By Charles Walker
Western Sun staff writer
Golden West’s Performing Arts proves that they have the talent and the heart to pull off one of the greatest plays ever written in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
Directed by Tom Amen and originally written by Tennessee Williams, “A Streetcar Named Desire” is about Blanche Dubois (played by Camille Lacey), an attractive woman living in the upper class, whom while visiting her sister Stella Kowalski (played by Renee Curtis), attempts to make herself attractive to male suitors. After a series of events, Blanche reveals her life isn’t as pleasant as it seems, and wonders if the upper class is really a better lifestyle to reach true happiness.
The sets were some of Golden West’s best; they made you believe that you were in a little town in the French Quarter of New Orleans, with intricate stairways that lead to different rooms and eventually back to the town. The set-crew perfectly crafted New Orleans to look as real as it was in the 1940’s.
Sigrid Wolf, the stage lighter, did a very good job at darkening the sets to reflect the visions of flashbacks.
Requiring just the basics, the costumes were very plain looking, and compared to other costumes Golden West has used, looked very normal.
Lacey and Curtis performed beautifully, while Lawrence Hemmingway (who played Stanley Kowalski) seemed like he tried too hard to bring out the classic role, making it a bit unreal.
