Summary
We are putting up a production of Tennessee Williams most autobiographical and beloved play 'The Glass Menagerie' at the Sherry Theater in the NOHO Arts District on July 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th and 25th 2015. It's a dream come true being given the chance to put up this most beautiful play of Modern American Theater. Getting the rights to perform this play has been three years in the making. Now we are hoping to raise $5000 to make our vision of 'The Glass Menagerie' come true and add to the enrichment of the Los Angeles theater world. You don't wanna miss this one. It will be a dream!
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Dates: July 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th and 25th
Time: 8PM
Location: The Sherry Theater, 11052 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Synopsis:
Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself. The crux of the action comes when Tom invites a young man of his acquaintance to take dinner with the family. Jim, the caller, is a nice ordinary fellow who is at once pounced upon by Amanda as a possible husband for Laura. In spite of her crude and obvious efforts to entrap the young man, he and Laura manage to get along very nicely, and momentarily Laura is lifted out of herself into a new world. But this crashes when, toward the end, Jim explains that he is already engaged. The world of illusion that Amanda and Laura have striven to create in order to make life bearable collapses about them. Tom, too, at the end of his tether, at last leaves home.
A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty, THE GLASS MENAGERIE is one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre.
Director: Ciera Danielle
Ciera Danielle is an award winning actress and
filmmaker. As an actor, she has worked professionally for over a decade now,
most recently in James Franco's (127 Hours) "Child of God", starring
opposite Dale Dickey (Winters Bone) in the upcoming "Bella" and
starring opposite Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba) in "The Last Train", which
she also produced. It was her directorial debut in the feature film
"Daisy's", which she also wrote and starred in, which began her
dynamic filmmaking career. "Daisy's" went on to win numerous awards,
including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actress, and was the
inspiration for the founding of Ciera's production company, Love & Lavoro
Films. She is an artist first and foremost and is elated at the opportunity to
direct a work of art like The Glass Menagerie.
Cast:
Role: Laura Wingfield:
Katharina
Magdalena is from Salzburg, Austria. After graduating from The Stella Adler Acadamy of
Acting, she continued studying the Meisner Technique at Playhouse West. She lives
in Los Angeles where she continuously works in film and theater. Katharina has
been cast as Marie Antoinette, the lead in the feature film THE COLOR OF FLESH
slated to film next year. She has also
recently been cast to portray the blind Austrian pianist Maria Theresa von Paradis, the
female lead in the THE COMFORT OF DARKNESS slated to film in December
2015. Playing Laura in THE GLASS MENAGERIE is a
dream come true. She thanks
you for your support.
Role: Jim O'Connor
Don
Jeanes is
from Houston, Texas. After graduating from college Don spent two years in New
York performing in several Off off Broadway productions. He now lives in Los
Angeles where he continuously works in film, television, commercials and print.
He has appeared on Days of our Lives, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, The Exes and in
the feature film Pandorum. Don
is most well know for playing Neil Armstrong in Transformers: Dark of the Moon
and as the horse trainer in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Budweiser Clydesdale Super
Bowl commercials. He thanks you for your support.
Role: Amanda Wingfield
Jane Macfie Theater:
Broadway: Long Day's Journey into Night and Ah, Wilderness, with Jason Robards and
Colleen Dewhurst, West Coast: Tartuffe, Pericles, Blithe Spirit – (A Noise
Within), Hay Fever, How the Other Half Loves (Robby Award), Major Barbara, Born Yesterday (South Coast Rep.),Title role in Hamlet, Much Ado About
Nothing, As You Like It, Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, the Man Who Came to
Dinner, Steel Magnolias (Grove Theater Center), Sir Peter
Hall’s Romeo and Juliet (Ahmanson Theatre) etc. Founding member Pasadena
Shakespeare Company. Film: Daddy’s Little
Angel, High Water. Television: Doris (recurring) – the Mindy Project, Officer
Penny Pike in The Wedding Band, House of Lies, Strong Medicine (recurring),
Frasier, Profiler, Maloney, Get Real. MFA Yale School of Drama.
Role: Tom Wingfield
Tyler Jack Rice is from Chicago, Illinois. After studying theatre at Drake University, he continued his studies in San Fransisco at the Academy of Art University. He then moved to Los Angeles where he began his training at Playhouse West. He continues to work in film and can be seen in Where Fate Meets, American Backwoods: Slewhampshire, The Pocketeers, Worm and Poor Boys, which won him the Best Performance Award at the Mockfest Film Festival. He thanks you for your support
