Play by Tennessee Williams
Desire. Delusion. Destruction.
Step into the sweltering, jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans, where the air hangs thick with secrets and every word crackles with tension. In Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives uninvited at her sister Stella’s run-down apartment, clutching fading dreams and fragile illusions.
But in this cramped corner of the French Quarter, reality burns hotter than hope. As Blanche collides with Stella’s volatile husband, Stanley Kowalski—a man as brutal as he is magnetic—their clashing worlds ignite a psychological war of survival. What follows is a haunting, poetic unraveling of lies, loneliness, and the desperate hunger for connection.
A Streetcar Named Desire is a bold, heartbreaking portrait of a woman pushed to the edge, a man who refuses to yield, and a society cracking beneath the weight of its own contradictions. Raw, lyrical, and unflinchingly human, this is Tennessee Williams at his most electrifying.
PANOWSKI BLACK BOX THEATRE
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME: 2HRS 45MINS | 12min Intermission
Upcoming Performances
- Thursday, February 19th, 2026 | 7:30PM | Opening Night Party
- Friday, February 20th, 2026 | 7:30PM
- Saturday, February 21st, 2026 | 1:00PM | Theatre For All
- Saturday, February 21st, 2026 | 7:30PM
- Thursday, February 26th, 2026 | 7:30PM
- Friday, February 27th, 2026 | 7:30PM
- Saturday, February 28th, 2026 | 1:00PM
- Saturday, February 28th, 2026 | 7:30PM
Ticket Prices
- General public: $25
- NMU Employees, Seniors and Military: $22
- Youth: $15
- NMU Students: $5
- Pay as You May (Theatre for All Shows Only): $0 (Donations Accepted)