The community theater group What if Works is staging 'The Glass Menagerie' from August 8-10, showcasing themes relevant to both historical and modern times. Director Phillip M Church emphasizes the play’s reflection on loneliness and the human need for connection, linking it to contemporary global issues similar to those faced 80 years ago during WWII. Church believes that loneliness permeates society and that Williams' narrative remains a poignant commentary on estrangement in families and communities today.
"For me personally, and the overriding purpose of 'The Glass Menagerie,' is the fact that a play written 80 years ago represents a microcosmic metaphor for national, and by extension global, politics."
"The play also relates to the terrible blight of loneliness that has captivated so many individuals, not only in our own communities and nation but across the world."
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