The first play to establish Tennessee Williams as a major new playwright and Broadway success. The Glass Menagerie is the compelling story of a St. Louis family struggling to cope with the harsh realities of the Great Depression and the bitter memories that haunt them.
At the end of the 1930s Amanda Wingfield is left by her husband, leading her to run a powerful dictatorship over her two children, Tom and Laura. Revealed in flashbacks, the play follows the lives of shoe factory worker Tom, torn between his role as the family breadwinner and the desire to lead a life of his own...his abrasive mother Amanda, once a grand Southern socialite, now trying to maintain her dignity amidst the gloom of the tenement...and Tom's frail sister Laura, who has retreated to an imaginary world caring for her collection of glass animals. As tension mount and tempers flare, the prospect of a husband for Laura becomes their final chance for stability and escape. But this gentleman caller's arrival could also deal a powerful blow that shatters their tenuous dreams. A daring drama of metaphors and human condition, this is one of Tennessee Williams' finest.
Tom Wingfield - Mike Fleeman
Amanda Wingfield - Shannon Fleeman
Laura Wingfield - Kristy Lindstrom
Jim O'Connor - Bubba Gibbs
BEHIND THE SCENES:
Director - Mike Fleeman
Production Manager - Tina Maslankowski
Assistant Director - Lee Maslankowski
Stage Manager - Beth Inman
Understudy to Tom - Jason Smith
Technical Director/Light & Sound Design - Lee Maslankowski
Box Office - Elizabeth Hunt
Costumes - The Cast
Props - Tina Maslankowski, Micah Stuart, Pat Baker
Publicity - Ben Thatcher, Mike Lacy
Set Design - Mike Fleeman, Joe Webb
Playbill - Steffen Smith, Joe Webb, Jackie Smith
Cover/Poster Art & Design - Steve Martin
Set Construction - Joe Webb, Bill Jefferson, Bucky Ratcliffe, Ed Ratcliffe, Bill Marsh, George Southmayd, Frank Moore, Alan Buchanan
Set Painting - Beth Inman, Tina Maslankowski
Fundraising - Joe Webb, Kelly Hornsby, Lynda Thompson
Special Thanks:
All of our volunteers who have so generously shared their time and talent and to Micah Stuart. Special Thanks also from the cast and directors to Jason Smith for helping to "fill the gaps" by lending his time and talent to this production's rehearsals. Ed Izor and The Antique Warehouse for their loan of iron rails.
the glass menagerie
by Tennesse Williams
may 25 - june 17