arrives in New Orleans and takes a streetcar named “Desire“ to the French Quarter, where her sister, Stella, and Stella’s husband, Stanley Kowalski, live barely above squalor.
Blanche’s affectations of refinement set her immediately at odds with blue-collar Stanley, who is further incensed when he learns his wife’s aristocratic inheritance has been forfeited to creditors.
Believing that Blanche has sold the estate for personal profit and is swindling Stella and Stanley from sharing in the proceeds, Stanley disdains and demeans Blanche, who fights back in the only way she knows: with her genteel femininity.
The Kowalskis’ Elysian Fields apartment becomes a pressure cooker of sensuality and class tensions, until ultimately erupting into some of the most iconic dramatic moments seen on the modern stage.
Presented with the support of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.
A Streetcar Named Desire is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
A NOTE ON SENSITIVE CONTENT
A Streetcar Named Desire includes mature themes, including chauvinistic behavior, intimate scenes, and a depiction of sexual assault.
These elements will be handled with the utmost care, professionalism, and responsibility.
We are partnering with a local nonprofit organization that provides safe spaces and empowering services to survivors of domestic violence.
This partnership will include educational components and resources to ensure the material is approached with sensitivity, respect, and intention.
Theatre changes the world by facing it head on.
We will also be conducting special raffles during every performance and sharing proceeds with our partner organization to directly aid survivors of domestic violence in our community.
Business Sponsorships and Family/Individual Sponsorships are available for this production.
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