ST. PETERSBURG — Fresh off a historic streak of capacity crowds for “Cadillac Crew” and “Julius Caesar,” the Studio@620 is about to present its most provocative production of the season: a bi-racial reimagining of Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The production will run April 16-26 at the Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg.

Tickets are $40. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Matinees are offered on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. For information and to purchase tickets, visit thestudioat620.org.

This production serves as the cornerstone of the Studio’s Sankofa Series. Derived from the Akan word meaning “to go back and get it,” the Sankofa Series at The Studio@620 is dedicated to broadening our lens of the American theatrical canon.

Set in the summer of 1965 during the second wave of feminism, Erica Sutherlin — the show’s director and artistic executive director at the Studio@620 — shifts the play’s traditional lens, bringing the classic text into a more holistic light to reflect the complexities of our shared American experience. By casting Marjorie Joseph (Stella) and Max Carley (Stanley) as a bi-racial couple, Sutherlin shifts the play’s traditional lens, exploring how gender, class, and desire collide in a modern context.

“We aren’t just staging a classic; we are illuminating it,” said Sutherlin. “Reflecting back America by placing a bi-racial marriage at the center of the Kowalski household, the stakes of the story change. The tension between Blanche’s ‘Old South’ illusions and Stanley’s raw, modern reality takes on a new, urgent dimension.”

Sutherlin said that the community proved with Studio@620’s recent sold-out runs that they want theater that reflects the complexities of 2026.

“This ‘Streetcar’ is exactly that,” she said.

“A Streetcar Named Desire” arrives during a landmark year for the Studio@620, characterized by “achievement and reinvention.” With attendance reaching 100% capacity for the spring’s previous major runs, the studio has solidified its role as the city’s hub for high-impact, culturally relevant storytelling.

The cast features a dynamic ensemble of regional talent, including Joseph as Stella Kowalski; Carley as Stanley Kowalski; Debbie Yones as Blanche DuBois; Terrance Jamison as Mitch; Jada Griffin as Eunice; and Mike Fasso as Steve. The supporting ensemble includes Spence Gabriel and Alexa Perez.

This production is presented with the support of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. In alignment with the foundation’s mission to create a community in which good health helps all people thrive, this staging of “Streetcar” serves as a platform for dialogue on the social determinants of health — including mental health, domestic stability, and the impact of systemic identity on personal well-being.