MOVP to present Death of A Salesman
Photo provided Linda Loman, played by Suzanne Walker, calms her husband Willy Loman, played by Mack McHale, during a scene in the Mid-Ohio Valley Players run of “Death of a Salesman
Photo provided Linda Loman, played by Suzanne Walker, calms her husband Willy Loman, played by Mack McHale, during a scene in the Mid-Ohio Valley Players run of “Death of a Salesman
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An American classic comes to the stage at Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre this weekend and next as Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" is performed for a five-show run.
The story revolves around Willy Loman, a failing salesman, who cannot understand how he failed to be happy and successful.
Through a series of tragic revelations of the life he has lived with his family and his business associates, we discover how his search for the "American Dream" kept him blind to the people who truly loved him.
Death of a Salesman, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, was the first play to win all three top drama awards: the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle.
Jena Lane Blair directs the show.
"It has been said that Death of a Salesman is Arthur Miller's best play and the great American classic drama," she says.
"The characters and their relationships are so powerful. I have watched as these actors bring the characters and their relationship to life through the powerful heart touching scenes.
We have an amazing cast and a production that shouldn't be missed."
Mack McHale returns to the MOVP stage in the lead role as the tragic Willy Loman.
"Death of a Salesman has always been referred to as 'The Death of the American Dream.'
I believe it is the death of the American Dream Dreamer. Willy Loman is a troubled man dealing with the loss of his livelihood. His impenetrable belief that being liked guarantees success in a cold world spirals him into a self made abyss of depression, dementia and self destruction.
That is not the true impact of Arthur Miller's play; this is a love story. The love and strength that Linda Loman expresses for her husband as well as guiding her two sons through the emotional whirlpool of Willy's decline is the true crux of this play.
Death of a Salesman is an emotional onion as the many layers peel away to its tragic conclusion."
Portraying Linda is MOVP veteran Suzanne Walker.