The Glass Menagerie - A Tennessee Williams Classic - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Shakespeare, a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, invites you to experience Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Presented for the first time in the company’s history, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is an American masterpiece; an autobiographical “dream” play, Tom, the young Tennessee, struggles in his claustrophobic home life, caught between his controlling mother and his damaged sister. He loves them. His battle is actually not that he wants to leave, but that he wants to stay. But if he does, can he ever become the writer and the man he aspires to be? The Glass Menagerie runs September 11- September 28, with Opening Night on September 13. Purchase tickets after May 1 and get more information at santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2024 Seasonal box office hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 12p.m. to 4p.m. beginning June 1. Call 831-460-6399. **About Santa Cruz Shakespeare** Featuring professional actors from around the country and inspired by deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, Santa Cruz Shakespeare stages bold productions of the plays of Shakespeare and other great playwrights that stimulate audiences’ senses and spark their imagination. For more information about SCS, visit santacruzshakespeare.org, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (X).

When to leave home and when to stay is a dilemma many people struggle with. We love our family, but it’s healthy to leave the nest and experience the world. Even Tennessee Williams wrestled with similar quandaries. He loved his family but knew he would have to leave his hometown to grow as a writer. That internal struggle inspired the short story “Portrait of a Girl in Glass,” which then became *The Glass Menagerie*, a play that launched him into the spotlight. Runs through Sep 28. -Isabella Marie Sangaline, Good Times Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Shakespeare, a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, invites you to experience Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Presented for the first time in the company’s history, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is an American masterpiece; an autobiographical “dream” play, Tom, the young Tennessee, struggles in his claustrophobic home life, caught between his controlling mother and his damaged sister. He loves them. His battle is actually not that he wants to leave, but that he wants to stay. But if he does, can he ever become the writer and the man he aspires to be? The Glass Menagerie runs September 11- September 28, with Opening Night on September 13. Purchase tickets after May 1 and get more information at santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2024 Seasonal box office hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 12p.m. to 4p.m. beginning June 1. Call 831-460-6399. **About Santa Cruz Shakespeare** Featuring professional actors from around the country and inspired by deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, Santa Cruz Shakespeare stages bold productions of the plays of Shakespeare and other great playwrights that stimulate audiences’ senses and spark their imagination. For more information about SCS, visit santacruzshakespeare.org, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (X).

When to leave home and when to stay is a dilemma many people struggle with. We love our family, but it’s healthy to leave the nest and experience the world. Even Tennessee Williams wrestled with similar quandaries. He loved his family but knew he would have to leave his hometown to grow as a writer. That internal struggle inspired the short story “Portrait of a Girl in Glass,” which then became *The Glass Menagerie*, a play that launched him into the spotlight. Runs through Sep 28. -Isabella Marie Sangaline, Good Times Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Shakespeare, a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, invites you to experience Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Presented for the first time in the company’s history, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is an American masterpiece; an autobiographical “dream” play, Tom, the young Tennessee, struggles in his claustrophobic home life, caught between his controlling mother and his damaged sister. He loves them. His battle is actually not that he wants to leave, but that he wants to stay. But if he does, can he ever become the writer and the man he aspires to be? The Glass Menagerie runs September 11- September 28, with Opening Night on September 13. Purchase tickets after May 1 and get more information at santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2024 Seasonal box office hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 12p.m. to 4p.m. beginning June 1. Call 831-460-6399. **About Santa Cruz Shakespeare** Featuring professional actors from around the country and inspired by deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, Santa Cruz Shakespeare stages bold productions of the plays of Shakespeare and other great playwrights that stimulate audiences’ senses and spark their imagination. For more information about SCS, visit santacruzshakespeare.org, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (X).

When to leave home and when to stay is a dilemma many people struggle with. We love our family, but it’s healthy to leave the nest and experience the world. Even Tennessee Williams wrestled with similar quandaries. He loved his family but knew he would have to leave his hometown to grow as a writer. That internal struggle inspired the short story “Portrait of a Girl in Glass,” which then became *The Glass Menagerie*, a play that launched him into the spotlight. Runs through Sep 28. -Isabella Marie Sangaline, Good Times Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Shakespeare, a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, invites you to experience Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Presented for the first time in the company’s history, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is an American masterpiece; an autobiographical “dream” play, Tom, the young Tennessee, struggles in his claustrophobic home life, caught between his controlling mother and his damaged sister. He loves them. His battle is actually not that he wants to leave, but that he wants to stay. But if he does, can he ever become the writer and the man he aspires to be? The Glass Menagerie runs September 11- September 28, with Opening Night on September 13. Purchase tickets after May 1 and get more information at santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2024 Seasonal box office hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 12p.m. to 4p.m. beginning June 1. Call 831-460-6399. **About Santa Cruz Shakespeare** Featuring professional actors from around the country and inspired by deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, Santa Cruz Shakespeare stages bold productions of the plays of Shakespeare and other great playwrights that stimulate audiences’ senses and spark their imagination. For more information about SCS, visit santacruzshakespeare.org, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (X).