Rita Moreno will headline the cast of Tennesee Williams' The Glass Menagerie at Berkeley Rep from April 6th through May 31st; the show will open on April 11th at the California theatre.
Moreno will star as faded Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, who seeks to keep her family together despite the boredom of son Tom and the grim marital prospects of her daughter Laura.
Emily Donahoe (
Apparition, Helen Hayes Award-winner for
Shakespeare in Hollywood) will play Laura, while Erik Lochtefeld (
Metamorphoses) will appear as Tom. Terrence Riordan (
A Naked Girl on the Appian Way) will appear as The Gentleman Caller. Les Waters, the artistic director of Berkeley Rep and an Obie Award-winner for
Big Love, will stage the production.
Moreno has won an Academy Award (for West Side Story), a Tony (for The Ritz), three Emmy Awards (for two episodes of "The Muppet Show" and "The Rockford Files") and a Grammy (for The Electric Company Album). Other film credits include The King and I, Summer and Smoke and Carnal Knowledge, while Broadway credits include The Odd Couple (the female version), Wally's Cafe, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She was previously seen in the Berkeley Rep production of Master Class.
The show will feature sets by Scott Bradley, costumes by Lydia Tanji, lighting by Matt Frey and music by Peter Golub.
For more information, visit
www.berkeleyrep.org.
