Lit Moon’s “The Glass Menagerie

Lit Moon Theatre Company continues its “25+1 Anniversary Season with four performances of their critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” on Thursday through Saturday, November 29, 30 and December 1, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 2 at 4 p.m. at Center Stage Theater (note new location).

Tickets are $23 general admission, $18 for students and seniors, available from the Center Stage Box Office at www.centerstagetheater.org or (805) 963-0408.

The company will have just returned from performing in Eastern Europe where they presented Shakespeare’s “Richard III” and “Julius Caesar” at the Yerevan Shakespeare Festival in Yerevan, Armenia, and “Julius Caesar” at the Marjanishvilli State Academic Drama Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia.

November 29 – December 1: “The Glass Menagerie”
In staging the American masterpiece “The Glass Menagerie,” director John Blondell cast 70-year-old company member Stan Hoffman as Tom, a character usually played by a man in his twenties. “Brilliant and innovative production… [which] invigorates an essential aspect of Williams’ immortal script,” wrote Charles Donelan in the Independent in August 2016.

Westmont College alumna Anna Telfer joins the cast as Tom’s fragile sister  Laura. Returning company members include Victoria Finlayson as their domineering mother Amanda and Chris Wagstaffe as “gentleman caller” Jim. “Ours is a ‘full-bodied’ production,” says Blondell. “It has psychological fireworks one minute, and beautiful fragility the next. This is a loud, messy, passion-filled dysfunctional family. Yet each retreats into their own imaginations in ways that are heartrending and heart breaking at the same time.”

December 21 & 22: “Humbug! A (Lit Moon) Christmas Carol”
This adaption of Charles Dickens’ touching holiday tale has been a family favorite since it debuted in in 2007. All the roles are portrayed by just four actors, there’s live music on stage, appearances by inventive puppets made from brown paper bags, and Scrooge is played by a woman. Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future; Tiny Tim; Marley’s ghost; and other beloved characters make their appearances, and it is a Merry Christmas for one and all.

“Humbug!” performances are Friday December 21 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 22 at 4 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 23 at 4 p.m. at Center Stage Theatre. Tickets are $23 general admission; $18 for students, seniors, and children, available from the Center Stage Box Office at www.centerstagetheater.org or (805) 963-0408.

January 4 & 5, 2019: “Reunion Weekend,” Alumni Perform “The Nina Variations” & More
Actors who have performed with Lit Moon over the past 26 years have been invited to return for a “Lit Moon Reunion Weekend.” The highlight of the weekend is a collaboration of all the returning actors in a performance of “The Nina Variations,” Steven Dietz’s clever tribute to Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” The 44 variations of the famous final scene between lovers Nina and Konstantin will be presented by
different pairings of Lit Moon alumni. “The Nina Variations” is performed one time only on Saturday, January 5 at 4 p.m. the Center Stage Theater. All seats are $30, available from the Center Stage Box Office at www.centerstagetheater.org or (805) 963-0408.

Lit Moon’s new production of “A Doll House” also will be performed, the night before, on Friday, January 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Center Stage Theatre. Tickets are $23 general admission; $18 for
students, seniors, and children, available from the Center Stage Box Office at www.centerstagetheater.org or (805) 963-0408.

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Since 1992, Lit Moon Theatre Company has created 38 new theatrical projects, produced twelve international theater festivals in Santa Barbara, and received dozens of awards for its artists. Lit Moon has developed numerous residencies with artists from seven European countries, and since 2000 has performed at 20 international festivals in Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Scotland, Canada, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, and China. In the fall of 2018, they played at the Yerevan