The Facts: Characters and Casting

Blanche DuBois-female, caucasion, fading Southern belle in her 30's. Stella's sister older sister with a flare for the dramatics.
Stella Kowalski-female, caucasion, level-headed, Blanche's little sister, married to Stanley.
Stanley Kowalski-male, caucasion of Polish decent. 30's, brutish and rash, loves his wife and the bottle.
Mitch-male, 30's, caucasion, gentlemanly and sensitive. Romantic interest for Blanche.
Eunice - Stella’s friend, upstairs neighbor, and landlady. 40's
Allan Grey - Blanche's former husband, was caught in bed with another man, ultimatley commints suicide.(*Long dead by the time of the play’s action, Allan never appears onstage.*)
A Young Collector -teenager who comes to the Kowalskis’ door to collect for the newspaper, has strange run-in with Blanche.
Shep Huntleigh - A former suitor of Blanche’s who she thinks will come rescue her one day. (*Shep never appears onstage*)
Steve - 40's, Male, caucasion, hot-blooded. Stanley’s poker buddy who lives upstairs with his wife, Eunice.
Pablo - 30's, Male, Hispanic. Stanley’s poker buddy.
A Negro Woman - 30-40's, African-American
A Doctor - 40's, Male, caucasion.
A Mexican Woman - late 40's, Hispanic
A Nurse - 30's, female
Shaw - A supply man who is Stanley’s coworker and his source for stories of Blanche’s disreputable past in Laurel, Mississippi.

Non-traditional casting is not something that could be easily done in this production. The central characters are very detailed and deep characters that contain personality traits and backgrounds that could not be substituted by something or someone else. First Blanche and Stella are both caucasion women raised in Mississippi at a plantation home. I don't think a woman of color could have heald such a position in the deep south. Stanley Kowalski is a Polish man and the use of the slang term "Polack" is all over the script. He is hot-headed and hot blooded, likes to drink and fight, an unfortunate loose desription of what some people think are Polacks.(nothing against anyone and i'm 1/2 Polish!) I do think that Eunice and Steve may be played by another ethnic background, such as Irish. The Kowalski's live in a very diverse neighborhood. His poker buddies are of differnt backgrounds, including hispanic. The young newspaper collector could be another race I suppose, I don't know if it would stop Blanche from throwing herself on him, I think she is only attracted to him because he is male and young. The Prostitute could be of any race but I think the "Mexican Woman" should be hispanic due to the fact she does speak in Spanish".