to Mitch

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