Just ended its run in New York.  "… is a tragedy in the classic form and I think it is a modern classic…the central character is a long-shore man who, though his mind is limited and he cannot find words for his thoughts, is an admirable man…When two of his wife's Italian cousins are smuggled into this country, he makes room for them in his home. Gratefully they move in among his wife, his children and the teen-age niece whom he has brought up and whom he has come to love, he thinks, as a daughter. And now the stage is set for tragedy. One of the illegal immigrants falls in love with his benefactor's niece. If he marries the girl he will no longer have to hide from immigration officials. A monstrous change creeps up on the kind and loving uncle. He is violently opposed to this romance and is not intelligent enough to realize that this opposition is not motivated, as he thinks, by a dislike of the boy and a suspicion that he is too pretty to be a man, but by his own too intense love for his niece. Not even the wise and kindly neighborhood lawyer can persuade him to let the girl go. This is an intensely absorbing drama, sure of itself every step of the way. It makes no false moves, wastes no time and has the beauty that comes from directness and simplicity."  "Even more than with “Death of a Salesman,” Miller used “Bridge” to sell his theory that true tragic heroes may well emerge from the common run of contemporary lives. So eager was he to make the point that he even included a one-man Greek chorus, an Italian-born lawyer named Alfieri.  Without your being entirely aware of it, you have been ushered to exactly where Miller wants you to be: the realm of classical tragedy. You realize that these characters not only belong in this world at this moment, but that on some level they always have."

Cast List (in order of appearance)
Alfieri	Steven Myers
Louis / Agent 1	Pat Winans
Mike / Agent 2	Walt Hopkins
Eddie	Bradford Ka'ai'ai
Catherine	McKenzi Swinehart
Beatrice	Terri Bortot
Rodolfo	Wolf Price
Marco	Dave Martens
Kid & more	Katrina Tan

Tickets
Sept. 24, 25, October 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7:30 pm Sept. 26, October 3, 10 at 2:00 pm	Regular Admission $12 Senior Admission (60 or over) $10 Student Admission (with student ID) $6 Hug High Students, Faculty, Staff (with Hug ID) Free You may purchase tickets at the door.
Performances are scheduled at the Little Theater on the Hug High campus, Sutro and McCarran (Map). Park in the upper section of the west parking lot and follow the signs to the theater.

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