A Portrait of a Family

BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
STARRING GABRIELLE ROSE, CHERISE CLARKE, CRAIG ERICKSON, AND ROBERT MOLONEY
DIRECTOR JAMES FAGAN TAIT
SET DESIGN ROBERT GARDINER LIGHTING DESIGN MARSHA SIBTHORPE
COSTUME DESIGN NANCY TAIT ORIGINAL MUSIC BY JOELYSA PANKANEA
STAGE MANAGEMENT MARION ANDERSON, KELLY BARKER

October 25–November 25, 2007 | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

“Stay fresh and pretty! It’s almost time for our gentleman callers to start arriving.” Tennessee Williams’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece - The Glass Menagerie, is an astonishingly intimate and moving portrait of the Wingfield family. From a dingy St. Louis apartment, faded Southern belle Amanda yearns for her idealized youth, while her grown children, Tom and Laura, struggle to escape their overbearing mother. Just when happiness seems beyond the grasp of these fragile individuals, hope arrives in the form of a gentleman caller.

This theatrical classic complements the Arts Club production of His Greatness, by Daniel MacIvor, the season opener the Granville Island Stage.

SPOTLIGHT ON The Glass Menagerie

REVIEWS

"Tennessee Williams tells us right of the bat that The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, bathed in a dim and poetic light, offering truth wrapped in illusion. What we get in the Arts Club's new production of the seminal 1944 work is exactly that and, as a result, so much more...a profound experience. Don't miss it." Peter Birnie, The Vancouver Sun [Read full review]

"Glass Menagerie made fresh again"—The Province [Read full review]

"Tennessee Williams's first masterpiece" —The New York Times

Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play

AUDIENCE COMMENTS

"Great show, great cast. The timeless messages of family tension, need for adventure and freedom were brought to life in the Glass Menagerie with skill. The tension between the family and their different reactions to the gentleman caller was well crafted. I thoroughly enjoyed the play." ~ David, Calgary, Alberta

"An excellent show and wonderful cast! The Arts Club breathed new life into this classic!" ~ Adina, Thornhill, Ontario

"We thoroughly enjoyed the production - it is about the sixth presentation of that brilliant play I have seen ... and the strength of the role portrayed by "Tom" is much more dramatic and sensitive than any I've seen before! A beautiful production - thank you!!!" ~ Brian, Saltspring Island

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