At the Footlight Club:
The 7A Series Presents: The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Bill Doscher
Produced by Sandi McDonald
Stage Manager: Jen Ryan
Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself. The crux of the action comes when Tom invites a young man of his acquaintance to take dinner with the family. Jim, the caller, is a nice ordinary fellow who is at once pounced upon by Amanda as a possible husband for Laura. In spite of her crude and obvious efforts to entrap the young man, he and Laura manage to get along very nicely, and momentarily Laura is lifted out of herself into a new world. But this crashes when, toward the end, Jim explains that he is already engaged. The world of illusion that Amanda and Laura have striven to create in order to make life bearable collapses about them. Tom, too, at the end of his tether, at last leaves home.
Starring:
Janet Ferreri as Amanda
Alexandria Harrington as Laura
Jason Tennis as Tom
Mark Damon as Jim
Show dates are January 19th, 20th, and 21st at 8pm and January 22nd at 2pm.
Tickets are $5 and are free to Footlight Club members.
Tickets can be reserved by emailing name, show date, number of tickets needed, and phone number to glassmenagerie@footlight.org.