Mare Winnigham, Michelle Federer Set for Old Globe’s Glass Menagerie

Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham and Michelle Federer will play Amanda and Laura Wingfield in the Old Globe’s production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, April 12-May 18. The production, which will open officially on April 17, will be directed by Joe Calarco. It will also feature Michael Simpson as Tom Wingfield and Kevin Isola as Jim O’Connor.

The show’s creative team includes Michael Fagin (sets), Anne Kennedy (costumes), Chris Lee (lighting), and Lindsay Jones (sound). Calarco’s many directing credits include Lincolnesque, Shakespeare’s R&J, Sarah, Plain and Tall, and Boy.

Winningham’s stage credits include 10 Million Miles, Hurlyburly, Side Man, and Lessons. She received an Oscar nomination for Georgia and won Emmy Awards for George Wallace and Amber Waves. Her other film and television credits include St. Elmo’s Fire, Love Is Never Silent, The Boys Next Door, Maldonado Miracle, and Grey’s Anatomy.

Federer originated the role of Nessarose in the Broadway production of Wicked and appeared Off-Broadway in A Man of No Importance and Anon.

For more information, call 619-23-GLOBE or visit www.theoldglobe.org.