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Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Sandra Shotwell
Oct. 11-15, 19-22, 2006
Performance Times:
Wed - Sat evenings 7:30 PM
Saturday Matinee 2:00 PM (only 2nd Saturday)
and Sunday at 7:00 PM
BABCOCK Theatre -
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In the steamy New Orleans French Quarter, the fragile, faded Blanche
DuBois desperately seeks a place in the world to call her own. But life
with her sister Stella becomes unbearable as her brutish brother-in-law
Stanley Kowalski digs mercilessly into her past.
The Babcock Theatre at the University
of Utah presents the American classic, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar
Named Desire, October 11-15 and 19-22. Performances on Wednesday
through Saturday begin at 7:30 pm, Sunday performances begin at 7:00 pm,
and there will be a matinee at 2:00 pm on Saturday the 21st.
The Babcock Theatre is located on the lower level of the Simmons Pioneer
Memorial Theatre on the University of Utah campus. ASL interpreters will
be available at the performance on Wednesday, October 11.
The demise of the Old South and the rise of
the urban working class are mirrored in the clashes between Blanche DuBois
and Stanley Kowalski. Gentility and respect give way to earthy language
and primal behavior. As Blanche’s sister Stella embraces the grimy life
of her brutish husband Stanley, Blanche clings ever more tenaciously to
her romantic illusions and delusions of the old genteel ways.
In the sixty years since Marlon Brando’s
Stanley first cried out for Stella, American life and culture have changed
dramatically. Yet the rich, complex characters in A Streetcar Named
Desire continue to fascinate audiences. Do we admire or despise
these people: Stanley for his brutal honesty, Blanche for her pathetic
attempts to keep magic and beauty in her life, and Stella for her ability
to adapt to life’s harsh realities? Audiences must search their own
consciences for the answers.
Join us at the Babcock Theatre as we bring
these time-honored characters to life. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6
for students. Call Kingsbury Box Office, 581-7100 or visit the web site
www.kingtix.com.
Heidi Hackney as Blanche Dubois, Rob Shand as
Stanley Kowalski
photos by Scott Peterson
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