[NEohioPAL] A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE opens Friday!

[Chad Roberts]

Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, “A Streetcar Named
Desire,” will open Aug. 23 in a Black Box venue at Little Theatre of
Tuscarawas County.

A “season extra,” the show will run for six performances, Aug. 23 through
Sept. 1, with matinees Aug. 25 and Sept. 1.

Black Box is a form of experimental theater, using a simple, unadorned
space with very little set, simple furniture and only platforms to define
spaces.

The play, on which the movie, starring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh was
based, is a story of conflicting values, and echoes the decadence and
downfall of the Old South. It is set shortly after the end of World War II
in New Orleans, where Blanche, a former socialite from a grand-old
plantation, comes, lonely and penniless, to visit her sister, Stella, and
her rough-mannered husband, Stanley. The mix is devastating to all.

Featured in the cast are Elizabeth Lawson Holmes as Blanche; Amanda Larkin,
Stella; Don Irven, Stanley; and Josh Larkin as Mitch. Other characters are
played by Kait Gallagher Wilsterman, Farrah Derr, Pam Douglas, Aubrey
Gealsha, Michael Gray, Mike Taylor, Nathan Wenger and David Taylor.

Staffing the production are Lee Elliott, director; Pat Potter, assistant
director; Alex Allesandri-Bruce, costumes; Debi DeVore, hair and makeup,
Pam Douglas, stage manager and props, Kenn Holmes set design and
construction, and Farrah Derr, assistant to the directors.

Tickets are $13 and can be reserved by calling the theater box office at
330-343-4012. Box office hours, are 7 to 9 p.m.  Thursday Friday and
Saturday and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets also are available through
the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas online or
at the box office during its regular hours of  8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Little Theatre is at 466 Carrie Ave. NW in New Philadelphia, Ohio.

The show is sponsored by Joel Pomerene Memorial Hospital and Marlowe
Compounding.
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