The Glass Menagerie at The Ritz Theater

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.”

Tickets for The Glass Menagerie are now available for purchase, starting at just $35. 3-show packages featuring all remaining productions in the 2025-26 Season start at $102. A FLEXPack of 6 tickets for $396 may be used in any combination, for any available seat, to see shows throughout the 2025/26 season.

Tickets and subscriptions may be purchased online at www.latteda.org, by calling the Box Office at 612-339-3003, or in person at the Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis. Box Office hours are from 12 - 5 PM Tuesday to Friday, and from 12 - 5 PM on Saturdays during performance runs only. Single tickets for the remaining productions in the 2025/26 Season will be available for purchase at a later date to be announced.

A range of discounted attendance opportunities and physical access initiatives are offered for every production to ensure a welcoming experience for patrons of all backgrounds. Access offerings include ASL interpretation, open captioning, and audio description at select performances, and services including braille and large-print programs, assistive listening devices, multiple accessible seating choices, wheelchair companion seating, bariatric chairs, and physically accessible all-gender restrooms are available for every mainstage performance.

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.

Authors

• Tennessee Williams

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Glass Menagerie