Iconic American Classic
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by DOUG LOCKWOOD
Through Tom’s cinematic eyes, his family’s life isn’t the dream he imagined. In a rundown St. Louis apartment the matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, is desperately clinging to a past of parties and endless callers. Her adult children, Tom and Laura, become a victim of her delusions as she pushes for Tom to provide for the struggling family and Laura to find a husband. The two seek solace in ways of escaping their mother and their own misery until a visit from a gentleman caller presents the possibility of new opportunities.
Renowned playwright Tennessee Williams opens the 2025 Season with this classic drama, directed by Doug Lockwood. Running from June 5 to 28, all performances are at Gloucester Stage’s Theater 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, and matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 3:00pm.
JUNE 5 – 28
Performances
7:30 pm, WED + THU
8:00 pm, FRI + SAT
3:00 pm, SAT + SUN
Preview Performances
June 5 @ 7:30 pm + 6 @ 8:00 pm
Champagne Opening
Saturday, June 7 @ 6:00 pm
Artist Talk Backs
June 14 + 21 @ 5:30 pm
Pre-show Coffee Break w/ Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshaw
June 15 + 22 @ 2:00 pm
Child Care Performance
June 14 @ 3:00 pm
Meet the Creative Team
Tennessee Williams (he/him) / Playwright
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “the catastrophe of success,” a success capped by A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the most influential works of modern American literature. An extraordinary series of masterpieces followed, including Vieux Carre, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Rose Tattoo, Orpheus Descending and the classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Doug Lockwood (he/him) / Director
Directing credit at Gloucester Stage: Auld Lang Syne. Founding Member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project where he has directed: King Lear, Hamlet, Middletown, and Cymbeline. Directing in Boston and vicinity: Chesapeake and Cyrano (New Rep), Escape from Happiness (Brandeis). Directing for The Boston Conservatory at Berklee: Three Sisters, The Cradle Will Rock, Coolsville, Twelfth Night, MACHINAL, Cloud 9, Bent, Two Gentlemen of Verona-The Musical, The Beckett Bash, Landscape of the Body. Acting credits for Actors’ Shakespeare Project include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Pride and Prejudice, Richard II, Titus Andronicus and many others. Doug is a Professor of Theatre at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He received his MFA in Acting from The University of Washington under the direction of Steve Pearson.
Critical Praise for Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie
“Mr. Williams has a real ear for faintly sardonic dialogue, unexpected phrases and an affection for his characters.”
“The texture of the play is music: nocturnal, poignant and poetic.”
“Vividly written… it reaches out tentacles, first tentative, then gripping and you are caught in its spell.”
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
ºThe Director is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
^Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE
THE GLASS MENAGERIE is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.