A Streetcar Named Desire AUDITIONS

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Director: Ted Niles

Producer: Darlene Thomas & Kevin Shaver

Stage Manager: Teresa Bakker

Auditions:

Wednesday, March 18, 7-10 pm 

Monday, March 23, 7-10 pm

Callbacks:

Wednesday, March 25, 7-10 pm

Scarborough Theatre Guild Rehearsal Unit – 2105 Midland Avenue, Unit 16, Scarborough (the building is immediately north of the defunct Midland LRT station, on east side, south of Progress. Access to the unit and parking lot face Cosentino Drive)

Begins: Tuesday, April 7 (read-through)

Continue: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 7-10 pm

Tech week: Sunday, June 28 (all day), June 29-30 (evening), July 2 (audience invited dress rehearsal).

There will be no rehearsal on July 1

Additional rehearsals may be added if required.

July 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16 and 17 at 8 pm

July 5, 12 and 18 at 2 pm

All performances at Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Road at Markham Road.

In the steamy streets of New Orleans, Blanche DuBois arrives seeking refuge with her sister Stella. But as secrets unravel and tensions rise, Blanche’s fragile façade begins to crack under the weight of her past. Tennessee Williams’ iconic play is a masterful exploration of desire, deception, and survival in a vibrant but unforgiving world. Don’t miss this powerful tale of passion and heartbreak.

Recommended for ages 14 and up. Includes depictions of domestic violence, sexual assault, mental health struggles, and strong language.

 Please read the play before auditioning. A downloadable PDF is available below.

• Auditions are open/group auditions, everyone will be together during their audition time. Expect to be at the audition for the entire time (7-10 pm).

• The auditions will consist of scene readings from the show, based on the role(s) you indicate you are interested in. You may also be asked to read for other roles as well.

• When you book your audition, you will be forwarded readings that you can become familiar with prior to your audition date. MEMORIZING IS NOT EXPECTED.

• You may be required to attend a callback so that we can have a chance to experiment with different pairings/ groupings of actors.

• For more information, e-mail Darlene Thomas at Auditions4STG@hotmail.com

As soon as possible, complete the fillable Audition Booking Form PDF and return it 

by e-mailing Auditions4STG@hotmail.com.

1. Complete the fillable Audition Application PDF, print it and bring to your audition If you cannot print it out, you can fill one out at your audition.

2. Theatre resume (if you have one)

3. Recent headshot.

If you need to cancel your audition, please let us know by phoning 416-439-5349 no later than 6:30 on the night of your audition.

Female-presenting, 30–40 years
A sensitive, delicate, moth-like member of the fading Southern aristocracy. She has just lost her teaching position in Laurel, Mississippi, because of her promiscuity and therefore left Mississippi to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. She eventually reveals that she is completely destitute. Though she has strong sexual urges and has had many lovers, she puts on the airs of a woman who has never known indignity. She avoids reality, preferring to live in her own imagination. As the play progresses, Blanche’s instability grows along with her misfortune until Stanley has her committed to an asylum. Blanche is an outcast from society.

Female-presenting, 25–30 years
Blanche’s younger sister of a mild disposition that visibly sets her apart from her more vulgar neighbors. She is married to Stanley, with whom she shares a robust sexual relationship, and is pregnant with their first child. Stella’s union with Stanley is both animal and spiritual, violent but renewing. Living in the French Quarter of New Orleans, she is happy in her marriage and her home; however, much to the consternation of Blanche, she has forgotten her genteel upbringing to enjoy a more common existence. Stella possesses the same timeworn aristocratic heritage as Blanche, but she left Mississippi for New Orleans in her late teens. After Blanche’s arrival, Stella is torn between her sister and her husband but eventually stands by Stanley. While she loves and pities Blanche, she cannot bring herself to believe Blanche’s accusations against him. Stella’s denial of reality at the play’s end shows she has more in common with her sister than she thinks.

Male-presenting, 30–40 years
The husband of Stella, Stanley is a working-class man whose main drive in life is sexual. A former master sergeant in the engineer corps, he faces everything and everybody with brutal realism. He is loyal to his friends, passionate toward his wife, and heartlessly cruel to Blanche. Of Polish ancestry, he represents the new, heterogeneous America. Seeing himself as a social leveler, he seeks to destroy Blanche’s social pretensions. Practicality is his forte, and he has no patience for Blanche’s distortions of the truth. By the play’s end, he is a disturbing degenerate who shows no remorse. Stanley is the proud family man.

Male-presenting, 30–40 years
Stanley’s friend, coworker, and poker buddy who served in the war with him. Unmarried, he courts Blanche until he discovers she has lied about her past. Though clumsy, sweaty, and drawn to unrefined interests like muscle building, Mitch is more sensitive and gentlemanly than Stanley and his other friends, perhaps because he lives with his slowly dying mother. Blanche and Mitch are an unlikely match, as he does not fit the chivalric ideal she dreams will rescue her. Nevertheless, they bond over their lost loves, and when Blanche is taken away against her will, Mitch—along with Stella—is one of the few who despairs over the tragedy.

Female-presenting, open age
Stella’s friend, upstairs neighbor, and landlady. Eunice and her husband, Steve, represent the low-class, carnal life Stella has chosen. Like Stella, Eunice accepts her husband’s affections despite his physical abuse. At the play’s end, when Stella hesitates to stay with Stanley at Blanche’s expense, Eunice insists she has no choice but to disbelieve Blanche. Eunice and Steve provide moments of light relief.

Male-presenting, open age
Stanley’s poker buddy who lives upstairs with his wife, Eunice. Like Stanley, Steve is a hot-blooded and brutish man, and an abusive husband. He adds light relief to the play. May double in other roles.

Male-presenting, open age
One of Stanley’s poker buddies. May also be cast as the Young Collector.

Male-presenting, plays 14–16 years (actor must be at least 18 due to content)
A teenage newspaper collector who comes to the Kowalskis’ door when Blanche is home alone. He leaves bewildered after Blanche hits on him and gives him a passionate farewell kiss. May also be cast as Pablo.

Female-presenting, open age
A friend of Eunice who finds Stanley’s openly sexual gestures toward Stella amusing. Appears throughout the play in street scenes. May also be cast as the Mexican Flower Seller and Nurse.

Female-presenting, open age
A vendor calling out “Flores para los muertos” (“Flowers for the dead”). May also be cast as the Unnamed Woman and Nurse.

Female-presenting, open age
Accompanies the doctor to take Blanche to an institution. She is professional but uncaring. May also be cast as the Unnamed Woman and Mexican Flower Seller.

Male-presenting, 50+ years
The doctor who arrives at the play’s finale to take Blanche to an asylum. He is kind and gentle toward her, embodying the chivalric Southern gentleman Blanche imagines will offer her salvation. May also be cast as an ensemble character.

Additional ensemble and non-speaking roles may be cast as required.

This play was written and first performed in 1947 and includes content some may find uncomfortable to be a part of. An intimacy coach will be utilized to help choreograph safe, consent-based physical and sexual scenes, acting as an actor's advocate and a bridge to the production team to ensure a realistic, professional portrayal of intimate moments (like simulated sex or intense emotional contact) while protecting actors' well-being, boundaries and performance quality.

Southern U.S. accents are not required for the auditions, but actors should acquire, at minimum, a suggestion of an accent during rehearsal and for performance. Some actors will double in the production, playing more than one role.

Scarborough Theatre Guild welcomes diversity in casting and actors of all backgrounds, identities and abilities are encouraged to apply!

For more information, please review SND Audition Call Information below.