Chino Community Theatre will hold auditions for A Streetcar Named Desire from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, and from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at Seventh Street Theatre, 13123 Seventh Street in Chino.

Directed by Toni Lynd, Tennessee Williams’ remarkable 1947 masterpiece remains just as powerful and shocking today, which may explain why it is rarely done by community theaters. CCT is proud to bring this classic story of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski (characters made immortal on film by Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando) to our stage.

Cold reading will be required, sides will be available at the audition. Please be prepared to list any scheduling conflicts.

Performances: September 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, October 3, 4, 5, 10, 11

Roles:

• Blanch Dubois: No longer a girl of her 20’s—forced out of town on a ruined reputation, seeking refuge with her sister, Stella.
• Stella: 25, pregnant with her first child, madly and primitively in love with Stanley.
• Stanley: Stella’s husband, blue collar man, direct, passionate and violent.
• Harold “Mitch” Mitchell: Friend of Stanley, unrefined and powerfully built, but sensitive. Attracted to Blanche.
• Eunice Hubbell: Owner of apartment building, helpful, advises Stella.
• Steve Hubbell: Eunice’s husband, poker player.
• Pablo Gonzales: Poker player, accentuates the game with dashes of Spanish.
• Negro Woman: One of the non-naturalistic characters, representative.
• A Strange Man (The Doctor): The doctor arrives at the end to take Blanche on “vacation.”
• A Strange Woman (The Nurse): brutal and impersonal, wrestles Blanche to the ground.
• A Young Collector: Comes to collect money for the paper, Blanche throws herself at him.
• A Mexican Woman: Sells flowers for the dead.