THE GLASS MENAGERIE: Tennessee Williams’ American Classic Play Set for Theater Latté Da with Performances Beginning in February

(MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL) Theater Latté Da (Justin Lucero, Artistic Director; Elisa Spencer-Kaplan, Managing Director) announces complete casting and single ticket on-sale for Tennessee Williams’ American classic play The Glass Menagerie (February 4 - March 1, 2026). The new year will bring the iconic Williams masterwork to Twin Cities audiences in a new production, directed by Justin Lucero, that delves into the musicality and cinematic sweep infused into Williams’ original script. “At Latté Da, we’re always inspired by classics that feel newly alive when viewed from different angles, and The Glass Menagerie is just such a piece,” states Lucero. “By magnifying its poetic simplicity with live underscore and thoughtfully integrated video, we hope to illuminate why this story continues to resonate with audiences across generations.”

The complete cast for The Glass Menagerie includes Dustin Bronson (Latté Da debut), Brandon Brooks (Into the Woods), Amy Eckberg (Latté Da debut) and Norah Long (Johnny Skeeky, My Fair Lady).

The Glass Menagerie is a luminous memory play that captures the fragile ache of longing, illusion, and family ties strained to their breaking point. Filtered through Tom’s introspective narration, the story unfolds like a faded home movie—its details soft, its emotions piercing. Tennessee Williams’ iconic work scripts music not merely as background, but as an emotional undercurrent: distant, echoing tunes that linger just beyond the moment, weaving through thought, feeling and the quiet pull of nostalgia. One of the most renowned American dramas of the 20th century, this semi-autobiographical masterwork is not just a play—it’s a reverie.

“A bucket list project for so many directors, I’m excited to lean deeply into Tennessee Williams’ original vision of this poetic, intimate memory play—alive with tenderness, longing and emotional vividness,” states Lucero, Latté Da’s Artistic Director and this production’s Director. “By thoughtfully integrating live underscore and a fresh visual video vocabulary, we aim to illuminate the world Williams imagined and reveal new colors that still resonate so powerfully today.”

The design team for The Glass Menagerie includes scenic designer Joe Thomas Johnson, video & projections designer Adam J. Thompson, costume designer Amber Brown, lighting designer Marcus Dilliard, sound designer Katharine Horowitz, props designer Madelaine Foster, and hair and makeup designer Emma Gustafson. Shelby Reddig is stage manager and Samantha Smith is assistant stage manager.

The 2025/26 season opened October 8, 2025 with the original concert offering Journey On: A 100th Show Cabaret Celebration, marking the organization’s 100th production and the launch of a milestone year that will also bring the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Ritz Theater in Spring 2026 and the successful completion of the ambitious NEXT 25 X 25 initiative to support the development of 25 new musicals over a five-year period. The season continued in November with a hit reimagined production of the Lerner & Loewe classic My Fair Lady, led by Artistic Director Justin Lucero, playing through December 28. Following The Glass Menagerie is the local premiere of the hilariously irreverent Broadway hit Gutenberg! The Musical!, the Latté Da-commissioned World Premiere of My Ántonia, adapted from the beloved Willa Cather novel, and the return of the annual NEXT Festival, dedicated to the development of new musicals and plays with music.

Stephen Bubel and Lee Lewis are Production Partners for The Glass Menagerie. Video and projections support for the production is provided by the Kuntz Family Charitable Fund, in memory of Don and Laverne Thompson. Theater Latté Da’s 2025/26 season is made possible in part by Ameriprise Financial, the Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation, Best Buy Foundation, Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, James B. Linsmayer Foundation, McKnight Foundation, The Nara Fund, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, RBC, The Ruth Easton Fund of the Edelstein Family Foundation, the MAP Fund, The Shubert Foundation; the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund; and numerous generous individual contributors. 2025-26 Production Sponsors include Tom and Julianne Youngren for My Fair Lady and Dr. Tom Knabel and Kent Allin for My Ántonia. Rita Olk is the Production Partner for Journey On. Cara Sjodin and Scott Stensrud are Production Partners for Gutenberg! The Musical!. Jean and Jim Hartman are Production Partners for NEXT Festival 2026. The company’s 2025/26 Season Housing Sponsor is Fine Associates.

KEY DATES (complete list at www.latteda.org)

Previews – February 4 - 6, 7:30 PM
Opening Night – February 7, 7:30 PM
Open Captioned – February 27 - 28, 7:30 PM; February 28, 2:00 PM; March 1, 2:00 PM
American Sign Language & Audio Described – February 26, 7:30 PM

POST-SHOW TALKBACKS

Thursday, 7:30 PM (February 12, 19 & 26)
Sunday, 2:00 PM (February 8, 15 & 22)

ABOUT THEATER LATTÉ DA

Theater Latté Da creates new and impactful connections between story, music, artist and audience—exploring and expanding the art of music theater. Now in its 28th season of presenting new and reimagined music theater, Theater Latté Da is the leading nonprofit professional theater in Minnesota that exclusively produces music theater. Some 40,000 people engage with Latté Da each season through four to five full productions, the NEXT Festival of New Musicals, special events and concerts, and a broad range of opportunities for music theater composers, lyricists and librettists to advance the creation of their new works. Since 2016, Theater Latté Da has made its permanent home in Northeast Minneapolis’s historic Ritz Theater, enabling uniquely intimate arts experiences for audience members.

The company has presented over 100 mainstage productions, including 17 world premieres and 17 area premieres. Each has garnered critical acclaim and earned its artists and the organization a host of awards and honors, including: seven IVEY Awards for overall excellence, multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Gabriel Award for Broadcast Excellence, the American Theater Wing National Theater Company Award, and the 2019 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience for our Off-Broadway production of All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Learn more at www.latteda.org.