Few theatrical debuts have more loudly trumpeted a writer’s genius than The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ first successful play. Tom Wingfield is a poet struggling with a mind-numbing job and a smothering home life. His overbearing mother, a former Southern belle, constantly pushes her son to bring home “gentleman callers” for his painfully shy sister. When Tom finally produces a male visitor, the guest’s presence sends shockwaves through the family – and the fragile fantasy world they’ve built is irreparably cracked. See this production from Cuckoo’s Theater Project at Evanston’s Piccolo Theatre.