Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival - The Glass Menagerie

By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Dane Eissler

The Glass Menagerie was written by Williams at the dawn of his career. The 2024 Festival’s production shares a new insight to the famous text by staging it on the same set and with the same cast as Something Cloudy, Something Clear, written at the twilight of Williams’ life.

The Glass Menagerie launched Williams into superstardom by exploring his tumultuous family life in Depression-era St. Louis. The play is no mirror. Williams created Tom, a version of himself, to tell the story of The Glass Menagerie and to be a character in it. Tom abandons his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura —as his father had done to them — for a new life. Tom’s guilt— along with his inability to confess his love for his work friend, Jim —follows him throughout his life and, in this repertory production, all the way to old age. The memory of love—his mother’s, his sister’s, his own — follows Tom throughout his life, too, undoing his attempt to escape and forget their love.

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission

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