Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is a haunting, beautifully crafted play that delves into the complexities of memory, family, and unspoken dreams. Set in the cramped apartment of the Wingfield family, it follows the delicate balance between the desires of Tom, his fragile sister Laura, and their overbearing mother Amanda. Through poetic language and groundbreaking use of memory as a narrative device, Williams weaved a story that captures both the poignancy and frustration of their lives. With his spirit of innovation, Williams defied traditional storytelling, creating a deeply emotional and visually striking experience that still resonates with audiences today. The Glass Menagerie is a timeless exploration of longing, love, and the painful beauty of unattainable dreams.

 

“I’m a poet,” Williams once said, “and then I put the poetry in the drama.” He also used unconventional techniques—impressionistic lighting, stories told in flashback, unusual set design—to get to what he said was “a closer approach to the truth.”

AUDITION ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025, 2-6pm

NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING ENCOURAGED
All positions are paid

FOLLOW THIS LINK IN COMMENTS FOR OUR AUDITION FORM [NOTE: no link given on Facebook]

The audition will be open with all participants arriving at 2 pm. We will utilize a "workshop/master class" format to encourage dialogue and exploration. 
Let us know who you are and a bit about you. This virtual submission will sign you up for the in-person audition.

We would love a chance to see you!
• Record a short audition video.
• Or just record yourself saying hello, we really just want to see who is coming.
• Leave us a headshot and resume.
• Upload your files via the links of the AUDITION FORM above.

 

KEY DATES
Rehearsal Starts: Week of Dec 8, 2025
Rehearsal Period: 8 weeks, 3 days/week
Load In: Sunday, Feb 11, 2026
Previews: Friday, Saturday, Feb 6-7, 2026
Opening Night: Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026

 

PERFORMANCES
February 11-22, 2026
Opening Week, Wednesday - Saturday 7pm Call, 8pm Curtain; Saturday and Sunday, 1pm Call, 2pm Curtain
Second Week, Thursday - Saturday 7pm Call, 8pm Curtain; Sunday 1pm Call, 2pm Curtain

CHARACTERS:
In The Glass Menagerie, each character is suspended in memory—at once real and dreamlike, illuminated by longing, regret, and fragile hope.
Amanda Wingfield, once a Southern belle of charm and vitality, now clings fiercely to the bright illusions of her past. Her chatter is comic, her endurance tragic, her love for her children both suffocating and sincere.

Her son Tom is a poet confined to a warehouse, a restless spirit caught between the pull of family duty and the hunger for freedom. As narrator, he admits he tells us truth “in the pleasant disguise of illusion,” for memory demands no less.

Laura, his sister, is as delicate and luminous as the glass figures she tends. Crippled not by her slight limp but by her shyness, she dwells in a world of fragile beauty, a tender soul too exquisitely wrought for the noise of reality.

And into this fragile world steps Jim O’Connor, the Gentleman Caller—an ordinary young man who brings with him the bright promise of possibility, tempered by the quiet shadow of his own disappointments.

Together they form a family tableau of yearning and survival, each one luminous in the half-light of remembrance, each one struggling to reconcile the truth of their lives with the illusions that sustain them.