Boiler Room Theatre Presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE June 24

The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, continues its 11th season with Tennessee Williams' most celebrated work A Streetcar Named Desire opening June 24 at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in the historic Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Rd., Building Six, in Franklin, Tenn. for a run through July 23.

Downtown New Orleans. In blows Blanche DuBois: a Southern Belle, a fading beauty, a passionate, fragile thing.

And she really is in the wrong place. All her respectability, politeness and oldfashioned Southern airs and graces provoke the disdain of her sister Stella's husband.

Stanley is the original bad boy - a rough, modern man with a coarse sense of humor, no interest in manners and a wild streak. Her flirting, primping and needy behavior fix Stanley's determination to break Blanche and all she stands for. And then she wins the heart of his poker buddy, Mitch.

A Streetcar Named Desire is a compelling and sensuous play that features some of the most memorable characters in theatrical history. The Culture Clash between Blanche and Stanley comes to embody nothing less than the battle between tradition and progress itself.

American playwright Tennessee Williams received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 for A Streetcar Named Desire. The play opened on Broadway on December 3,
1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim
Hunter, and Karl Malden. In 1951 a film adaptation of the play, also directed by Kazan, won several awards, including four Academy Awards. Jessica Tandy was the only lead actor from the original Broadway production not to appear in the 1951 film.

A Streetcar Named Desire stars Nashville stage veteran Corrie Miller as Blanche DuBois with Travis Brazil as Stanley and Evelyn O'Neal Brush as Stella. The cast also
includes Corey Caldwell, Will Sevier, Paige Hall, Brandy Rogers, Colin McCann, Chris Goodrich, and Jerry Henderson. BRT Co-Founder Corbin Green directs.

Performances will be held on Tuesday, Thursday (June 30, July 7, 21), Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with discount Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on July 10 and 17.
Ticket prices are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors (age 60 and up) and students (age 13 through college with valid ID, and $21 for children ages 3 through 12. Matinee prices
are $2 less respectively. All Tuesday shows are two-for-one ($27 for two tickets; no other discounts apply). Thrifty Thursdays are back and allows Guests to beat the weekend crowds and grab tickets at the bargain price of $17. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Boiler Room Theatre at 615-794-7744 or ordered online at BoilerRoomTheatre.com.

The remainder of BRT's 2011 season includes The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Rocky Horror Show, and Oliver! BRT plans to announce its 2012 season line-up by June 24, with season subscriptions on sale at that time.

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