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Regional News 4-Person The Streetcar Project Will Play San Francisco

The production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.

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The Streetcar Project, which presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with four performers, no props, and no set, will play San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater next year.

The production—co-created by Nick Westrate, who directs, and Lucy Owen—will be presented in ACT's Toni Rembe Theater January 21-February 1, 2026.

The cast will feature co-creator Owen as Blanche DuBois, Brad Koed as Stanley Kowalski, Mallory Portnoy as Stella DuBois, and James Russell as Harold Mitchell.

The Streetcar Project is arriving in San Francisco following several engagements as well as earlier performances that were offered in private homes, a SoHo fashion boutique, movie theatres, churches, barns, warehouses, art galleries, and factories in and around New York City.

A Streetcar Named Desire premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in December 1947, playing 855 performances before closing in December 1949. Directed by Elia Kazan, the original company boasted Jessica Tandy as Blanche, Marlon Brando as Stanley, and Kim Hunter as Stella. The play would go on to win the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

In the Williams classic, when Blanche unexpectedly visits her estranged sister Stella, she brings with her a past that will threaten their future. As Stella’s husband Stanley stalks closer to the truth, Blanche's fragile world begins to fracture.

Tickets are on sale at ACT-sf.org. Learn more at TheStreetcarProject.com.

 
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