A View from the Bridge Program

VIEW FROM THE

A

BRIDGE

BY ARTHUR MILLER

From the

MANAGING DIRECTOR

BILL KERLIN

WELCOME! Welcome to the second play of our 2024-25 season, A View from the Bridge. When a classic play is performed by top notch actors backed by a world class production team, the audience experiences danger, sizzle and crackle! Master storyteller Arthur Miller brings us into the home of an American family who feels very familiar yet is thrust into some very vexing dilemmas. We feel like we’re in the room as the characters grapple with desire, jealousy and morality before our eyes. Join the Carbone family as this entertaining tale unfolds.

We could not have created this production alone—in fact we have been inspired by the support of our loyal subscribers and donors who have shown us that they believe in our work, which has propelled us to create some amazing theatre. Our director, designers (sets, costumes, wigs, lights, sound and props), technical craftspeople and crew continue to collaborate in new and innovative ways. We are proud to be a leader in our industry, operating from our little corner of the world right here in Laguna Beach, and we do it all for you, our audience. And now, we are once again gathered in the theatre to experience the thrill of live performance and create new memories together!

Enjoy the show!

Bill Kerlin Managing Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Lisa Hale VICE CHAIR Justin Myers SECRETARY Jeff Winston Heather Anne Chalmers Torin J. Cunningham, MD James Hale

TREASURER Harley Bassman GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS Jared K. Mathis

Dr. Gary Jenkins Barbara MacGillivray Heidi Miller

Xiaohong Rose Ryan Smith Richard Thomas

Emeritus Trustees Glenn E. Gray Otis Healy Ilona Martin Melinda Masson Jim Mellor Artistic Director David Ellenstein

Managing Director Bill Kerlin

presents

A View from the Bridge written by Arthur Miller directed by David Ellenstein starring

Richard Baird, Lowell Byers, Frank Corrado, Steve Froehlich, Coby Rogers, Matthew Salazar-Thompson, Margot White, and Marie Zolezzi scenic designer

Marty Burnett

additional casting

costume designer

Michael Donovan Casting Michael Donovan, CSA Richie Ferris, CSA

Elisa Benzoni

lighting designer

Matthew Novotny

properties designer

Kevin Williams

sound designer

Ian Scot

hair/wig design

Peter Herman

production stage manager

Vernon Willet

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.

Please be considerate to the performers and your fellow audience members by turning off any device that could emit light and/or sound. THE VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

OPENING NIGHT NOVEMBER 3, 2024 • MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH

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THANK YOU TO OUR FOUNDATION SUPPORT

A NOTE ON A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

FROM DIRECTOR

DAVID ELLENSTEIN

Welcome to Red Hook, Brooklyn. 1955.

Working on a play by one of the greatest American Dramatists is always a pleasure and a great way to continue our season.

A View From The Bridge began as a one act verse play that was unsuccessful. Despite its failure, Mr. Miller knew he had something, so he went back to work and revamped it into a two act prose drama.

He was right. A View From The Bridge not only had great success on Broadway in the new production of the two act version, but it has been subsequently revived on Broadway four separate times over the years — there are only a handful of plays that can make that claim. This waterfront story of an Italian American family has also been a staple in regional theatres for nearly seven decades with hundreds of productions throughout the country and the world.

Arthur Miller knew this world of which he wrote, having grown up in a nearby neighborhood. Besides creating a powerful dramatic theatrical work that shined a light on the specific human condition of these individuals and community, he was inspired by events happening in the larger context of America. The McCarthy era was coming to a close at the end of 1954, and it had touched many of the friends and colleagues he knew. Some of this play was sparked by the behavior of some of his so called “friends.”

A classic drama of this stature requires a brilliant group of artists to make it shine. I am so fortunate to have an incredible cast of talented and skilled actors and designers to bring this world to life. Our theatrical art form is so dependent on a team working together toward a common goal and this company has been a joy to work with. I am grateful to each of them.

Thank you for joining us.

David Ellenstein Director/Artistic Director

THE COMPANY Eddie Carbone..................................................................................................Richard Baird Marco.....................................................................................................................Lowell Byers Alfieri...................................................................................................................Frank Corrado Mike/Tony/Second Immigration Officer ��������������������������������������������Steve Froehlich Rodolpho.............................................................................................................Coby Rogers Louis/First Immigration Officer �������������������������������������Matthew Salazar-Thompson Beatrice..............................................................................................................Margot White Catherine.............................................................................................................Marie Zolezzi

RICHARD BAIRD

LOWELL BYERS

FRANK CORRADO

STEVE FROEHLICH

COBY ROGERS

MATTHEW

MARGOT WHITE

MARIE ZOLEZZI

SALAZAR-THOMPSON

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.

INTERMISSION There will be a 15 minute intermission.

WHO’S WHO

RICHARD BAIRD (Eddie Carbone) is an award winning actor, director and producer. Laguna Playhouse: Noah Curry in The Rainmaker, Watson in Holmes and Watson and director of Tartuffe. Select credits include: 35 productions at North Coast Repertory including An Iliad which he also performed internationally at the KotorArt Festival in Montenegro; The Old Globe; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Arizona Theatre Company; Portland Center Stage; San Diego Repertory Theatre; Kingsmen Shakespeare Theatre; Backyard Renaissance; Southwest Shakespeare Company; Diversionary Theatre; Santa Barbara Theatre Ensemble and many more. Richard is the founding Artistic Director of New Fortune Theatre Company.

LOWELL BYERS (Marco) is thrilled to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut. Favorite theater roles include Pericles, Pericles: Prince of Tyre (Old Globe), Darcy, Pride & Prejudice (Virginia Stage), Trotter, Mousetrap (Alabama Shakespeare), Don John/Dogberry, Much Ado About Nothing (Old Globe), Antonio/Sea Captain, Twelfth Night (Old Globe), Angelo, Comedy of Errors (Old Globe), Salvatore, North Shore Fish (Gloucester Stage), Thurio, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Old Globe). Currently recurring as Jed in, “The Chosen,” (CW, Amazon, Disney+). Other TV/Film credits include, “Promised Land,” “Red Dead Redemption,” “Alina,” “Five Senses of Fear,” “Brewsie & Willie.” He has also dubbed numerous roles in TV/Film projects for Netflix and Amazon. In addition to being an actor, Lowell is an accomplished playwright. His original play Luft Gangster ran Off-Broadway at The Sheen Center in New York City and was directed by Austin Pendleton. MFA: Old Globe. LowellByers.com. Love to Rachel and family.

FRANK CORRADO (Alfieri) has worked in the theatre primarily as an actor, but also as director, producer, and playwright, for close to fifty years. Much of that time he resided in Seattle, playing major roles in various venues there, as well as making frequent appearances at theatres across the country.

Although his career has spanned the literature from the Greeks to Shakespeare to Molière to Shaw to the moderns and contemporaries, he has enjoyed a special focus on the plays of Harold Pinter. Shortly after the playwright’s death in 2008, he produced a series of readings at A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) in Seattle that over the course of three years and twenty-five evenings presented virtually all of Pinter’s works to an ever-growing and enthusiastic audience. The series culminated in 2012 in a festival at ACT of full productions of a number of the plays. In 2010, largely in recognition of his adventures in Pinterland, he was awarded the William and Eva Fox Foundation Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement by Theatre Communications Group.

STEVE FROEHLICH (Mike/Tony/Second Immigration Officer & Fight Captain) Local Theatre includes: Sweat (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Craig Noel Award Nominee for Outstanding Ensemble; Marjorie Prime (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Bliss…or Emily Post is Dead! (world premiere), Our Lady of Kibeho and Orange Julius (world premiere) at Moxie Theatre; The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio) and Disappearing Act (world premiere) by InnerMission Productions at Diversionary Theatre; Disappearing Act (remount) by InnerMission Productions at the San Diego International Fringe Festival; The Nutcracker (adaptation) at New Village Arts Theatre; Reasons to Be Pretty and Bug at Ion Theatre. Steve trains with world-renowned theater acting coach Larry Moss in Los Angeles. He is also an award-winning film producer, an award-winning film actor and a casting director COBY ROGERS (Rodolpho) (he/him) is a recent Pepperdine graduate from West Texas. He is thrilled to be making his Laguna Playhouse Debut! Regional: Deathtrap (ICT Longbeach, Clifford Anderson), West Side Story (Tony), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom Sawyer), Footloose, Cinderella, and Gunfight at the Not-So-Ok Saloon (Hollywood Fringe). He is breaking his way into film one indie short at a time. He was a 2019 Jimmy Awards nominee. Love always to God, family, friends, mentors. Thanks to Ryan & Skyfire Artists! For Sam & Mopsy. @cob.obe MATTHEW SALAZAR-THOMPSON (Louis/First Immigration Officer) Select acting credits: The Car Plays, The Grift (La Jolla Playhouse); Murder on the Links (The Laguna Playhouse); Spring Awakening (Cygnet Theatre); Murder on the Links, Moon Over Buffalo, The Father, The Spitfire Grill, The Odd Couple, THIS, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern, Dracula, Leading Ladies, A Thousand Clowns, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors (North Coast Rep),Terra Nova (Compass Theatre); Cold Comfort Farm, West Side Story (Lamb’s Players); Yoga Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone

(Moxie Theatre); Now or Later (Diversionary Theatre); Moonlight and Magnolias (Sierra Rep) Much Ado About Nothing (Intrepid Theatre); Henry V (New Fortune Theatre); Beachtown (San Diego Rep [understudy]). TV credits: “C.S.I,” “Veronica Mars,” “Fashion House,” “Cover Me,” “Dharma and Greg,” “Watch Over Me,” “18 Wheels of Justice,” “Fraiser,” “The Invisible Man,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Baywatch.” Proud member: SAG/AFTRA & AEA. Love to Jesse, Sadie and Beckett.

MARGOT WHITE (Beatrice) Favorite credits include: Broadway: Farinelli & the King (Belasco); Love, Love, Love (Roundabout); Constellations (MTC), Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box); Off-Broadway & Regional: The Refugees (Gulfshore Playhouse/World Premiere); Dirty Dancing (International Tour); The Traveling Lady (E.S.T, Dir Horton Foote); Pericles (Red Bull); Unspeakable (Harlem’s Apollo); Sweat (Pioneer Theatre); Talley’s Folly (The McCarter w/ Richard Schiff), Curious Incident.. (CTRep), for which she received the CT Critics Circle Featured Actress Award of Excellence.

TV/Film/Podcast: “FBI,” “Bull,” “Unforgettable,” “L&O,” “L&O: Criminal Intent,” “Blue Bloods,” “Limetown,” “Ask for Jane,” and a few other projects where she plays many a grieving widow. In addition to her acting career, she is the founder & creator of Sweets of Adversity, a baking company specializing in creative concessions for special events, along with catering the edible props for shows On and OffBroadway. More at the sites margotwhite.com & sweetsofadversity.com.

MARIE ZOLEZZI (Catherine) hails from Linden, a tiny farming town in Northern California. She relocated to SoCal after attending the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Marie is a bicoastal actress with shows at the Echo Theatre Company in LA as well as indie films such as “Big Break” and “Blue Nights.” Marie is incredibly grateful to Laguna Playhouse for giving her the privilege to perform Arthur Miller’s words and thanks her Nonni for teaching her what it means to be Italian. Instagram: @marierosezolezzi ARTHUR MILLER (Playwright) (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944), All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1964), Incident at Vichy (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), The Archbishop’s Ceiling (1977), The American Clock (1980) and Playing for Time. Later plays include The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993), Broken Glass (1994), Mr. Peters’ Connections (1998), Resurrection Blues (2002), and Finishing the Picture (2004). Other works include “Focus,” a novel (1945), “The Misfits,” a screenplay (1960), and the texts for “In Russia” (1969), “In the Country” (1977), and “Chinese Encounters” (1979), three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath. Memoirs include “Salesman in Beijing” (1984) and “Timebends,” an autobiography (1988). Short fiction includes the collection “I Don’t Need You Anymore” (1967), the novella “Homely Girl, a Life” (1995) and “Presence: Stories” (2007). He was awarded the Avery Hopwood Award for Playwriting at University of Michigan in 1936. He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, received two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, as well as a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He also won an Obie award, a BBC Best Play Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, a Gold Medal for Drama from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library, the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Algur Meadows Award. He was named Jefferson Lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2001. He was awarded the 2002 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters and the 2003 Jerusalem Prize. He received honorary degrees from Oxford University and Harvard University and was awarded the Prix Moliere of the French theatre, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

DAVID ELLENSTEIN (Director/Artistic Director) Born into a theatrical family, David has been working in professional theatre for the better part of five decades - from San Diego to Portland, Maine and from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska - and most places in between. Now, he serves as the Artistic Director for both Laguna Playhouse and North Coast Rep. At Laguna Playhouse, credits include directing Holmes and Watson, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Chapatti, Alexandros and playing “Einstein” in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other directorial credits include The Chosen at Paper Mill Playhouse; Halpern and Johnson and Sonia Flew at Coconut Grove Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie, Rocket City and Honky Tonk Angels at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; His Royal Hipness at 59E59 in NYC; and Long Day’s Journey into Night at Renaissance Theatre. As Artistic Director at North Coast

Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach since 2003, over 60 directorial credits including Way Down River, The Tempest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Outsider and The Homecoming. David’s career includes acting credits of playing the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center and LA Rep; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage; Jonathan in Sight Unseen, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley’s Folly at North Coast Rep as well as over three dozen film and television episodes.

MARTY BURNETT (Scenic Designer) Resident Designer at North Coast Rep since 1992. Scenic designed over 250 productions at the theatre. Resident Designer at Coronado Playhouse 1981-84 and Fiesta Dinner Theater 1984-87. Co-owner Props and Drops 1987-91, Designing for Union Plaza, Hacienda and Sahara Hotels and Casinos, Las Vegas; Harrah’s, South Lake Tahoe and Claridge Hotel, Atlantic City; Drury Lane Theater, Chicago. At Laguna Playhouse designed Chapatti, Alexandros, and transfer designed Murder on the Links, Tartuffe, Camelot and Don’t Dress for Dinner from North Coast Rep. Marty has a B.A. from Creighton University, Omaha, NE. ELISA BENZONI (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be working again with the Laguna Playhouse. Her work was previously seen in Don’t Dress for Dinner, Camelot, Tartuffe, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Murder on the Links and Chapatti. Elisa has also worked on over a hundred productions across Southern California with theatres such as The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre and New Village Arts.

Elisa is also the Resident Costume Designer at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Elisa holds a costume design M.F.A. from UCSD where she is currently an adjunct professor.

MATT NOVOTNY (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be bringing this show to Laguna Playhouse after previously designing it for North Coast Rep, where he has designed over 100 shows over the past 18 years. This is Matthew’s eight show at Laguna, having previously designed Chapatti, Murder on the Links, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, The Angel Next Door, Tartuffe, Camelot and Don’t Dress for Dinner. Matthew is currently the Lighting Designer in Residence for North Coast and San Diego Junior Theatre, and frequently designs for Palomar College, CSUSM, Pacific Ridge School, Ovation Theatre Company, along with several others. Matthew currently works for Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as teaching Theatre Design at Cal State San Marcos. Matthew holds a B.A. in Technical Theatre from San Diego State and a master’s degree in Lighting Design from Boston University. Matthew is married to his beautiful wife Amanda, with five AMAZING children: Ragan, Harper, Heston, Maddex, and Harrison.

IAN SCOT (Sound Designer) is a composer and sound designer specializing in the development of new works and installations. His music and designs have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Actors Shakespeare Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, Heartbeat Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Space Wing. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Ian has made an extensive career as an A1 for productions with Audible Theatre, The New Group, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Theatre, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Classic Stage Company, Theatre for the New City, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and others. Ian received his MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.

MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA (Casting) Michael Donovan is the recipient of 9 Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has 3 Artios awards. The company’s credits include shows produced at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Hollywood Bowl, the Wallis Annenberg, Pasadena Playhouse, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Geffen Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Soraya, La Jolla Playhouse, the Garry Marshall Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, the Totem Pole Playhouse, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Other credits include numerous films, TV shows and commercials. Michael is President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals, and serves on the Board for Camp Bravo.

KEVIN WILLIAMS (Properties Designer) Recovering actor and L.A. native, Kevin has spent over two decades working as a designer, art director, fabricator and consultant for clients such as Walt Disney

Imagineering, HUB Network, Red 5 Studios, Buena Vista Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox among many others. Notably, he was the Resident Production Designer for interactive theatre company, Delusion, for seven years: Lies Within (2014), His Crimson Queen (2016), Lies Within VR (2017), The Blue Blade (2018) and Reaper’s Remorse (2021). Kevin is the Prop Department Supervisor for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television and lives in Orange County with his incredible family.

Proud member of S.P.M. PETER HERMAN (Hair/Wig Designer) is honored to be part of the creative team for Camelot.

He has designed wigs for past productions of Holmes and Watson, Tartuffe, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, and Murder on the Links. Peter has designed wigs for many theatres across southern California as well as some design works for theme parks, television and film. Peter currently teaches wig and makeup design at San Diego State.

VERNON WILLET (Production Stage Manager) A View From The Bridge marks Vernon’s 33rd production with the Playhouse! His work encompasses many of the Southern California theatres: North Coast Repertory Theatre, McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, Musical Theatre West, 3D Theatricals, the Rubicon Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre. He has also worked at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre and spent 10 seasons with Theatre Aspen as Production Stage Manager. He shares his life with director/ choreographer/champion ballroom dancer/multiple hyphenate/entrepreneur Cate Caplin. Actors’ Equity Association member since 1983.

BILL KERLIN (Managing Director) Originally from Valparaiso, Indiana, Mr. Kerlin brings over 30 years of finance, marketing, and sales experience to the Laguna Playhouse, including 12 years as Managing Director for North Coast Repertory Theatre and 16 seasons as the Director of Administration at the legendary Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami. During the time that Bill served at Coconut Grove, it was the largest professional not-for-profit producing theatre in the State of Florida. Mr. Kerlin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1984.

While he completed his Master of Science from Florida International University, he concurrently taught classes at Miami-Dade College. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for Professionals’ Retirement Strategy, a national insurance and retirement planning service firm in Irvine, CA. He has also served as a Board Member for Camposition, a performing arts company whose mission was to push the boundary between contemporary performance and activism through live performance, interactive outreach programs, and professional development trainings.

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by Mark St. Germain

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LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE STAFF David Ellenstein Artistic Director

Bill Kerlin Managing Director

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YOUTH THEATRE & EDUCATION ACTING CLASSES Laguna Playhouse is proud to offer youth acting and theatre classes in conjunction with our fall and spring Youth Theatre productions. Acting classes at the Laguna Playhouse nurture students ages 4-19 in learning professional skills that will guide them to success in theatre and life.

In Conservatory, students ages 9 to 19 learn important acting techniques and methods that are later utilized in full-scale youth productions. With six levels, the conservatory program is for passionate individuals who have a desire to learn professional skills, have fun, and explore their creative voices with other committed students.

We are thrilled to also be offering Junior Conservatory Classes for students ages 4 to 9 on Saturday mornings. Each Junior Conservatory session is based on a fun and exciting theme!

YOUNG ADULT WORKSHOPS In addition to our youth conservatory classes, we offer monthly workshops throughout the school year. We’d love for you to join us for our November acting

movement workshops with Elias Wygodny on November 9th. We are offering both an Introduction to Movement for Actors workshop for ages 5-12 and a Push-Pull: Exploring High Stakes Relationships workshop for ages 13+. For more information, visit our website.

VISIT LAGUNAPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT

for more information on Conservatory Classes, Young Adult Workshops and more!

THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.

This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory.

For more information call 949.497.2787 x202.

YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS

NOVEMBER 22 - 23

December 7 - 29

A Hair-Larious Tangled Tale!

Your annual holiday tradition is back

Design Your Own ticket bundle

It’s not too late to save on tickets to this season’s shows. See 3 or more shows and save!

Bundles can include Mainstage productions as well as select special engagements

FOR MORE INFO:

Go to LagunaPlayhouse.com or call 949.497.2787x1 To learn how to use your A View from the Bridge tickets to create a ticket package, call our box office.

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