Seattle Rep to Stage Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE; Cast Set!

Seattle Repertory Theatre presents Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, an American classic, directed by Acting Artistic Director Braden Abraham. The production runs September 25 - October 18, in the Bagley Wright Theatre. Tickets are available now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at 206-443-2222 as well as online at www.seattlerep.org.

An American drama; a longshoreman by trade, Eddie Carbone is confident of his place in the working-class neighborhood he calls home. That life changes when he agrees to harbor his immigrant cousins. A love affair exposes a dark family secret, and suspicion, jealousy and betrayal soon follow in this passionate drama by one of America's greatest playwrights.

2015 marks the centennial of Arthur Miller's birth. Hailed as a cornerstone of American theatre, The New York Times says "Certain plays, like certain operas, are rich enough to be revisited as often and as long as there are performers..." The production was last presented by Seattle Rep in 1969,

Braden Abraham, Acting Artistic Director, notes why he chose A View from the Bridge to open this year's season: "2015 marks the centennial of Arthur Miller's birth, and it seemed fitting to celebrate the milestone by presenting one of his important works. Originally staged in 1955, A View from the Bridge underscores issues that are still resonating through our communities today - family, immigration, and love in times of turmoil."

The cast includes Mark Zeisler as Eddie, who played Alfieri in the 1997 Broadway Production, Leonard Kelly-Young as Alfieri, Kirsten Potter as Bea (Seattle Rep: Photograph 51; OR,), Frank Boyd as Rodolpho, Amy Danneker as Catherine (Seattle Rep: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Brandon O'Neill as Marco and Brian Gunter as Louis. Rounding out the ensemble are Cobey Mandarino and Eric Riedmann (Seattle Rep: Good People, The Glass Menagerie). Scenic designer Scott Bradley (A Great Wilderness, Clybourne Park, Photograph 51, among others), costume designer Rose Pederson (Outside Mullingar), lighting designer Geoff Korf (Outside Mullingar, The Piano Lesson, American Buffalo, among others) and sound designer Paul James Prendergast (The Hound of the Baskervilles, All the Way, The Great Society, among others) comprise the creative team.

About the Artists

Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, NY in 1915. He attended the University of Michigan before moving back east to produce plays for the stage. His first critical and popular success was Death of a Salesman, which opened on Broadway in 1949. He was married three times and died in 2005, at the age of 89. His 1940 play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, closed after just four performances. Six years later, All My Sons achieved success on Broadway, and earned him his first Tony Award (best author). Working in the small studio that he built in Roxbury, Connecticut, Miller wrote the first act of Death of Salesman in less than a day. Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and a Tony. His play, The Crucible, a dramatization of the Salem witch trials of 1692 and an allegory of McCarthyism, lead to a strong-armed summons to appear before the House of Un-American Activities Committee where he refused to comply with the committee's demands to "out" people who had been active in certain political activities.

Braden Abraham was named Acting Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre in May 2014. Prior to that, he served as Associate Artistic Director from 2008-2014 and has been part of the Rep's artistic staff since 2003. His directing credits for the Rep include Laura Schellhardt's The Comparables, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Samuel D. Hunter's A Great Wilderness, Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, Michael Hollinger's Opus, Harold Pinter's Betrayal, Melissa James Gibson's This, Laura Schellhardt's The K of D, an urban legend, Breakin' Hearts and Takin' Names by Kevin Kling and Simone Perrin, and My Name is Rachel Corrie, adapted by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner. Other directing credits include Marya Sea Kaminski's Riddled (Richard Hugo House), Tommy Smith's White Hot (Marxiano Productions, West of Lenin), Laura Schellhardt's The K of D, an urban legend (Pistol Cat Productions, FringeNYC Encore Series, Illusion Theater), Paul Mullin's The Ten Thousand Things (Washington Ensemble Theatre), and Vincent Delaney's Kuwait (Theatre Schmeater).

Special Events/Public Programs

Monday, September 21, 6:00 p.m. Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, will screen the film All My Sons (1948), based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. Attendees will be eligible for a drawing for two tickets to A View from the Bridge.

Friday, September 25, 6:30 p.m. University of Washington MFA acting students and PhD Candidates will present aspects of the writer's life, art, philosophy and politics in an interactive, free presentation. In the PONCHO Theatre. Free event.

Tuesday evening, October 13, 7:00 p.m. Deepen your 'View' experience, at Wing Luke Museum with an immersive presentation of selections from the play in historic hotel tenement rooms, followed by refreshments and a panel discussion. Just $20 with any 'View' ticket purchase, available for purchase starting 9/14. Space is limited.

Throughout the run, a collection of Arthur Miller Papers from the Harry Ransom Center (HRC) at the University of Texas at Austin will be on display in the Bagley Wright Theatre lobby. Dr. Charlotte Canning, U of W graduate and the head of Theatre History program at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss her archival role working with the Arthur Miller Papers at the HRC in a Stage Voices presentation, immediately following the Tuesday, 9/29 performance in the theatre.

Post Play Discussions: Members of the SRT Company and/or cast members join the audience about the production's themes and creative process.Post-play discussions will be held after the performances on Saturday, September 26 at 7:30 PM, Tuesday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 3 at 2 p.m., Sunday, October 11 at 2 p.m., and Wednesday, October 14 at 2 p.m.

Performance Details: Performances of A View from the Bridge are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, with 2 p.m. matinees on most Saturdays and Sundays and a select Wednesday. An Open Captioned performance will take place on Thursday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. There is an American Sign Language (ASL)-interpreted performance on Saturday, October 17 at 2 p.m. There is a pre-show lobby talk with members of the production's artistic team on Tuesday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m.

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