*Tennessee Williams' American Classic, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, makes a Cleveland stop at Mamai <http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!a-streetcar-named-desire/cabk>, July 16-August 2.* Pulitzer Prize-winning A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE follows the haggard and fragile southern beauty, Blanche DuBois, as her sudden arrival at her sister’s residence disrupts the marital home of Stella & Stanley Kowalski. Against the shadows and heat of its New Orleans backdrop where “you are practically always just around the corner...from a tinny piano being played,” this major 20th-Century classic erupts with legendary drama as Blanche reaches for a pathetic, last grasp at happiness, while Stanley fights to defend his territory and Stella must choose between sister and husband. Director Mitchell Fields notes: “After having played both Steve, the upstairs neighbor in 1970 and Mitch, Blanche’s suitor in 1972, directing a professional production of this most remarkable play has been my dream. Thank you, Mamai.” A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams Directed by Mitchell Fields Scenic Design by Don McBride Costume Design by D. Justin Bilewicz III Lighting Design by Rob Peck Sound Design by Cyrus O. Taylor Properties Design by Monica Plunkett With: Bernadette Clemens* as Blanche Jason Kaufman* as Stanley Rachel Lee Kolis+ as Stella and John Busser at Mitch Christine McBurney+ as Eunice Tony Zanoni+ as Steve Nate Miller as Pablo Jon Loya as Young Man Joseph Milan as Doctor Jeanne Task as Matron Andrea Belser as Negro Woman Rocky Encalada+ as Mexican Woman *Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate July 16-August 2, 2015 Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm Sundays at 2:30 pm Thursday, July 16 tune in to WCPN 90.3 FM's "Sound of Applause" to hear director Mitchell Fields and actors Bernadette Clemens and Jason Kaufman chat about the production with Dee Perry. Sunday, July 19th post-show talk-back event: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ON STAGE & SCREEN With Special Guest, Mitchell Fields Director of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE & Adjunct Professor of Film and Theatre, Baldwin Wallace University & the cast of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Cleveland Masonic Performing Arts Center DeMolay Room 3615 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115 TICKETS: here <http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!a-streetcar-named-desire/cabk> or 216.382.5146 Adults: $22 Seniors (65 & older): $20 Students (25 & under): $15 2nd Thursdays: NEOhioPal Subscribers’ Discount ($10 admission for NEOhioPal Subscribers at the door) 3rd Thursdays: AEA Discount ($10 admission for all Actors' Equity Association members at the door) Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street. Open seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early. Mamai Theatre Company was co-founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring. Mamai (pronounced Mah' may) is the Gaelic word for “mother.” Four working mothers, theatre artists, colleagues, and friends arrived at a place where it was time to create opportunities for themselves and their community. “Don’t wait to create” became the inspiration for Mamai Theatre Company. Our mission is to create intelligent, relevant classical theatre that offers an artistic home for Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal opportunity for women in the professional theatre community. In 2013 The Plain Dealer announced, “Mamai Theatre Company...has made a howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene” and named their inaugural production, Medea, a top-10 theatre event of the year. In 2014 LandofCleve.net added, “In only a few short years, Mamai Theatre Company has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre community. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.