New Orleans. The heat is sweltering, the liquor flows, and the secrets are thick as humidity. Pull up a chair and join the high-stakes game of cards.
To your left is Stella Kowalski, married, loves her husband and will do anything for him. On your right is Stanley Kowalski, hard drinking, hard playing and hard fists that get used a lot.
Across from you is Blanche DuBois, vulnerable, alone and ready to break.
Tennessee Williams’ Pultizer Prize-winning masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire confronts us with the tenuous relationship between reality and illusion, hope and despair and the brutal battle for beauty and tenderness when the world feels like it’s conspiring against you.
Paramount Theatre in Aurora, as part of its BOLD series, will present this classic at the Copley Theatre beginning March 13 and running through April 21. The Copley Theatre is located right across the street from the Paramount at 8 East Galena Blvd., in the North Island Center.
Tickets are available here.
