Actor's Express to Present Bone-Chilling Production of THE CRUCIBLE

Actor's Express stages Arthur Miller's Tony award-winning play The Crucible January 21 - February 19, 2017.

The New York Post called it "a heart-stopping, bone-chilling masterpiece" and the New York Times said it was "the freshest, scariest play in town."

AE Artistic Director Freddie Ashley will direct this visceral new production, saying of Miller's riveting masterpiece, "The Crucible is one of the great plays of the twentieth century. When Arthur Miller wrote it in response to McCarthyism in the 1950s, it cemented itself as a rallying cry for justice in the face of fearmongering paranoia. Not since its Broadway debut has it been more relevant than it is at this moment. Our production will reflect our diverse community today and will hopefully serve as an empowering catalyst for positive conversation and change."

Performances of The Crucible are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. Tickets start at $28 and may be purchased online at actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7469.

ABOUT THE PLAY:

The Crucible
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Freddie Ashley

January 21 - February 19, 2017

Winner! Tony Award for Best Play!

The witching hour is at hand in the tight-knit community of Salem. Personal vendettas collide with lust and superstition, fueling widespread hysteria. Do witches walk among us, or has revenge created a monster? As paranoia grips the tiny town, reason takes a back seat to fear.

PERFORMANCE DATES & TICKETS:

Previews: January 18-20, 2017 at 8 PM, $20
Opening Night: January 21, 2017 at 8 PM, $40
Regular Performances: January 21 - February 19, 2017

Purchase tickets and subscriptions online at actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7469. Group pricing is available. For info, e-mail tickets@actorsexpress.com.

*Ticket prices are subject to availability. Order early for best pricing. 8% sales tax will be added to all orders.

Arthur Miller (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), Resurrections 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.

Since our founding in 1988, we have sought to nurture the next generation of playwrights through workshops, readings, and full productions of new plays; to develop and nurture Atlanta's artistic community through theatre training; to catalyze the dialogue essential to the vitality of our neighborhood and our city; and to enhance Atlanta's reputation nationally as a thriving center for live performance.

Actor's Express is located on the west side of Atlanta in the King Plow Arts Center at 887 W. Marietta Street, Suite J-107, Atlanta, Georgia 30318.

Photo by Greg Mooney