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Open auditions for all roles in
A Streetcar Named Desire
Monday, March 29 @ 6pm - Tuesday, March 30 @ 6pm
CALL BACKS MAY BE REQUIRED ON Thursday, April 1 @ 6pm
Blanche - 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 around the age of thirty.
Stella - Blanche’s younger sister, about twenty-five years old and of a mild disposition
that visibly sets her apart from her more vulgar neighbors. Stella possesses the same
timeworn aristocratic heritage as Blanche, but she jumped the sinking ship in her late teens
and left Mississippi for New Orleans.
Stanley - 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. He sees himself as a social leveler, and wishes to destroy Blanche’s social pretensions.
Around thirty years of age, Stanley, who fought in World War II, now works as an auto-parts salesman.
Mitch - Stanley’s army friend, coworker, and poker buddy, who courts Blanche until he finds out
that she lied to him about her sordid past. Mitch, like Stanley, is around thirty years of age.
Eunice - Stella’s friend, upstairs neighbor, and landlady. Eunice and her husband, Steve,
represent the low-class, carnal life that Stella has chosen for herself.
Steve - 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 - Stanley’s poker buddy. Like Stanley and Steve, Steve is physically fit and brutish. Pablo is Hispanic,
and his friendship with Steve, Stanley, and Mitch emphasizes the culturally diverse nature of their neighborhood.
African-American Woman - In Scene One, the Negro woman is sitting on the steps talking
to Eunice when Blanche arrives, and she finds Stanley’s openly sexual gestures toward Stella hilarious.
Later, in Scene Ten, we see her scurrying across the stage in the night as she rifles through a prostitute’s lost handbag.
Doctor - At the play’s finale, the doctor arrives to whisk Blanche off to an asylum.
He and the nurse initially seem to be heartless institutional caretakers, but, in the end, the doctor appears
more kindly as he takes off his jacket and leads Blanche away. This image of the doctor ironically conforms to
Blanche’s notions of the chivalric Southern gentleman who will offer her salvation.
Nurse - Also called the “Matron,” she accompanies the doctor to collect Blanche and bring her to an institution.
She possesses a severe, unfeminine manner and has a talent for subduing hysterical patients.
Young Collector - 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.
He embodies Blanche’s obsession with youth and presumably reminds her of her teenage love, the young poet Allan Grey,
whom she married and lost to suicide.
Hispanic Woman - A vendor of Mexican funeral decorations who frightens Blanche
by issuing the plaintive call “Flores para los muertos,” which means “Flowers for the dead.”
with Director Rich Russo
Monday, March 29 @ 6pm - Tuesday, March 30 @ 6pm
CALL BACKS MAY BE REQUIRED ON Thursday, April 1 @ 6pm
at Your Theatre in North Conway
1857 White Mtn Hwy - Willow Common - Right next to Bellini's
All Directors request that you know
which part you are auditioning for and
have an idea what the play is about.
**NOTICE**
Auditions usually consist of readings from the script selected by the Director.
For Musicals, please bring sheet music for any song you use to audition!!!
(M&D Productions NEVER pre-casts, all roles are available at auditions.)
Questions regarding the 2010 season should be directed to the Artistic Director
Ken Martin
he may be contacted at
(603) 733-5275
Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm.
M&D Productions is an award winning community theatre which endeavors to produce quality
theatrical experiences for both actors and patrons. We rely on volunteer actors, stage hands
and often volunteer directors. If you or someone you know has some theatrical interests,
or would like to try it out, this is the place for you!