Tennessee Williams' American Classic, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, makes a Cleveland stop at Mamai, 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 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.