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Contact Name: Amanda Heisey Contact Email: amandah@theplayers.org Contact Phone Number: 941.365.2494 Sarasota, FL - April 17, 2019 – From April 25 through May 5, don’t miss the last show of The Players’ 2018-19 season, Arthur Miller’s classic drama, A View from the Bridge. Produced in partnership with Two Chairs Theatre Co., this is the third Arthur Miller work directed by Elliott Raines. Last season Two Chairs presented Miller’s The Crucible and The Price. In the past, Two Chairs has presented three masterpieces by Tennessee Williams (The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire). The limits of family bonds and personal honor are tested in A View from the Bridge. The poverty of an American working-class family comes face to face with the destitution of their immigrant cousins, desperate to make a new life. Story: In a cramped tenement apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Eddie Carbone works as a longshoreman on the docks around New York, putting food on the table by the sweat of his brow. He and his wife Beatrice, both first generation Italian-Americans, have no children of their own, but have raised their niece, Catherine. Eddie has unresolved feelings toward his niece, and his marriage to Beatrice is growing cold. Beatrice’s distant cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, have arrived from Italy and will be at their home soon. The two immigrants have snuck into the United States on a freighter ship, without documentation. Although harboring them is illegal, the Carbones are honored to do it, not only for family loyalty but because they see it as the right thing to do—helping the men escape the poverty of postwar Europe. Soon Rodolpho and Catherine fall in love, and Eddie finds himself unable to cope with their relationship. As the unstoppable tragedy grinds towards its inevitable conclusion, against a backdrop of poverty and immigration, we find a play about a family. Directed by Two Chairs founder Elliott Raines, with help from Assistant Director Donna DeFant, Stage Manager Patty Snyder-Atkins, costumes by Georgina Willmott, lighting design by Nick Jones and set design by Bill Rusling, this piece is timelier and more jarring than one would expect, and hits home in our current political climate. Performance Dates: April 25-May 5, 2019 April 25 at 7:30pm – Opening Night April 26-27 and May1-4 at 7:30pm April 28 and May 5 at 2pm Tickets: $32 Premium $27 Regular $14 Students 24 and under with valid ID Group rates: Groups of 10 – 24 ($20.25 each) Groups of 25 – 74 ($18.90 each) Groups of 75 or more ($17.55 each) Cast: Eddie Carbone-Jim Floyd Beatrice Carbone - Carrie McQueen Catherine- Lauren Ward Marco-Rik Robertson Rodolpho-Dylan Jones Alfieri-Charlie Tyler First Immigration Officer-Chuck Conlon Mike-Matt Neier Louis-Jay Bowman Tony Bereli/ Second Immigration Officer-Nick Catanzaro Mrs. Lipari-Lynne Doyle Mr. Lipari-John Forsythe Immigrant-Philip Troyer Immigrant-Tom Aposporos Greek Chorus-Andrea Keddell, Jackie Richards, Grace Vitale Crew: Artistic Director – Jeffery Kin Director – Elliott Raines Assistant Director – Donna DeFant Stage Manager – Patty Snyder-Atkins Light Booth Technician – Robert Sewell Technical Director – Ken Junkins Costumes – Georgina Willmott Set Design – Bill Rusling Lighting Design – Nick Jones Asst. Lighting Designer – Lacey Knispel Props – Patty McCauly, Martha Kessler Sound Engineer – Josh Linderman Production Manager – Alyssa Goudy Master Carpenter - Bill Rusling Backstage – Andrea Keddell, Jackie Richards, Grace Vitale Spotlight – Yvonne Clark, Diane Cepeda, Priya Pankhaniya Promotional Images available at the following URL: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xfs3svvkzcdwgzj/AADh8zGduKThOGVTQYjzkCdoa?dl=0 # # # The Players Centre For Performing Arts 838 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota FL 34236, 941-365-2494, Fax: 941-954-0282 www.theplayers.org. Box Office: Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and one hour prior to curtain time. The Players Box Office is located on Tamiami Trail between 10th Street and Blvd. of the Arts.