Dates/Locations
February 21 10AM- noon Long Beach Community Center 5845 Calvert Blvd. St. Leonard
February 24 6-8 PM Southern Library (Solomons)
February 26 6-8 PM Prince Frederick Library
Character Descriptions
Tom Wingfield
- The narrator and protagonist
- Works in a shoe warehouse but dreams of becoming a writer
- Feels torn between duty to his family and his desire for freedom
- Represents the conflict between responsibility and escape
Amanda Wingfield
- Tom and Laura’s mother
- A former Southern belle who clings to memories of her youth
- Controlling, talkative, and deeply anxious about her children’s futures
- Symbolizes denial and the struggle to survive in changing times
Laura Wingfield
- Tom’s sister
- Shy, socially anxious, and physically disabled
- Retreats into her collection of glass animals (the “glass menagerie”)
- Represents fragility, innocence, and vulnerability
Jim O’Connor
- Tom’s coworker and Laura’s former high school crush
- Confident, practical, and optimistic
- Represents realism and the outside world
- His engagement crushes Amanda’s and Laura’s hopes
