Video with Rehearsal Scenes: Director Peter Sheridan Speaks about DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Austin Playhouse, February 17 - March 12, 2017
Austin Playhouse brings Arthur Miller’s classic drama Death of a Salesman to life from February 17 – March 12, 2017. It’s 1949 in Brooklyn, and Willy Loman, the failing salesman who once made his living “riding on a smile and a shoeshine,” begins to crumble under the weight of the American dream. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, multiple Tony Awards, and widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, this emotionally gripping tale is an exploration of failure and success that still resonates today.
Austin Playhouse is flying in Peter Sheridan, an acclaimed Irish director, playwright and screenwriter, to direct Death of a Salesman. In regards to the play, he says, “Many who bought into the American dream a generation ago, have had a rude awakening. In Willy Loman, they have someone to identify with, a man desperate to make a success of his family by being successful at work. The lessons in Death of a Salesman have never been more relevant or instructive. We should heed them at our peril.”
The show featuresr Marc Pouhé (Satchel Paige, The Mountaintop) as Willy Loman, Carla Nickerson (Satchel Paige, The Mountaintop), and Patrick Gathron (Satchel Paige). The design team includes Mike Toner (set design), Diana Huckaby (costume design), Don Day (lighting design), and Joel Mercado-See (sound design).
About Peter Sheridan
Directing credits include Translations and The Crucible at Live Oak Theatre, Diary of a Hunger Strike at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, A Child’s Christmas in Wales at Abbey Theatre, and Mobile Homes at Project Arts Centre, where he was also a founding member. Film work includes The Breakfast, which won a Rockie at Banff and co-wrote and directed the feature Borstal Boy, based on the book by Brendan Behan. He’s received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and he was elected a member of Aosdana, an affiliation of Ireland’s leading artists.
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Austin Playhouse
February 17 - March 12, 2017
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
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