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Such shadows are the perfect introduction to Williams’ play, where the hopes of a St. Louis family shatter under a soft mist of melancholy. Their hazy promise is mostly carried through in this production, directed by Megan E. O’Keefe ’11. O’Keefe’s “Menagerie,” which runs through Feb. 27th, is well acted and well thought-out. If the show occasionally stumbles into melodrama, it is only because O’Keefe tries too hard to clarify details that could instead remain...
Living in humid, jazzy 1930s St. Louis, the Wingfield family spends much of their time wishing they were elsewhere. Amanda (Caroline R. Giuliani ’11) constantly relives her past as a Southern Belle besotted by male attention. She wants the same youth for her 23 year-old daughter, Laura. But Laura (the wide-eyed Rachel A. Stark ’11—a Crimson news editor), who is slightly disabled and cripplingly shy, instead devotes her days to her collection of glass animals. In and out clamors Tom (David J. Smolinsky ’11), Laura?...
...Crimson’s defense, backstopped by freshman Laura Bellamy, kept the Saints off the board through two first-period power plays—limiting St. Lawrence to just two shots in four minutes of man-up action...
...momentum began to shift in the home team’s favor late in the second, as St. Lawrence snapped the scoreless tie with a minute to play in the period...
Bellamy stood tall in the final frame, stopping all of the Saints’ nine shots in the period—including a close-range shot from St. Lawrence senior Tara Akstull...