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Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Released Wednesday, 19th June 2024
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Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

Wednesday, 19th June 2024
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Weyni Mengesha is an award-winning Canadian theatre maker and the artistic director of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company. Five years ago, she reworked Tennessee Williams’s historic play “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which was a resounding hit for Canadian theatre. Now, Soulpepper has remounted the production. Weyni joins Tom to talk about the changes she made to “A Streetcar Named Desire,” its legacy, and why it still matters today.

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