Auditions for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
are scheduled
At First Avenue Playhouse
123 First Ave. in Atlantic Highlands NJ
Auditions will be held on July 30 & July 31
at First Avenue Playhouse
7:00 - 9:00pm
Directed by Sharon Coyle and Mark Papa
Needed are : 6 Women: all ages 20 - 70
6 Men: all ages 20 -
70
As follows:
Blanche DuBois: Female (30-40)
Stella’s older sister who was a high school English teacher in Laurel, Mississippi, until she was forced to leave her post. Blanche is a loquacious and fragile woman.
Though she has strong sexual urges and has had many lovers, she puts on the airs of a woman who has never known indignity. She avoids reality, preferring to live in her own
imagination
Stella Kowalski: Female (25-35)
Blanche’s younger sister, has a mild disposition that visibly sets her apart from her more vulgar neighbors. Married to Stanley.
Stanley Kowalski: Male (30-40)
The husband of Stella. Stanley is the epitome of vital force. He is loyal to his friends, passionate to his wife, and heartlessly cruel to Blanche. With his Polish
ancestry, he represents the new, heterogeneous America.
Harold “Mitch” Mitchell: Male (30-40)
Stanley’s army friend, coworker, and poker buddy, who courts Blanche, though he is clumsy, sweaty, and has unrefined interests like muscle building, Mitch is more
sensitive and more gentlemanly than Stanley and his other friends.
Eunice: Female (40-70)
Stella’s friend, upstairs neighbor, and landlady. Eunice and her husband, Steve, represent the low-class, carnal life that Blanche and Stanley are in.
A Young Collector: Male (18-25)
A teenager who comes to the Kowalskis’ door to collect for the newspaper when Blanche is home alone. The boy leaves bewildered after Blanche hits on him and gives him a
passionate farewell kiss.
Steve: Male (40-70)
Stanley’s poker buddy who lives upstairs with his wife, Eunice. Like Stanley, Steve is a brutish, hot-blooded, physically fit male and an abusive husband.
Pablo: Male (30-40)
Stanley’s poker buddy. Like Stanley and Steve, Steve is physically fit and brutish. Pablo is Hispanic.
An Unnamed Black Woman: (30-70)
In Scene One, the unnamed Black woman is sitting on the steps talking to Eunice when Blanche arrives, and she finds Stanley’s openly sexual gestures toward Stella
hilarious.
A Doctor: Male (50-70)
The doctor ironically conforms to Blanche’s notions of the chivalric Southern gentleman who will offer
her salvation.
A Mexican Woman (30-50)
A vendor of Mexican funeral decorations who frightens Blanche by issuing the plaintive call “Flores para los muertos,” which means “Flowers for the dead.”
A Nurse: Female (40-70)
Also called the “Matron,” she possesses a severe, unfeminine manner and has a talent for subduing hysterical patients.
Shaw: Male (40-50)
A supply man who is Stanley’s coworker and his source for stories of Blanche’s disreputable past in Laurel, Mississippi. Shaw travels regularly through Laurel.
Prostitute: Female (25-35)
Silhouette is seen behind screen. Hourglass figure.
Production will be
in October 2024
Show Dates are: Oct 12, 13, 18,19, 20, 25 & 26
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