Mariemont Players Announces Auditions For
The Glass Menagerie
Director
Laura Boggs will hold auditions for the Mariemont Players production of
The Glass Menagerie,
the classic drama by Tennessee Williams, at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just east of Mariemont) at 7:00pm on Sunday, September 14th and at 7:00pm on Monday, September 15th, 2014.
In Tennessee Williams’ shattering classic, an aging Southern Belle longs for her youth and dreams for a better life for her children. Her restless son Tom — a would-be poet and the story’s narrator — gets swept up in his mother’s funny and heartbreaking schemes to find his painfully shy sister, Laura, a husband. The Glass Menagerie is considered to be one of the most beautiful dramas in American theatre.
The cast consists of two women and two men:
Amanda Wingfield (Age is flexible, at least mid to late fifties and older):
The Mother
Clings desperately to another time and place. She is sometimes unwittingly cruel to her children, but is well-intentioned. The actor playing this role must find the humanity in her and not play her as a villain.
Laura Wingfield (Age: Twenties, though flexible):
The Daughter
Crippled by a childhood illness, Laura is afraid of the world and lives a life of fantasy through her fragile glass collection.
Tom Wingfield (Age: Older than Laura, probably mid to late twenties/early thirties):
The Son
Tom is a poet at heart, trapped in a blue-collar job, living a life he hates. He is desperate to escape, but is the only hope for his mother and sister.
Jim O’Connor (Age: Similar age to Tom, mid to late twenties/early thirties):
The Gentleman Caller
Nice, ordinary young man.
Those auditioning are asked to prepare a short monologue, plus there will be readings from the script.
The production will be staged January 9th through January 25th, 2015.
Cincinnati Black Theatre Company (CBTC) 2014-2015 Season
