Behind the Creation of a Classic
In the summer of 1947, Tennessee Williams & Marlon Brando met in a small beach house in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This fateful encounter gave birth to the iconic character Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and transformed American theater forever.
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Kowalski, written by Gregg Ostrin, is a story about passion, creativity, and the struggles that fueled the making of a masterpiece. Through intense dialogue and vivid storytelling, the play brings audiences back to this momentous time in history, providing a raw and unfiltered glimpse into the minds of two titans of American art.
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​KOWALSKI, is a fictional retelling of how Marlon Brando met Tennessee Williams and won the role that made him a huge star… long before he was the Godfather, he was Stanley.
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Based on the actual evening in the summer of 1947 when 23 year old Marlon Brando hitchhiked from New York City to Provincetown, to audition for playwright Tennessee Williams and his new play, A Streetcar Named Desire… Kowalski, takes this landmark night and turns it on its head as Brando, Williams and Jo, the actor’s idealistic girlfriend, enact the same dynamic as Stanley, Blanche and Stella.
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It is a story of two great artists, one at the height of his career, the other just beginning, who taunt, manipulate and flirt with one another in a sparring match that results not only in a hilarious and combustible evening of theater, but an imagined look at how one of the greatest artistic partnerships in history began. Maybe it didn’t happen this way, but considering who the players were, it could have.​..
