Fri, 30 May
|Pitt Street Theatre
The Glass Menagerie
In 1930s U.S.A., the Wingfield siblings try to find a place in a hostile world. Out of options, the son must make a choice: his freedom, or his sister. Interweaving themes of sacrifice, memory, and identity, 'The Glass Menagerie' invites us to question what we would give up to be true to ourselves.
Time & Location
30 May 2025, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pitt Street Theatre, 78 Pitt Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
About the event
Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a reflection on the life of the Wingfield family as it
teeters on the edge of collapse. Each individual falls deeper into their own neuroses: a mother
succumbing to heady embrace of memory; a son caught in a downward spiral; and a daughter
cloistered in the world of her glass menagerie.
The play is memory. We see the family only as the son looks back upon them, a final re-enactment
of their time together. He directs the scenes at a remove, simultaneously framed within and
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