“The Glass Menagerie” (2023)

“The Glass Menagerie”, Tennessee Williams 
@Konstantin Kisimov Music and Drama Theater

Director – Nadia Pancheva
Scenography and costumes – Yasmin Mandelli
Starring:
Tom - Boyan Fertsov
Laura - Nikol Boycheva
Amanda- Stefka Zlatkova
Jim - Kiril Milushev

Our interpretation of The Glass Menagerie delves into the disintegration of Tom Wingfield’s mind as he is relentlessly drawn back—like a man trapped in a recurring nightmare—to the final days he spent with his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Haunted by the painful fragments of his past, Tom plunges into memory as a restless rebel, desperately searching for meaning in the ruins of his guilt.

At the heart of the story is the long-awaited visit of Jim, a young man onto whom the Wingfields project all their desperate hopes for a brighter future. His arrival shatters the fragile equilibrium of their home, exposing hidden tensions and unraveling illusions they never dared confront.

This intimate production features a live ensemble of musicians who not only provide a rich musical landscape but also serve as intermediaries between Tom’s cloistered delusions and the reality beyond.

The stage design is built around fragmented box-like structures, forming a home where everything is frozen in time—an eerie, lifeless space that echoes the characters' emotional stasis.

Amidst these fractured memories, Tom struggles to reconstruct the past, searching for the one missing piece that could turn back time and rewrite his fate.