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AUDITIONS

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play” narrated by Tom Wingfield, who looks back on his life with his mother Amanda and his sister Laura in their shabby St. Louis apartment during the late1930s. All 3 characters dream of escape. The arrival of a dinner guest, referred to as The Gentleman Caller, does not go according to anyone’s plans.

The  characters

Amanda Wingfield, a former Southern belle, has come down in the world and dreams of a better life while clinging to memories (maybe not always accurate) of her youth.

Playing age 50s. Accent deep South (Mississippi), which is where she grew up.

Tom Wingfield, her son. Works in a dead-end warehouse job to support the family but yearns for escape and adventure.

Playing age flexible, as we see a middle-aged Tom (50s) narrating the action in which his younger self ( 30s) is portrayed.  

Usually played by one actor but can be played by two actors. Accent standard, neutral American.

Laura Wingfield, her daughter. Painfully shy, physically disabled, emotionally frail, she retreats into her collection of fragile glass animals—her “glass menagerie”.

Playing age  30s. Accent standard, neutral American

Jim O’Connor (The Gentleman Caller). A work colleague of Tom’s, an old high-school crush of Laura’s. Amanda is hoping, unrealistically, that he will be a suitor for Laura.

Playing age  30s. Accent standard, neutral American

Key Dates

General reading, all welcome.

Friday 10 April at 7.30pm

Auditions

Sunday 12 April at 7.00pm  

Wednesday 22 April at 7.30pm

Audition pieces will be sent out in advance, so please contact the Director with your email address if you would like one or more, indicating the part(s) you wish to read for.

Rehearsals will start on Monday May 18th.

We will rehearse on Mondays and Thursdays, but as this is a short rehearsal period, there will be a few weeks in which there will be a 3rd rehearsal, the dates to be mutually agreed once the play is cast.

Production week Sunday 5 July (get-in) to Sunday 12 July (last performance).  

Director

lindahampson40@gmail.com

or phone / WhatsApp 07765 836313