Cresson, Pa.  – The era is 1937, St. Louis, Mo. The Wingfield’s are a family of three making do during hard times. Daughter Laura’s world is small and fragile as is she. She lives under the wing of her mother, Amanda Wingfield, a faded flower struggling to raise two children – Laura and Tom - after her husband has left her.  Enter Jim, Laura’s gentleman caller. Tom Wingfield narrates the play.

“The Glass Menagerie,” written by Tennessee Williams, is the second offering from Mount Aloysius College’s new theater director, Nathan Magee. The curtain goes up Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in historic Alumni Hall at Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, Pa.  Additional shows are scheduled for Friday, November 16^th and Saturday November 17^th. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. each night. 

Cast for the Mount Aloysius College production of “The Glass Menagerie includes: Kolby Wasnick, of Summerhill, Pa.  playing Amanada Wingfield; Tim Michrina of Portage playing Tom Wingfield; Pam Young of Gaithersburg, Md. as Laura, and Todd Craig of Portage playing Jim, the Gentleman Caller.

Tickets are $5 for adults. All area students are admitted free. For additional information contact Mount Aloysius College at (814) 886-4131.

CAPTION: Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College theater director Nathan Magee, back to camera at far left, discusses a critical scene with, from left, actors Pamela Young, playing Laura, Tim Michrina, playing Jim and Kolby Wasnich playing Amanda Wingfield. Todd Craig, playing The Gentleman Caller, was absent when photo was taken.