“A Streetcar Named Desire” August 22, 2008

Vintage Theatre presents
A Streetcar Named Desire
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Craig Bond

(Denver, CO) - The play is considered in modern society as an icon of its era, as it deals with a culture clash between two symbolic characters. Set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans’ gritty French Quarter, Tennessee Williams’ 1947 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama tells the story of Blanche Dubois, a faded Southern belle driven to madness by her animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Taking refuge from her crumbling past, the fragile yet determined Blanche arrives unexpectedly at her married sister Stella’s doorstep, hoping for a better life and restoration of her senses. But her childlike helplessness, romantic yearnings, and genteel illusions are no match for the squalor of her new surroundings, the oppressive summer heat, and Stanley’s growing lustful rage. The combination of these brutish forces inevitably triggers Blanche’s mental and moral disintegration, making “A Streetcar Named Desire” one of Williams’ most electrifying and absorbing theatrical masterpieces.

Vintage Theatre opens Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Friday, August 22 and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. through September 21 at Vintage Theatre, 2119 E 17th Ave in Denver. Tickets are $22 at the door, $17 in advance and available by calling 303-839-1361 or online at www.vintagetheatre.com.


The cast includes Haley Johnson as Blanche, Kurt Brighton as Stanley, Linda Williams as Stella, Dustin Brozene as Steve, Patrick Collins as Mitch, Clara Evans as Eunice, and Arthur Martinez as Pablo. Other cast members include Bill Thompson, Maria Garcia, Veronica Lee, Zach Cantor, and Stephen Rangel.

Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee" which was the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1948 and for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 1955. In addition, “The Glass Menagerie” (1945) and “The Night of the Iguana” (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play “The Rose Tattoo” (dedicated to his lover, Frank Merlo), received the Tony Award for best play.
Denver’s Vintage Theatre Productions- founded in 2002 over a vintage martini glass- has changed its nomadic ways and settled into the newly renamed Vintage Theatre at 2119 E 17th Ave in Denver.
Vintage Theatre presents
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
The sultry Tennessee Williams yarn about Southern hospitality and sensuality.
Aug 22 – Sept 21
Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m. \ Sun at 2:30 p.m. 
Vintage Theatre 
2119 E 17th Ave in Denver. 
Tickets are $22 at the door, $17 in advance 
303-839-1361 or online at vintagetheatre.com