About the Production: The Glass Menagerie is an intense, family story made popular on Broadway in the 1940's, and was revived in 2014, receiving multiple Tony Awards. Authored by Tennessee Williams, the story is a memory play that catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister.
The Glass Menagerie is a very small yet powerful production. Cast and crew positions are limited.
Audition Dates
August 21-22, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Warrior Hall Drama Room
Callbacks
August 23
Rehearsals Begin
August 28
Production Dates
November 2-6, 2023
Character Descriptions:
Amanda Wingfield
Laura and Tom’s mother. A proud, vivacious woman, Amanda clings fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past. She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.
Laura Wingfield
Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s older sister. Laura has a bad leg, on which she has to wear a brace, and walks with a limp. Twenty-three years old and painfully shy, she has largely withdrawn from the outside world and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figurines.
Tom Wingfield
Amanda’s son and Laura’s younger brother. An aspiring poet, Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support the family. He is frustrated by the numbing routine of his job and escapes from it through movies, literature, and alcohol.
Jim O’Connor
An old acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a popular athlete in high school and is now a shipping clerk at the shoe warehouse in which Tom works. He is unwaveringly devoted to goals of professional achievement and ideals of personal success.