While Amanda Wingfield desperately struggles to provide her fragile daughter with at least one “gentleman caller,” her son, Tom, dreams of escaping from his job at a warehouse and his oppressive life at home. An exquisite family drama filtered through Tom’s memory, The Glass Menagerie is staged by John Tiffany, the acclaimed director of the international sensation, Black Watch, and the Broadway musical, Once.
The Glass Menagerie
A.R.T. Season
February 2, 2013 to March 17, 2013
Extraordinary... Fully-realized, heart-rending
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| Written by | Tennessee Williams |
| Directed by | John Tiffany |
| Movement by | Steven Hoggett |
| Set and Costume Design | Bob Crowley |
| Lighting Design | Natasha Katz |
| Sound Design | Clive Goodwin |
| Casting |
Jim Carnahan Casting |
| Music | Nico Muhly |
| Dialect Coach | Nancy Houfek |
| Production Stage Manager | Chris de Camillis |
| Tom | Zachary Quinto |
| Amanda | Cherry Jones |
| Laura | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| The Gentleman Caller | Brian J. Smith |
| Assistant Director | Benjamin Shaw |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Taylor Adamik |
| Associate Set Desinger | Bryan Johnson |
| Assistant Costume Designer |
Ameera Al |
| Assistant Sound Designer |
Erik Skovgaard |
| Dramaturgy |
Alexandra Juckno |
| Assistant Dialect Coach |
Ron Carlos |
| Stage Management Intern |
Madeleine Bersin |
| Harvard Office of Career Services Art Fellows |
Krithika Varagur, Matthew Walker |
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific
announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.
Tom—Dara Yazdani; Laura—Samantha Egers^; The Gentleman Caller—David Abrams
(^) Appears Courtesy of Actors’ Equity
SPECIAL THANKS
Tom Erhardt, Mel Kenyon, and all at Casarotto Ramsey
John Martello and The Players Club, NYC
Pedram Naseri
New York Theatre Workshop
Mary Haegert, Micah Hoggatt, and Dale Stinchcomb from the Harvard Theatre Collection
Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes
The A.R.T. thanks
UpStairs on the Square and St. George Spirits
for their support of The Glass Menagerie opening night
Memory may be a torturer in “The Glass Menagerie.” But every so often, as this glorious production allows, it lights up the darkness like a divine benediction. More
The A.R.T. production, in Tennessee Williams's words, does not go to the moon. It goes much further. More
Were Williams alive to see the new production by the American Repertory Theater, however, he might have turned to T. S. Eliot’s suggestion, in “Burnt Norton,” that “all time is eternally present.” More
If Amanda Wingfield ever goes on trial, she’d be wise to retain Cherry Jones as her defense attorney. More
Some people are shocked to hear that for the first time in its 30-year history, the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge is producing a play by the great Southern writer Tennessee Williams. More
In this abstract reproduction of Tom's shabby prison, with its beckoning escape, Tennessee Williams's timeless Depression-set "memory play" appears suspended in a somber universe — which, as it turns out, is exactly where it should be. More
Cherry Jones’ turn as Amanda Wingfield in American Repertory Theater’s “The Glass Menagerie” is agonizingly, painfully perfect.
In rare moments of tenderness, you’ll want to hold the tortured, torturing matriarch and tell her everything is going to be all right. But most of the time, you’ll want to strangle her. More
Ladies like Amanda Wingfield, Tennessee Williams' overbearing mama of The Glass Menagerie, ring a belle for Southern-bred actress Cherry Jones. More
Cherry Jones and director John Tiffany at Zero Church Street last month preparing for “Glass Menagerie,” which opens Saturday at ART’s Loeb Drama Center. More
Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2013
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-495-2668
Kati_Mitchell@harvard.edu
A.R.T.’s Acclaimed Production of
The Glass Menagerie
Opens on Broadway on September 5
In a... More
More Tickets Released for Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie at the American Repertory Theater
For Immediate Release: February 14, 2012
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-495-2668
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
More Tickets Released for
Tennessee Williams’s
The Glass Menagerie
at the American Repertory... More
For Immediate Release: January 4, 2012
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-495-2668
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
American Repertory Theater presents
Tennessee Williams’
The Glass Menagerie
Directed by John... More
For Immediate Release: November 29, 2012
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-495-2668
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
A.R.T. receives NEA grant to support The Glass Menagerie
One of 832 Art Works grants totaling... More
For Immediate Release: October 18, 2012
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-495-2668
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
American Repertory Theater Announces the Complete Cast
for Tennessee Williams’
The Glass... More
Cambridge, Mass — The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce that multiple Tony and Emmy award winner Cherry Jones returns to the A.R.T. next season to play... More
Run time
2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission
Venue
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Need to know
Recommended Grades 6 and up.
ASL Dates:
February 26, 7:30PM
March 3, 2:00PM
Audio Described Dates:
February 27, 7:30PM*
March 2, 2:00PM*
*Touch tour 1 hour prior
Access
Accessibilty
Assistive Listening Devices
Large Print Programs
Performance sponsors:
Paul & Katie Buttenwiser
Ann & Graham Gund
Ward & Lucy Mooney
Don & Susan Ware
