TheatreZone, Chelsea's offbeat alternative theater company, will present Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge" from November 10 - December 10. Performances will be at Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet Street in Chelsea.

In this classic tragedy, Eddie Carbone has spent his life working the docks of Red Hook to support his wife Beatrice and Catherine, their orphaned niece whom they've raised as a daughter. Jeff Gill, in the lead role of Eddie, most recently appeared with TheatreZone in "Proof."

As young Catherine approaches womanhood, Eddie's feelings are brought into perspective with the arrival of Rodolfo, one of Beatrice's two cousins who have entered the country illegally from Italy, hoping to leave behind hunger and unemployment.

Arthur Miller wrote this play in 1955 under the cloud of his own personal dramas, having just been called before the House Un-American Activities Committee as part of the government's anti-communist witch hunt, and within days of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Fifty years later, the question of the government's moral authority is as topical as when the play was first presented.

There is also a haunting symbolism in producing this play in Chelsea, a community of recent and older immigrants living in the shadow of the Tobin Bridge. The cast is multi-racial, most of them children of recent immigrants or immigrants themselves, collectively representing more than 10 different countries.

For tickets and information, call 617-887-2336 or visit www.theatrezone.org.

-- OnStage Boston

10/18/06