The Tech Players end their 49th season with the spring production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," the acclaimed drama by legendary playwright Tennessee Williams that kicks off this month at the Backdoor Playhouse.

A Center Stage event produced in arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, the show begins at 8 p.m., April 29-May 1, and May 4, 7-8, and at 10 p.m. on May 3 and 6.

"A Streetcar Named Desire" is the first Tennessee Williams play produced at the Backdoor Playhouse since the 1996 critically acclaimed production of "The Glass Menagerie."

“Its cast is made up of both students and community members who are all doing a wonderful job of capturing the life of these characters — and that’s not an easy task because these characters are quite deep and intense,” says Playhouse Director Mark Creter.

First performed in 1946, "A Streetcar Named Desire" is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following World War II and tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own.

It cemented Williams’ reputation as a great American playwright, earning him both a New York’s Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Ticket prices are $8 for general admission, $6 for senior citizens, $4 for non-TTU students, $3 for employees at TTU Employee Appreciation Night on Tuesday, May 4, and free for TTU students who present their Eagle ID cards at the door.

The Backdoor Playhouse is located at the rear of the Jere Whitson Building. For more information, call the box office at 6595.