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and community.
The play's exploration of loyalty and
community parallels Miller's own expe
rience during the McCarthy era, when
he refused to name names when testi
fying before the House Un-American
Activities Committee.
"It's the downward spiral of a man
who is already atthe bottom," Jay
Hash, who plays the lead role of Eddie
Carbone, said. The play wastes no time
setting up Eddie's descent.
Instead of a standard three-act
structure, a single momentum-building
story arc explodes from the narrator's
opening words.
"Miller's purpose was to write a
contemporary play structured like a
Greektragedy," director Jeffrey Ma
son said. "The sense of acceleration is
quite pronounced."
For the University Theatre's pro
duction of the play, Mason added a
stylistic touch to the realism of
Miller's thundering vision by adding
dance to the narrator's scenes.
"I wanted his sections to be more
than just a narrator standing on a
stage," he said. "Having music sug
gested the possibility of dance or
more stylized movement than actors
walking around."
The opening of the play contains a
four-minute monologue and requires
the introduction of the Brooklyn
street scene, which Mason said
"seems to open the doorto some
thing more theatrical, more height
ened, than realistic interaction."
Mason, who is also head of the Uni
versity's theater arts department, said
he's never heard of anyone adding
dance to the play, but saw it as an op
portunity to heighten the play's emo
tional power while bringing the liveli
hood of its 1950s Brooklyn street
scene to life.
"It's unusual because it's not written
to have dance in it" choreographer
Laura Hiszczynskyj said. The challenge
was to "make it look like it's supposed
to be there."
"It's not distracting at all. If
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anything, it's beautiful," Hash said,
adding that the dancing is limited to
background characters.
Mason also wanted to pay close at
tention to the authenticity of the char
acters' accents. Characters range
from descendants of Italian immigrants
to Sicilian immigrants just off the boat
which required subtle differences in
each character's dialect. But Mason
could not find a recording of an old
world Sicilian accent he could use to
instruct his actors.
Eventually he found a Ph.D. student
from Italy in the Department of Ro
mance Languages who could help. He
had the student record certain lines of
dialogue and then Mason studied the
tapes so he could coach his actors.
"At first, it was really tough," cast
member Jordan Wolfer said. "The
Italian dialect is one of the toughestto
get into."
While learning the different dialects
presents a technical challenge, Mason
said the emotional depth of the charac
ters provides a great opportunity for
young actors to raise the emotional
stakes of their performances.
"You can sort of let your hair down,"
he said.
But honing in on Miller's characters
was complicated.
"It's not easy," said Hash, who ex
plained that the emotions of the play
come as much from what the charac
ters say as from what they don't say.
The challenge, he said, was to portray
a balance of inner rage and outwardly
expressed emotions.
The University Theatre's production
of "A View From the Bridge" is atthe
Robinson Theatre on Feb. 25-26 at
8 p.m.; March 3 at7:30 p.m.; and March
4-5 and 11-12 at8p.m. A benefit per
formance to assist the tsunami relief
efforts will be held March 6 at 2 p.m.
Tickets cost $5 for University students;
$12for general admission; $9 for senior
citizens, University faculty, and non
University students; and $7 for youth.
Tickets are available atthe Erb Memor
ial Union and atthe University Theatre
Box Office in the Robinson Theatre on
the evenings of performances.
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