Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle Comes to Life at The Bushnell
“With a fantastic storytelling knack...Walls doesn't pull her punches.” – Publishers Weekly
November 12, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Hartford, CT – October 31, 2007 – The Bushnell, in collaboration with New York City’s American Place Theatre, brings Jeannette Walls’ chilling, wrenching memoir, The Glass Castle, to life in the Autorino Great Hall on November 12th at 7:00 p.m. Walls weaves an incredible story of childhood neglect and the strength of family ties – for good or ill. The Glass Castle is a part of The Bushnell’s Literature to Life series supported by SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the Literature to Life series, tickets to this event have already sold out. Tickets for the remaining performances in this series – Growing Up a Slave on March 31, 2008, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl on May 5, 2008, and The Things They Carried on June 23, 2008 – are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.bushnell.org. Groups of 10 or more should call (860) 987-5959. Tickets are $25.00.
The Glass Castle is a saga of survival and resiliency, told through the eyes of a young girl. The restless Walls family is led by a crusty eccentric and his volatile artist wife. The author and her siblings are often left to fend for themselves as the family’s precarious lifestyle necessitates frequently doing “the skedaddle.” Meanwhile, the children cherish that Dad will someday follow through with his promise to build their fabulous home, The Glass Castle.