Lloyd Brings DEATH OF A SALESMAN to Flynn Center, 10/9

Vermont's Flynn Center and Weston Playhouse Theatre Company will present the Weston Playhouse's production of "Death of a Salesman" starring Christopher Lloyd on Saturday, October 9 at 8pm. The Weston closed its production this Saturday, September 11, on its MainStage. The production, sponsored by The Vermont Country Store and The Orton Family, with media sponsorship from Vermont Public Television, and supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation, will embark on a 3-week New England Tour ending in mid-October.

Winner of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, Death of a Salesman tells the story of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who struggles with the changes of time and his failure to reach success as he and his family pursue the "American Dream." Written by Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible, All My Sons, and A View from the Bridge, Death of a Salesman premiered 60 years ago to popular and critical success.

While Christopher Lloyd is most widely known for television and film performances such as Taxi and Back to the Future, this Emmy and Obie Award-winning actor has an impressive and extensive theatrical resume. He has starred on and off Broadway and at major regional theatres in such diverse plays as Kaspar, Happy End, Morning's at Seven, Twelfth Night and Waiting for Godot. He began his professional career in Weston in 1964 and last returned in 1990 to play Sherlock Holmes opposite his brother Sam.

Lloyd is joined by Amy Van Nostrand (Broadway, the Guthrie, Weston's Private Lives) as Linda; Markus Potter (Denver Center, Long Wharf, Weston's As You Like It) as Biff; Nathan Darrow (Broadway's In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Berkeley Rep) as Happy; Matt Harrington (Syracuse Stage, Full Circle) as Bernard; Munson Hicks (Broadway's August: Osage County, Weston's Copenhagen) as Charley; Philip Kerr (6 Broadway shows, Weston's Proof) as Uncle Ben; David Bonanno (Broadway's The Light in the Piazza, Weston's Stones in His Pockets) as Howard and Stanley; Brandy Zarle (Second Stage, Weston's Tartuffe) as The Woman; Elizabeth Morton (Intiman, Actors Theatre of Louisville) as Jenny and Letta; and Beth Hylton (Kennedy Center, the Hippodrome) as Miss Forsythe.

Death of a Salesman is directed by WPTC Producing Director Steve Stettler, who in recent years has directed Weston's The Light in the Piazza, A Number and the fall tour of Metamorphoses. He has directed in New York, regionally on both coasts and internationally, including a celebrated production of Miller's A View From the Bridge at the Ibsen Theatre in Norway. He was supported by a creative team of Weston veterans including Timothy R. Mackabee (Scenic Designer), Stuart Duke (Lighting Designer), Kirche Leigh Zeile (Costume Designer), Daniel Kluger (Composer/Sound Designer), and Kathleen Petroziello (Production Stage Manager). Patricia Norcia will serve as dialect coach and Michael Burnet will serve as fight director.

This performance will be audio-described and will be interpreted in American Sign Language.

Tickets range in price from $25 to $39 and are available for purchase online. For more information about this event or other upcoming events with the Flynn Center, please visit www.flynntix.org/

Photos by Hubert Schriebl and Tim Fort