Jedlicka Performing Arts Center to Stage A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 9/13-28

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center is pleased to launch its 2013-14 Season with Tennessee Williams' classic drama A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, directed by Christopher Pazdernik, playing September 13 - 28, 2013 at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, 3801 S. Central Ave. in Cicero. Tickets are available at www.jpactheatre.com or by calling (708) 656-1800.

The cast of A STREETCAR NAME DESIRE includes: Anslee Burns, Ashley Dearborn, Kirsten Franklin, Carl Herzog, Justin Kilduff, Katherine Lamb, Kristin Lutzeier, Michael Nedza, Adam Overberg, Mark Walsh and Brian Zane.

Set in New Orleans during the restless years after World War II, Tennessee Williams' classic drama A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE follows Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman desperately searching for a place in the world to call her own. When Blanche arrives unannounced at the doorstep of her sister Stella and short-fused brother-in-law Stanley, the visit triggers an unexpected and explosive series of events over the course of the hot and steamy summer. The play earnEd Williams the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The production team for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE includes: Michael Nedza (scenic and props design, technical director), Lindsay Prerost (costume design), Dante J. Orfei (lighting design), Micheal A. Kott (multimedia/sound design), Ryan Jones (stage manager), Conner Wilson (asst. director) and Melanie Lamoureux (managing director).