MTC’s new Managing Director Ryan Rilette just moved here from New Orleans. He spoke today at our Afterwords event (following the Sunday matinee preview of A Streetcar Named Desire) about Tennessee Williams and New Orleans.

Tonight is the first preview for A Streetcar Named Desire. Get your tickets now!

Tech for A Streetcar Named Desire was this weekend — previews start Thursday, and opening is a week from tonight. Here’s actor Marjorie Crump-Shears talking about the process:
For those out there in “techno land” who have not worked in theater, let me tell you about the role of the Stage Manager (I am [...]

Clips from rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire.

Clips from the second week of rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire, with actors Arwen Anderson, Daniel May, and Carrie Paff, and director Jasson Minadakis.

Our Performance Guide for A Streetcar Named Desire is now available for download. Here’s an excerpt; this is scenic designer Robert Mark Morgan talking about his process.
I find visual research to be tremendously important in creating a design. I tell my students at UC Berkeley that it’s the fuel that gets you through [...]

Here’s Marjorie Crump-Shears writing about rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire:
One of the fascinating and challenging experiences for me in this production is developing distinct characters ~ one of which is quite drunk and in need of sexual attention, one of whom is a neighborhood member who is “a fixture”, and one who is severe [...]

Here’s Arwen Anderson, playing Stella, writing about the first week of rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire:
It’s day four and we’re up on our feet just ripping it. It’s awesome – and I mean that in the traditional sense of the word. What a ride this is going to be!
Days 1 through 3 [...]

Dialect work on the first day of rehearsal for A Streetcar Named Desire, with dialect coach Lynne Sofer.

Here’s actor Daniel May (playing Stanley), writing about rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire:
Notes from the director after the first read-thru. It’s a good sign. We have a talented and engaged bunch of actors who have come out swinging, so much so that Jasson felt confident enough to start giving acting notes after our very [...]