The Glass Menagerie

Authors

• Tennessee Williams

Files

Description

The playbill for Taylor University's performance of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

Performed September 25-28, 2025 in the Mitchell Theatre at Taylor University.

At its heart, The Glass Menagerie is a story about the grace that vulnerability makes possible. The Wingfield family—Tom, Amanda, and Laura—are fragile, flawed, and fiercely human. Their lives are marked by disappointment and desire, yet Williams invites us to approach them with tenderness. Laura’s glass animals, so delicate and beautiful, are not just a metaphor for her own inner world but for the human spirit itself—easily broken, but capable of reflecting light in ways that astonish us.

Tennessee Williams wrote this play as an act of memory and confession, shaping his own family history into a work of art. In this way, The Glass Menagerie is deeply autobiographical: Tom is Williams’ stand-in, torn between duty and escape; Amanda echoes his own mother’s charm and frustration; Laura reflects his sister Rose’s vulnerability. What makes this play so moving is its honesty—Williams does not hide from pain, but neither does he leave us without hope.

Artistic Director

Tracy Manning

Technical Director

Conner Reagan

Publication Date

9-25-2025

City

Upland, IN

Keywords

Tennessee Williams, Glass Menagerie, grace, vulnerability, fragility, memory

Disciplines

Acting | Arts and Humanities | Dance | Education | Higher Education | Playwriting | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Notes

Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. 

Recommended Citation

Williams, Tennessee, "The Glass Menagerie" (2025). Taylor Theatre Playbills. 394.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/playbills/394