 The Bemidji Community Theater is taking audiences back to the 1940s with their production of a streetcar named Desire. It's the classic tale of two sisters from Mississippi. One goes to visit her other sister Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans after losing the family plantation. When choosing plays for the season, the Bemidji Community Theater board said they wanted something more edgy that would stretch the actors and its director. It's a very intense play and it's very emotional and I'm hoping the audience will put themselves back in 47 at a time when women had very few choices in life. They were either old maids or they were married and had a family. They didn't, not many women had careers at that time. So Stella and Blanche each choose different paths and it shows how those different paths affect them. A streetcar named Desire opens tomorrow night at the Chief Theater in Bemidji. Tickets are available at the box office. The show runs through the 16th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.