A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Jonathan Wierzbicki & Catherine Rowe
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
The Ledge Theatre, August 19-21, 2005

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

PRIZE-WINNING PLAY PRESENTED AT SOMERSET THEATER AUGUST 19 - 21

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE gives local actors powerhouse showcase

Tennessee Williams' enduring drama, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, will be presented at the Villagers Black Box Theatre in Somerset, August 19 through 21, 2005. An American classic, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE debuted on the Broadway stage in the 1947 Tony Award-winning production, and later came to moviegoers in the 1951 film. Both productions introduced a then unknown Marlon Brando.

Arguably Williams' most well known play, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is set in the late 1940s New Orleans French Quarter and tells the feverish story of the pathetic mental and emotional demise of a determined, yet fragile, repressed and delicate Southern lady born to a once-wealthy family ofMississippi planters. Her impoverished, tragic downfall is at the hands of savage, brutal forces in modern society.

The play, produced by the New Jersey-based The Ledge Theatre, features a cast of well-known local actors whose "day jobs" are varied and range from editor to medical doctor to physical therapist. The cast includes: Catherine Rowe of New Brunswick as Blanche DuBois, Jonathan Wierzbicki of Flemington as Stanley Kowalski, Sara Peters of New Brunswick as Stella, David Thomas Hampson of Metuchen as Mitch, Cody Dalton of Montclair as Eunice, Rich Klein of Piscataway as Steve, Voltaire Balderrama of South Orange as Pablo, and Tim Regan of Carteret as the young collecter. Phillip Sprayberry of Clifton will direct the production.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE will be presented at 8 p.m. on August 19 and 20; 2 p.m. on August 21. Admission is $15 standard; $12 senior citizens and students with valid IDs. General Admission tickets may be purchased at the door. For directions, please call the Villagers Theatre Box Office at 732.873.2210 or visit www. villagerstheatre.com.