Kechi Playhouse Presents "The Glass Menagerie"

Kechi Playhouse is happy to announce the fourth production of its landmark 40^th season—"The Glass Menagerie" by legendary American playwright Tennessee Williams. The classic memory play runs September 9–25 at 100 E. Kechi Road.

Amanda Wingfield is a faded remnant of Southern gentility who now lives in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her sardonic son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura, who has a physical handicap and debilitating shyness. The father has left home; Tom supports his mother and sister with a shoe factory job he hates while he dreams of a bigger life of freedom and adventure.

When Amanda convinces Tom to invite a work friend to dinner as a "gentleman caller" for Laura, the illusions that all three have created in order to make life bearable collapse around them.

This production features a stellar cast with Michelle Janssens as Amanda, Miranda Windholtz as Laura, Chris Sharkey as Tom and Joshua Rosenberg as Jim. The show is directed by Misty Maynard.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 Fridays and Saturdays and $15 on Sundays. Call for reservations: (316) 744-2152.