Plant City Entertainment, Inc, - THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Date and Time
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
12:30 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
Show Dates: September 13, 14, 15*, 20, 21, 22*
All evening performances at 8:00 P.M., *Sunday matinee at 2:00
Theater opens at 6:30 P.M. for evening performances and at 12:30 P.M. for matinees.
Location
101 N. Thomas Street, Plant City, FL 33563.
Fees/Admission
OPENING NIGHT SPECIAL: 2 TICKETS FOR $30.00
Adults (18-59): $20.00; Senior (60+): $18.00; Students (under 18): $18.00; P.C.E. Members: $15.00 (only available in advance at Hardee’s Fashions & at the door).
Groups of 10+: $15.00
Website
Description
PLANT CITY ENTERTAINMENT, INC. COMMUNITY THEATER
In conjunction with Dramatist Play Service,
Is thrilled to presentthe brilliant icon of the American theater:
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
By
Tennessee Williams
The play is introduced to the audience by Tom, the narrator and protagonist, as a memory play based on his recollection of his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Because the play is based on memory, Tom cautions the audience that what they see may not be precisely what happened.
Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern belle of middle age, shares a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son Tom, in his early twenties, and his slightly elder sister, Laura. Although she is a survivor and a pragmatist, Amanda yearns for the comforts and admiration she remembers from her days as a debutante. She worries especially about the future of her daughter Laura, a young woman with a limp (an after-effect of a bout of polio) and a tremulous insecurity about the outside world. Tom works in a shoe warehouse doing his best to support the family. He chafes under the banality and boredom of everyday life and struggles to write, while spending much of his spare time going to the movies — or so he says — at all hours of the night.
Amanda is obsessed with finding a suitor (or, as she puts it, a "gentleman caller") for Laura, her daughter, whose crippling shyness has led her to spend much of her time polishing and arranging her collection of little glass animals. Pressured by his mother to help find a caller for Laura, Tom invites Jim, an acquaintance from work, home for dinner. When the “gentleman caller” appears, the situation descends into chaos.
Directed by Jeffrey Sirmons
CAST
Amanda: Patricia Bradford
Laura: Emma Hurlburt
Jim: Tyler McElrath
Tom: Jose Rodriguez
Show Dates: September 13, 14, 15*, 20, 21, 22*
All evening performances at 8:00 P.M., *Sunday matinee at 2:00
Theater opens at 6:30 P.M. for evening performances and at 12:30 P.M. for matinees.
OPENING NIGHT SPECIAL: 2 TICKETS FOR $30.00
Adults (18-59): $20.00; Senior (60+): $18.00; Students (under 18): $18.00; P.C.E. Members: $15.00 (only available in advance at Hardee’s Fashions & at the door).
Groups of 10+: $15.00
(ONLY available in advance at Hardee’s Fashions – Open ONLY on Thursdays and Fridays).
Advance tickets may be purchased online by credit card via PayPal and at Hardee’s Fashions (CASH OR CHECK ONLY), 1501 N. Wheeler St., Plant City 33563 (813-754-4929)
Tickets will be available at the door before each performance while available.
To purchase tickets online & for more information, visit: www.pceshows.com
Cash, checks or credit cards accepted at the door.
Be sure to visit the Plant City Entertainment, Inc. website at:
http://pceshows.com/
Join the fun by becoming a member of Plant City Entertainment, Inc., and receive reduced ticket prices and other benefits.
101 N. Thomas Street, Plant City, FL 33563.
For more information, go to www.pceshows.com.
Plant City Entertainment, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) organization
