And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens

Directed by Rory Pelsue, written by Tennessee Williams. Yale Cabaret.

Set Designers: Sarah Nietfeld, Lucie Dawkins, Costume Designer: Cole McCarty, Lighting Designer: Krista Smith

"Written in the early 1950s, this is the Tennessee Williams play you’ve never heard of. It was unperformed in his lifetime and gives us a rare glimpse at a great American playwright writing openly about gay men and gay culture in the permissively decadent atmosphere of Mardi Gras. Candy Delaney is the prettiest interior decorator south of the Mason Dixon Line. All she needs is a nice piece of beefcake to take her arm and share her bed. Enter Karl, a "straight" Seaman in town for Mardi Gras weekend. Karl insists that he doesn’t love Candy because she’s not a "real" girl…but desire blossoms in mysterious ways... "