Death of a Salesman
By Arthur Miller
October 2014
The Latvian Society Theater
Miller’s tragedy is reimagined from a distinctly Jewish working class perspective.
EgoPo’s season began with Arthur Miller’s classic, Death of a Salesman, to kick off the playwright’s upcoming 100th birthday. In a distinctive staging that broke away from the typical Broadway vision, this production will honor Miller’s roots which were the source for his iconic script. Audiences ventured to a diverse working-class neighborhood in 1940’s Brooklyn, into the home of the Loman family, to attend Willy’s Shiva. Artistic Director, Lane Savadove, faithfully crafted Miller’s tragic tale of a fractured family and a man whose American dream does not match his American reality.
Creative Team
Lane Savadove … Director
Dirk Durossette … Scenic Designer
Robin Shane … Costume Designer
Matt Sharp … Lighting Designer
Robert Carlton … Sound Designer
Sara Viniar … Stage Manager/Production Manager
Manon Manavit … Assistant Director
Dave Garrett Saraffian … Production Photos
Cast
Ed Swidey … Willy Loman
Mary Lee Bednarek … Linda Loman
Sean Lally … Biff Loman
Kevin Chick … Happy Loman
Steven Wright … Charley
Derrick Millard … Bernard
Russ Widdall … Ben/Howard/Stanley
Anna Szapiro … Miss Francis/Letta
Kaitlin Kemp … Miss Forsythe/Jenny
About Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.
Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and married Marilyn Monroe. In 1980, he received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. He received the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2001, the Prince of Asturias Award in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 1999.