[NEohioPAL]Porthouse presents Tennessee Williams Gem - A Streetcar Named Desire, July 1 - 17

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The Tennessee Williams Gem=2C A Streetcar Named Desire=2C
 Continues Porthouse Theatre=92s 2004 Season

Porthouse Theatre=2C the outdoor=2C professional summer theatre located o=
n the grounds of Blossom Music Center=2C continues its 2004 season with T=
ennessee Williams=92s Pulitzer prize-winning play=2C A Streetcar Named De=
sire=2C July 1 - 17=2E

Set in the steamy hotbed of 1940=92s New Orleans=2C the genteel and prete=
ntious Blanche DuBois=2C (played by Monica Bell=2C who captivated audienc=
es last year as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest) moves =
in with her sister Stella and Stella=92s brutish husband=2C Stanley Kowal=
ski=2E  Soon after=2C Stanley begins to question the reasons behind Blanc=
he=92s arrival=2C especially the lost fortune of the DuBois family=2E  On=
e of Stanley=92s card playing buddies Mitch takes a liking to Blanche and=
 they commence a slow courtship=2E  However=2C Stanley exposes Blanche=92=
s jaded past=2C which leads to her decent into madness=2E  Tennessee Will=
iams creates an evocative environment of smoldering sexuality=2C tender d=
reams of romance and stark violence with power and poetry=2E This play is=
 not recommended for children under 16=2E  =


Directed by John Woodson=2C artistic director of The Warehouse Theatre in=
 Greenville=2C South Carolina=2E  Woodson earned local accolades for his =
direction last season of Oscar Wilde=92s The Importance of Being Earnest=2E=
  =


=93Single tickets are available and range from =2417 - =2423=2E  Parking =
is free=2E  Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more=2E  For more=
 information call the Porthouse Theatre box office at 330-672-3884 or vis=
it www=2Eporthousetheatre=2Ecom=2E

Opening night is Friday=2C July 2=2E  A complimentary champagne reception=
 in the Thornbury Pavilion will immediately follow the production=2E  =

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CAST

Monica Bell (Blanche)* of Greenville=2C SC
Adrienne Nicole Broussard (Black Woman) of Patterson=2C LA
Ryan Bergeron (Sax Player) of Lakewood=2C OH
Jazmin Corona (Mexican Woman) of Cleveland=2C OH
Rosario Costanzo (Pablo)* of Mogadore=2C OH
Dennis Delamar (Mitch) of Charlotte=2C NC
Ernesto Gonz=E1lez (US Pablo) of Kent=2C OH
John Kolibab (Steve)* of Chagrin Falls=2C OH
Rick Montgomery (Strange Man) of Akron=2C OH
Jennifer Raimondi (Eunice) of Lakewood=2C OH
Aileen Rose Ruane (Nurse) of Cleveland=2C OH
Meg Kelly Schroeder (Stella)* of Cleveland Heights=2C OH
Scott Sowers (Stanley)* of New York=2C NY
Adam Splane (Young Collector) of Franklin=2C LA


* Member of the Actors=92 Equity Association

John Woodson (Director) is the artistic and executive director of The War=
ehouse Theatre and has been a theatre professional for nearly 30 years=2E=
 His directing credits
include the Warehouse productions of Jacob Marley=27s Christmas Carol=2C
Servant Of Two Masters and Comedy Of Errors=2C as well as=2C The Importan=
ce of Being Earnest for Porthouse Theatre=3B Tis A Pity She=27s A Whore=2C=
 Beirut=2C Henry Five Project=2C =

R =26 J Project=2C and Company K (which he also wrote) all at the Alabama=
 Shakespeare Festival=3B Company K for Manhattan Class Company=2C NYC=3B =
Walk In The Woods for Charlotte Repertory=3B Private Lives for the Alley =
Theatre=3B Getting Out and Requiem For A Heavyweight both at NC School of=
 The Arts=2E John has appeared in over a hundred productions including Ja=
son in Medea with Dame Diana Rigg=3B Kent in King Lear with Hal Holbrook=2C=
 Great Lakes Theater Festival and Roundabout Theatre NYC=3B Kent in King =
Lear with F=2EMurray Abraham=2C NY Shakespeare Festival / Public Theatre=2C=
 NYC=3B Exeter in Henry V with Andre Brauer=2C NY Shakespeare Festival=2C=
 NYC=3B Herbie in Gypsy=2C Great Lakes Theater Festival=2C St=2E Louis Re=
pertory and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park=2E  John has been a company =
member with the Alley Theatre=2C Houston=2C TX=2C Alabama Shakespeare Fes=
tival and the NC Shakespeare Festival=2C of which he was also a founding =
member=2E John is married to leading lady=2C Monica Bell who is portrayin=
g Blanche=2E  Togethe
r they have a five year old son=2C Jacob=2E




Effie A=2E Tsengas
PR/Marketing Director
Porthouse Theatre
330-672-0113

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