A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
By Tennessee Williams
Directed By Keith McDonald
“A play of poetic rhythms and searing sexual undercurrents”
Production dates: 9th – 13 March 2010
AUDITIONS:
Thursday 5 November 2009 – 7.30 pm
Sunday 8 November 2009 – 10.30 am
Please contact me on 01483 531508 or at km@creaction.co.uk to say what parts you are interested in and for time to attend.
PLOT:
Blanche comes to live in New Orleans with her younger sister Stella and Stella’s husband Stanley. Blanche angers Stanley by her airs and affectations, her reminiscences about her genteel past and her distaste for his coarse vitality. When he discovers that her refinement is a façade he destroys Blanche’s hope of salvation, which is to marry Stanley’s close friend Mitch.
MAIN CHARACTERS (aged 25 – 35):
Blanche:
“The lady of illusion and artifice, the fluttering Southern belle whose veneer of refinement masks emotional starvation and sexual rapacity.”
Stanley:
“A force of nature: primal, rough-hewn, brutish and sensual.”
Stella:
Mild in disposition, but love for and relationship with Stanley heavily based on powerful sexual chemistry
Mitch:
Clumsy, sweaty, unrefined, but gentle and kind Plus – more flexible in age
Eunice:
Neighbour and friend of Stella
Steve:
Husband of Eunice, poker buddy of Stanley
Pablo:
poker buddy of Stanley
YOUNG MAN: Blanche flirts with him
DOCTOR and MATRON
NEGRESS – STREET VENDOR –
SAILOR – MEXICAN WOMAN
