
MITCH: Let's turn the light on here.
BLANCHE: Light? Which light? What for?
MITCH: This one with the paper thing on it.
[He tears the paper lantern off the light bulb. She utters a frightened gasp.]
BLANCHE: What did you do that for?
MITCH: So I can take a look at you good and plain!
BLANCHE: Of course you don't really mean to be insulting!
MITCH: No, just realistic.
BLANCHE: I don't want realism. I want magic!
—Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 9
Recorded live October 27, 2025
Voertman Hall
University Of North Texas
College of Music