ORADELL, N.J.—Bergen County Players (BCP) continues its 86th season with Tennessee Williams’ 1948 Pulitzer Prize winning drama, “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
The play is directed by Jacqueline Poquette and runs March 23 through April 13. Performances will take place at the Little Firehouse Theatre, 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, with curtain at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling (201) 261-4200 or by visiting the box office during regular box office hours. This show contains adult language and situations.
In the play, southern belle, Blanche Dubois, having just lost her teaching job and the family home, travels to Louisiana to stay with her sister, Stella Kowalski and her brutish husband, Stanley. Blinded by her own delusions and disconnect from reality, Blanche struggles to adjust to her sister’s way of living, all while tensions rise between her and her brother-in-law. Themes of vanity, fantasy, and lust abound in this American classic, for which The New York Times’ 1947 review credits Williams as having created a poignant and luminous story.
“A Life Member and veteran director of BCP, Jacqueline Poquette brings Tennessee Williams’ classic drama to life,” BCP told Northern Valley Press. “Her past directorial assignments reflect an array of dramas, musicals, and comedies that include ‘Spamalot,’ ‘Man of La Mancha,’ ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ and most recently the musical review ‘Broadway Sings America.’”
The cast includes Kristin-Leigh Nicholson of Hillburn, N.Y. (Blanche DuBois), Samantha Quiles of Dumont (Stella Kowalski), Aaron Newcome of Nyack, N.Y. (Stanley), Matt Rofofsky of Fort Lee (Mitch), Cheryl Woertz of Alpine (Eunice Hubbell), Gloria Bumbaco of Dumont (Neighbor Woman/Flower Woman/Nurse), John Kiely of Allendale (Steve Hubbell), John Gregory (Pablo Gonzales), Christian Spinella (Young Collector) and David Luke of Mahwah (Doctor).
Go to BCP’s website for full cast and crew.
Tickets for “A Streetcar Named Desire” are $21 for Friday/Saturday performances and $17 for Sunday matinees, and can be purchased on the website, by calling (201) 261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell during regular box office hours. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are accepted. Parking is free at the Park Avenue municipal lot, across the street, one-half block north of the theater.
The Bergen County Players has grown tremendously from its roots as a small community theater when it was founded in 1932; today, nearly 300 volunteer members, working on and off stage, make possible the nine productions presented each season.
