“Recommended. Riveting production” – Stage Raw
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Join us for one of Pacific Resident Theatre’s added performances of
“The Price”
Schedule: 8pm Thursdays and Saturdays Mar 26, 28; Apr 2, 4, 9, 11
3pm Sundays Apr 5, 12
Pacific Resident Theatre is located at 703 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
In Arthur Miller’s 1968 tour de force masterwork THE PRICE, two brothers reunite in the attic of a New York brownstone to sort through their late father’s possessions. What begins as a long overdue reunion becomes an intense exploration comparing the price of professional success to the cost of personal integrity, as four indelible characters struggle to make sense of the past and create a future.
Written late in Miller’s career, THE PRICE is considered to be one of his most compelling and personal plays – beautifully driven by Miller’s language, it is a searching, poignant and humorous examination of responsibility, memory, and the moral weight of compromise.
PHOTO: Richard Fancy, Jason Huber, Dana Dewes, Scott Jackson
by Ian Cardamone
Miller often said that the purpose of theater is to reveal to spectators that the anxieties they think are private are in fact shared, “more human, less alone.” The Price is built to do just that: to have viewers recognize their own family resentments, compromises, and unfinished arguments. It grew directly out of Miller’s memories of the Great Depression and the way it shattered his own family’s finances, leaving him with a lifelong preoccupation about what people sacrifice in order to survive and succeed.
Arthur Miller (Playwright October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was born in New York and studied at the University of Michigan. He received his first Pulitzer Prize for All My Sons when it opened on Broadway in 1947. Other career accolades include a Tony Award for Death of a Salesman, The Jerusalem Prize, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. Throughout his long career he wrote 37 plays, as well as numerous screenplays, such as “The Misfits,” (starring his wife Marilyn Monroe), radio plays, fiction, and non-fiction. Known for his political views and his stand before the House of Un-American Activities Committee, Miller is widely considered to be one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century.
“This is an excellent production. Director Elina de Santos gets outstanding work from her cast … strong.” ArtsBeatsLA
PHOTO: Dana Dewes, Scott Jackson by Ian Cardamone
Elina de Santos (Director) is a fixture of the Los Angeles theater scene and most recently directed The Fantasticks, book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt, and the world premiere of Ian McRae’s Painted Ponies at Ruskin Group Theatre. She is the founding Co-Artistic director of Rogue Machine Theatre where she has directed five world premieres including the multi-award winning Dirty Filthy Love Story by Rob Mersola, Razorback by John Pollono, In the Valley of the Shadow, by Katherine Cortez (Artistic Director, Actor’s Studio West). For the Skylight Theatre Company, world premieres include Hostage by Michelle Kohlos Brooks, Church & State by Jason Odell Williams. West Coast, SoCal and American premieres include Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler, Smart Love by Brian Letscher at PRT, Daytona by Oliver Cotton, Bhutan by Daisy Foote, Stop Kiss by Diana Son, Albee’s A Delicate Balance and Mamet’s Speed the Plow. For PRT’s Orpheus Descending, Elina received the LADCC Direction Award. She was the first woman to receive the LADCC Career Achievement in Directing.
CAST: Dana Dewes (as Esther Franz); Richard Fancy (as Gregory Solomon), Jason Huber (as Walter Franz); Scott Jackson (as Victor Franz).
PRODUCTION TEAM: Rich Rose (Scenic Design), Leigh Allen (Lighting Design), Chris Moscatiello (Sound Design),Keilani Gleave (Costume Design), Kenzie Caulfield (Props Supervisor), Pietro Saibene (Production Coordinator), Ben Wendel (Stage Manager).
Pacific Resident Theatre is nationally recognized as one of the top regional theaters on the West Coast. The company presents works of the highest quality, in order to entertain, inform and educate its multicultural community. In addition to the company’s commitment to rediscover the rarely performed classics, PRT is focused on fostering and developing new works through the collaboration of an artistic ensemble influenced by societal relevance, past, present and future. Pacific Resident Theatre promotes the theatre arts by providing opportunities for artists and craftsmen to develop and enrich their skills.
The Price runs at 8pm Thursdays and Saturdays Mar. 26, 28; Apr 2, 4, 9, 11; 3pm Sundays Apr. 5, 12. Pacific Resident Theatre is located at 703 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291. Street parking or limited free lot behind building. Tickets $45; age 55+ discount $35.00 per ticket ($10 off); student discount $33.00 per ticket ($12 off); $12 Student rush offered at door. Reservations: https://pacificresidenttheatre.org/ or call (310) 822-8392.
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Run time is approximately 2 hours, 30 mins (including one intermission)
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