Gallery: STELLA! Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest closes out Tennessee Williams Fest

Contestants including overall winner Nathan Raygor of Minneapolis, Minnesota participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire' set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival /
New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Gallery: STELLA! Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest closes out Tennessee Williams Fest

by Matthew Hinton | April 1, 2019

Contestants participated in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans on Sunday, March 31, 2019.

We sent photographer Matthew Hinton to capture the pain.

Contestants including finalist Jacques Hebert of New Orleans participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants including David Kernion from New Orleans participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Cecile Monteyne portrays Stella at the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Eric Charleston, left, who portrays Stanley, and Cecile Monteyne, who portrays Stella, join Tennessee Williams’ niece, Ann Williams with the initial yells of ‘STELL-LLA’ at the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants including Spencer Douglas of New Orleans participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants including Kiana Mashayekh of New York participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants including Billy Smith from Nashville, Tennessee participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Contestants including finalist Lisa Oueloette of Kalamazoo, Michigan participate in the Stella and Stanley Shouting Contest in Jackson Square in the French Quarter recreating the scene from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ set in New Orleans, which was made famous in the film adaptation starting Marlon Brando, to bring an end to the Tennessee Williams Festival / New Orleans Literary Festival celebrating the work of the author in New Orleans, La. Sunday, March 31, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

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Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.

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