Bay Street Theater’s 2024 Literature Live! presentation will be Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The classic beloved drama opens with public performances on Thursday, November 14, and runs through Sunday, December 1. School performances of the show begin on November 12, and Stephen Hamilton, co-founder and the original executive director of Bay Street Theater, will direct the show, chosen for this, the 16th anniversary of the popular Literature Live! performance series.
“A Streetcar Named Desire” is a powerful exploration of desire and mental fragility. It follows Blanche DuBois as she confronts her troubled past while residing with her sister, Stella, and brother-in-law, Stanley, in New Orleans. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 and has become a timeless classic, hailed for its profound impact on American theater.
The cast will feature Daniela Mastroprietro as Blanche DuBois, Katie Rodgers as Stella Kowalski, Sawyer A. Spielberg as Harold “Mitch” Mitchell, Nicole Marie Hunt as Eunice Hubbell, Joe Pallister as Steve Hubbell, Carlos Garcia as Pablo Gonzalez and Matthew Conlon as Doctor. Additional casting will be announced.
Tickets start at $39.99 at baystreet.org or 631-725-9500. The box office is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 30 minutes before performances. Bay Street Theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.