Event - Performance

I went to see The Glass Menagerie in the PlayMakers Repertory Company. The play began at eight and I was by far the youngest person in there. I had no idea that the plays put on by the students attracted so many viewers. The place had probably 200 people in there and they were very excited for the play. There were many retired couples out on a date that couldn't seem any happier.
Back to the play though. It's about a family living in a shanty apartment just after the Great Depression. The father has "abandoned" the family and the son wants to do the same. Tom, the son, is the main source of income for the family with the money he makes at a local factory. His sister is a shy girl who quit school because she was so nervous and spent her days walking around the park. The mother is oblivious to reality and reminisces about her days as a youth and all the gentlemen callers she had. Tom invites a friend, Jim, from the factory over for dinner in hopes that he will be attracted to laura, the sister. What he doesn't know is that he is already engaged to get married. Jim does find inerest in Laura as he feels he can help be more social and give her confidence. They talk in the living room and he makes laura forget about her crippled leg. They kiss, but then he tells her that he is engaged, but that she should keep the confidence she had with him and act like that all the time. Then Tom's secret about leaving to join the merchant marines is revealed.
At the end of the play, the crowd gave a standign ovation for a good 5 minutes. This play shined a light on somehting I wasn't really interested in or had much experience with. After the play I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It helped broaden my writing and language ability as I was required to write a theatre report analyzing the play.