Playwright and essayist Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005) needs little introduction. More than any other playwright, he dedicated himself to the investigation of the moral plight of the white American working class. With a sense of realism and a strong ear for the American vernacular, Miller created characters whose voices are an important part of the American landscape. His insight into the psychology of desperation and his ability to create stories that express the deepest meanings of struggle made him one of the most highly regarded and widely performed American playwrights.
In 1949, Arthur Miller's most famous and well-respected play "Death of a Salesman" premiered. "Death of a Salesman" focuses on a failed businessman as he tries to remember and reconstruct his life. Eventually killing himself to leave his son insurance money, the salesman seems a tragic character out of Shakespeare or Dostoevsky. Winning both a Pulitzer Prize and a Drama Critics Circle Award, the play ran for more than seven hundred performances. With its incisive critique of the American Dream and how economic circumstances can drive personal despair, the play is a true classic, as timely today as sixty years ago.*
Bag&Baggage Productions opens its 2009-2010 theatre season with "Death of A Salesman," starring Dr. Marion Rossi of OSU as Willy Loman. Director Scott Palmer has created a production which focuses on the authenticity and voice of each character, and how they affect one another. The Lomans are one family in Brooklyn. We may find them a metaphor for what's wrong with the American dream, but to them, their story is intimate and very personal…and that is, in the end, how we perceive it as well.
Eight-minute video - Watch the director and actors discuss the play:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BagnBaggage
Student and group discounts available; call 503.516.4840 for reservations or more information.
Bag&Baggage presents
Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman"
The Venetian Theatre 253 E. Main Street, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Previews: Wed Sept 23 and Thurs Sept 24, 7:30pm
Opening night: Fri Sept 25, 2009, 7:30pm
Evening performances: Thurs, Fri and Sat,
Sept 26; Oct 1, 2, 3; and Oct 8, 9 and 10; 7:30pm
Sunday matinees: Sept 27, Oct 4 and 11, 2:00pm
Tickets: Previews $12; other shows $13-$23, depending on day and seat selection.
Student, senior and military discounts.
Reservations: www.bagnbaggage.org
*Information adapted from www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/none-without-sin/56/
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