The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
A homeless man living on the streets of St. Louis, post-WWII, navigates through the gritty back alleys of his imagination to the events that led to his ultimate demise. LA-based Jeff Award winning ensemble member Hans Fleischmann returns to Mary-Arrchie for this re-imagining of Tennessee Williams’ classic memory play. Chicago musician Daniel Knox composes an original score. Daniel has performed with David Lynch, Jarvis Cocker, and at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center with Rufus Wainwright.
Directed by Hans Fleischmann
Featuring an Original Score by Daniel Knox.
Cast: Walter Briggs, Maggie Cain, Joanne Dubach & Hans Fleischmann
Production Team: Rudy Galvan (asst. direction/dramaturg), Andrew Donnelly (stage mgmt), Matthew Gawryk (lights), Anna Henson (projections), Daniel Knox (composer), Grant Sabin (set), Stefin Steberl (costumes), Joe Court (sound design), Ariana Soloway (props), Gaby Labotka (rehearsal assistant), Mark Hackman (choreography).
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SHOW DATES:
DECEMBER 9th, 2012 through JANURARY 20th, 2013 – SOLD OUT!
*** EXTENSION DATES: JANUARY 31st thru FEBRUARY 17th, 2013- Onsale Now!
Thursday thru Saturday @ 8:00PM | Sunday @ 7:00PM
Tickets are $15-25
Student, Senior, & Group Discounts available.
Call 773.871.0442 for information and reservations or
PRESS SNIPPETS:
“If the best-of-the-year lists were not already signed, sealed and delivered, I’d be ripping them into shreds. Fleischmann’s production…is not to be missed.” - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune (4 STARS!)
“The dark despair with twinkling beauty will linger with you long after you leave the theatre. THE GLASS MENAGERIE is handcrafted and one-of-a-kind. This innovative production is a must see!” - Katy Walsh, Chicago Now
“But the underlying emotional truth of his troubled and troubling family is always disarmingly evident, thanks to meticulous, perfectly pitched performances from everyone in Fleischmann’s remarkable cast.” - Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader
*Reader Recommended!
“thanks largely to the commendable cast and creative scenic design, the intimate, unpolished show taking place in the cozy Angel Island Theater manages to be the most affecting version yet.” - Melody Udell, Chicagoist
“”you’ve probably never experienced Tennessee Williams’s ubiquitous drama like this.” - Oliver Sava, TimeOut Chicago
December 12th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
[...] Mary Arrchie Theatre presents THE GLASS MENAGERIE. A homeless man contemplates his past. Tom Wingfield narrates this memory play about his childhood. He remembers his overbearing mother, his fragile sister, his absent father and the gentleman caller. A faded southern belle, his mom constantly berated her children…even as adults. Her grandiose memories of her own self-proclaimed popularity makes Amanda push her introverted children to flourish. Her tactics have the opposite results. Tom retreats into his writing and his drinking. Laura escapes into her pretend world of glass figurines. When an amicable visitor comes to dinner, the Wingfields draw him into their individual delusional worlds. Mary Arrchie’s THE GLASS MENAGERIE crystallizes with bittersweet shimmer. [...]