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Theater Review : The Glass Menagerie at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill  

Posted on Fri,Oct 13, 2023Mon,Apr 8, 2024 by Adreanna Limbach
Brett Mack as Tom, Leigh Strimbeck as Amanda, Sarah Jayne Rothkopf as Laura.
Photo by John Sowle
Written by Kinderhook resident, meditation teacher, and author, Adreanna Limbach

I have a strange mental block around traveling anywhere that requires crossing a bridge. Something about traversing a body of water signals to my psyche that I’m going a VERY FAR distance (even if it’s not). Which speaks to the quality of of theater being produced at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre. I will, fairly regularly cross TWO bridges with enthusiasm (honestly, a fifteen minute drive from Hudson) to see what this unassuming jewel box of a theater is showing. 

Leigh Strimbeck as Amanda. Photo by John Sowle

The current production of The Glass Menagerie was especially appealing because it’s an American classic, written by Tennessee Williams, who is an American icon, and unlike Williams’ other masterworks, I was completely unfamiliar with the story. If you’re familiar with the show, let me just cut to the chase by assuring you that this is a gorgeous rendering and that yes, you should go see it. If you can still get tickets that is — I’m not at all surprised that the house was full and that tickets are selling like hotcakes. 

Leigh Strimbeck as Amanda, Sarah Jayne Rothkopf as Laura. Photo by John Sowle
Sarah Jayne Rothkopf as Laura. Photo by John Sowle
Russell Sperberg as Jim. Photo by John Sowle

If you are not familiar with The Glass Menagerie, I won’t spoil the plot. However I will tell you that this “memory play” set in 1930s St. Louis is sad and sweet with plenty of laughable moments for comic relief. As the famous line by Tolstoy goes, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The way that this family, the Wingfield family, is unhappy may be very specific, but it also exudes a number of universal themes like regret, familial duty, unfulfilled desire and attachment to hope that feel so human it’s difficult not to empathize with everyone involved. Then again, this seems to be Tennessee Williams’ bailiwick — beautiful people in despair, but make it relatable. This, in my opinion, is what makes him an icon. His story telling will slug you right in the heart. 

Brett Mack as Tom, Sarah Jayne Rothkopf as Laura. Photo by John Sowle

All of the high and low notes are played to perfection by a tight ensemble of four, which includes a fantastic Sarah Jayne Rothkopf as Laura Wingfield. It was difficult not to watch her, even in Laura’s more quiet moments, as she fully embodied the physicality of someone who has folded in on themselves. Leigh Strimbeck shone as the show’s matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, skillfully inviting the audience into both the animated cheer of reminiscence and the anxiety of parenthood— often in quick succession. Russell Sperberg’s Jim O’Connor jolted the second act to life with his genuine enthusiasm and buoyancy. And Brett Mack’s engaging portrayal of Tom Wingfield offered the audience an honest narrator, communicating his inner life loud and clear through body language alone. 

Brett Mack as Tom, Leigh Strimbeck as Amanda. Photo by John Sowle

The Glass Menagerie runs through October 15th April 13, 2024 (reprisal) at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill. And even if tickets are already sold out to this run, don’t sleep on this charming little theater and it’s big productions. They’re worth crossing two (TWO!) bridges for. 

Brett Mack as Tom, Leigh Strimbeck as Amanda. Photo by John Sowle

2 thoughts on “Theater Review : The Glass Menagerie at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill  ”

  1. Steven Patterson says:
    Fri,Oct 20, 2023 at 4:15 pm

    Thanks so much for the kind words, Adreanna! The show was, indeed, a huge success (until an outbreak of COVID in the cast and crew closed down our final two sold-out performances). You’ll be delighted to know that we’re currently planning on reviving the production for another two weekend run in April of 2024 – and we’ll certainly be using your review to help fill the seats again when that occurs.

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