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For our 2011 season we produced Austin Pendleton's Orson's Shadow in the Broadway District of New York City about theatre titans Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles and Vivien Leigh. We also have a reprise of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mud Lab.
Our first production was A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, a Mississippi Mud Productions presentation of an HB Studio Ensemble project, which ran at the historical Cherry Lane Theatre's Cherry Pit space in the West Village of New York City, July 22 - August 7, 2010.
At its barest bones Streetcar is a play about a sister-in-law who moves into a young married couple’s home and takes over their bathroom. A gifted writer like Mr. Williams knows how to make it so much more.
This was for us a continuation of work developed in classes at HB Studio with Austin Pendleton, master teacher, director (Little Foxes, Broadway, with Elizabeth Taylor), actor, and Recipient of 2006/2007 Drama Desk Special Award for his contribution as a Renaissance Man of the American Theater. The cast is multicultural and began its explorations in class and with the HB Ensemble, a group of committed artists drawn by audition from among the body of artists who study at HB Studio. For our multicultural Streetcar, we worked with cutting edge designers, under the direction of Brian Lady and Mr. Pendleton.
Because the roots of this American classic were educational for us, we presented this work free of charge to the public. Mud continues to be interested in reaching out to a diverse audience.
Directors - Brian Lady and Austin Pendleton Cast - Charles Black*, James Colquhoun, Jen Danby*, Koichiro Goto, Jody Prusan*, Michael Robinson, Mariel Suarez, Toshiji Takeshima, Nicole Van Voorhis, Sean Walsh, Julia Wolfermann, and Catherine Zubkow. |
A Streetcar Named Desire was presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., on behalf of The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.