CASA 0101 Theatre Presents Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, June 9 – July 16, 2023, Directed by Corky Dominguez With A Primarily Latino Cast Led by Vance Valencia as Willy Loman

Boyle Heights, CA (May 24, 2023) – CASA 0101 Theater, Emmanuel Deleage, Producer and Brown Fist Productions, Maria Elena Yepes and David Reyes, Producers, present ARTHUR MILLER’S 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DEATH OF A SALESMAN. “a tragedy of a common man,” under the direction of CORKY DOMINGUEZ, starring Vance Valencia, Christine Avila, Eddie Diaz, Adam Hollick, Jack Bernaz and Daniel E. Mora, and featuring Jared Trevino, Leah Verrill, Jeff Blumberg, Chloe Diaz, Gor Leo Babkhanyan, Kriss Dozal and Mariana Campos.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN will be presented for a Six-Week run in the newly dedicated Gloria Molina Auditorium at CASA 0101 Theater, 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m., from June 9 – July 16, 2023.  For further information, please visit www.casas0101.org

Set in late 1940s Brooklyn, New York, the two-act tragedy, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, follows the central character of Willy Loman, who is experiencing an epic battle against time, exhaustion and encroaching mental and psychological debility.  He desperately must find a way to reconcile his life and the deep pain it has caused his family.

In 1949 Arthur Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Award for Best Play for DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Today the play is still considered by many critics as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.

Emmanuel Deleage, Producer of the Show and Executive Director of CASA 0101 Theater, said:  “We are extremely pleased to present Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, an American classic in Boyle Heights with a primarily Latino cast.  This masterpiece of American literature explores the quintessential battle taking place in one way or another inside the heads of each one of us:  the pursuit of success, the difficulty of accepting reality, the love of family, the struggle to force the hand of destiny.  It’s perhaps the first time this play is being presented in Boyle Heights.”

The late Arthur Miller once said, “Success and prosperity are better attained by facing the challenging situations of the reality of American life rather than romanticizing on fanciful dreams.”  Miller defined a tragic hero as “a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing – his sense of personal dignity.”  For Miller, tragedy was driven by “Man’s total compunction to evaluate himself justly.”

Vance Valencia (of Boyle Heights, CA) leads the cast of 13 as Willy Loman.  Others in the cast include:  Christine Avila (of Culver City, CA) as Linda Loman, Eddie Diaz (of Inglewood, CA) as Biff Loman, Adam Hollick (of North Hollywood, CA) as Happy Loman, Jack Bernaz (of North Hollywood, CA) as Uncle Ben Loman, Daniel E. Mora (of Glendale, CA) as Charley, Jared Treviño (of Glendale, CA) as Bernard, Leah Verrill (of Lake Balboa, CA) as The Woman, Jeff Blumberg (of Los Feliz, CA) as Howard Wagner, Chloe Diaz (of Ladera Heights, CA) as Jenny, Gor Leo Babakhanyan (of Glendale) as Stanley, Kriss Dozal (West Hollywood, CA) as Miss Forsythe and Mariana Campos (of Riverside, CA) as Letta.

The production team for DEATH OF A SALESMAN includes:  Josefina López (of Silver Lake), Founding Artistic Director, CASA 0101 Theater; Emmanuel Deleage (of Silver Lake), Producer and Executive Director, CASA 0101 Theater; MariaElena Yepes (of Diamond Bar, CA) Producer, Brown Fist Productions; David Reyes (of Upland, CA) Producer, Brown Fist Productions; Corky Dominguez (of Boyle Heights, CA), Director; Marco De León (of Tujunga, CA) Set Designer; Kevin E. Vasquez (of Van Nuys, CA) Lighting Designer; Abel Alvarado (of Silver Lake, CA) Costume Designer; Ari Rich (of West Hollywood, CA) Stage Manager; Max Brother (of MacArthur Park, CA) CASA 0101 Theater Technical Director and Sound Designer; Andy James Garcia (of East Los Angeles, CA) Props Master; Mark Kraus (of Los Angeles, CA), CASA 0101 Theater Development Director and Webmaster; Itzel Anahi (of Alhambra) CASA 0101 Theater Office Administrator and Graphic Designer; Conrado TerrazasCross (of Echo Park, CA) Development Consultant; Al Aguilar (of Los Angeles, CA) Production Assistant; Rosa Navarrete (of El Sereno), CA Social Media; Soap Studio Inc., (of Los Angeles, CA) Playbill Design; Rudy Torres (of Los Angeles, CA) Production Photographer and Steve Moyer Public Relations (of Los Angeles, CA), Press Representative, who was a publicist who worked directly with Arthur Miller promoting historic productions of his plays in the later years of his life.

This production is also made possible, in part, through Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.  CASA 0101 Theater sponsors:  The California Endowment, Los Angeles County Arts & Culture; Eastside Arts Initiative, The Perenchino Foundation, The LA Arts Recovery Fund and The Herb Albert Foundation.

Free Parking is available on several streets surrounding the theatre.  Free Parking is also available on Fridays and Saturdays only at the Boyle Heights City Hall Parking Lot located at 2130 East First Street (at Chicago Street) by entering the lot from Chicago Street; the lot is closed on Sundays.

Concurrently with the run of the show there will be an Art Exhibit in the Jean Deleage Art Gallery, located in the lobby of CASA 0101 Theater of PAINT by Suzanne Linares.  This series of painting are spontaneous, energetic strokes and of drips and splashes.  They lay upon the viewer’s mystery with no answers.  Admission is FREE.  Exhibit Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and prior to performances of DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

About The Playwright, Director, Principal Actors and Show Producers:
Arthur Miller (Playwright) is considered one of the greatest and most prolific American playwrights, essayists and screenwriters of the 20th century.  Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan to Augusta (Barnett) and Isidore Miller.  Arthur Miller had a sister, actress Joan Copeland, and a brother, Kermit Miller.  Miller studied at the University of Michigan, where he first majored in Journalism and wrote for the student newspaper, The Michigan Daily.  It was during this time Miller wrote his first play, No Villain, switching his major to English, and then soon after winning an Avery Hopwood Award for No Villain.  His alma mater, the University of Michigan, is the only theatre in America to bear his name.

Arthur Miller’s 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 (1980).  Later plays include:  The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993), Broken Glass (1994), Mr. Peters’ Connections (1998), Resurrection Blues (2002) and Finishing The Picture (2004).

Among his other works are Situation Normal (1944), the novel Focus (1945), screenplay The Misfits (1960), and three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath:  In Russia (1969), In the Country (1977) and Chinese Encounters (1979).

Memoirs include ‘Salesman’ in Beijing (1984), and Timebends, an autobiography (1987).  Short fiction includes the collection I Don’t Need You Any More (1967), the novella Homely Girl, a Life (1995) and Presence: Stories (2007).  Essay collections published in his lifetime include:  The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (1978) and Echoes Down the Corridor:  Collected Essays 1944–2000, as well as individually published volumes ‘The Crucible’ in History (2000) and On Politics and the Art of Acting (2001).

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 was named Jefferson Lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2001.  Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949) and the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award (1984).

In 1948, Arthur Miller built a small studio in his Roxbury, CT home, where, in less than a day he wrote Act I of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, which he later completed within six weeks.  The play received its World Premiere at the Morosco Theatre in New York City on February 10, 1949, directed by Eliz Kazan, starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman, Mildred Dunnock as Linda Loman, Arthur Kennedy as Biff Loman, and Cameron Mitchell as Happy Loman.

As fate would have it, Arthur Miller died in his home in Roxbury, CT, where he once lived with his second wife, Marilyn Monroe, and later with his third wife, Inge Morath, on the evening of February 10, 2005, at the age of 89, on the 56th Anniversary of the Broadway debut of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

Corky Dominguez (Director) (of Boyle Heights, CA) has over 40 years theatre experience as a producer, director, choreographer, performer, writer, and theatre teaching-artist.  He has worked with several Los Angeles professional theaters and educational institutions.  He is an advocate for youth oriented theatre programs.  Directing credits at CASA 0101 Theater include:  Remembering Boyle Heights Part 1 & 2, An Enemy Of The Pueblo, Unmasking Hercules, Eastside Heartbeats, Bad For The Community, Piñata Dreams, Hungry Woman, Real Women Have Curves (20 Year Anniversary), Midnight Marauder:  A New Year’s Eve Masquerade Murder Mystery Show, Hoop Girls, Tamales De Puerco (2008 Production), When Nature Calls, and with the LGBTQ Brown and Out Festival:  Dona Conception, My Perfect Boyfriend, The Baby Cries, Miercoles Loves Luna, Frankie & Johnny, Forever Young, Young Dudes, L.U.G., and Twinks & Boobs MC.   Dominguez will be directing the World Premiere production of Josefina López’s latest play, Queen of the Rumba, later this year as CASA 0101 Theater.

Vance Valencia (Willy Loman) (of Boyle Heights, CA) is a local actor known for his work in dozens of film and television productions but most notably for his supporting roles the iconic Robert Zemeckis film Contact and the blockbuster Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard 2.  Recent network television spots include Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.  He is also no stranger to the Los Angeles theatre scene having performed major roles at such venues as the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Hudson Theatre, Attic Theatre, Nosotros, Met Theatre, The Starlight Theatre, LA Actors Theatre and Taper2.  Besides being an actor, Valencia is also an educator and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal State Los Angeles.  Over the years has taught middle school Humanities in the Public, Private and Charter school sectors.  As a Boyle Heights native and product of local schools – including Roosevelt High School – it is here where his love of theatre began and here where he continues to share his passion for the classics with young people who need exposure to the arts the most. Valencia is always proud to point out that the community park located catty-corner to this CASA 0101 Theater is dedicated in his father’s name, long time community leader and activist, Ross H. Valencia.  As a Co-Founder of Angel City Theatre Ensemble, he has returned to CASA 0101 Theater where he enjoyed critical and popular success in the title role of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and in the subsequent the drama, Mariela in the Desert written by Karen Zacarías.

Christine Avila (Linda Loman) (of Culver City, CA) first appeared at CASA in 2014 at Calphurnia in a production of Julius Caesar.  Avila appeared in the Original Cast of Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum.  In the 70s she appeared in National Tours, including:  Jesus Christ Superstar (as Mary Magdalene), in Mother Earth by Toni Tennille and in Summer And Smoke (as Rosa Gonzalez) playing opposite Eve Marie Saint. More recently she appeared in Detained at The Fountain Theatre. She also appeared in the Original Cast of La Poada Majica at South Coast Repertory.  Other theatres she has appeared at include:  Centre Theatre Group, LA Women’s Shakespeare Company, Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Circle X and La Jolla Playhouse.  She has performed in both English and Spanish in Lorca’s Yerma, Blood Wedding and Mariana Pineda (Bilingual Foundation for the Arts).  She performed a one-person show on the life of Cesar Chavez called La Causa for Living Voices of over 10 years.  Her television and film Mayans (recurring character), Undone (Amazon), Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, Bosch, House and Liar, Liar.  She is a graduate of UCLA and studied with Sandy Meisner and Bill Esper at The Neighborhood Playhouse, New York.

Christine Avila has been invited seven times to the Sundance Playwrights Festival.  She has won awards for her Books on Tape, which include: Book of Unknown American and Where Stars are Scattered.  As and Educator, she has taught at The University of California – Santa Barbara in the Department of Chicano Studies; Loyola Marymount University, University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of Southern California in the Department of Theatre Arts.  Avila received the Teacher of the Year Award from UCLA Extension for her work at Fred C. Nelles School for Boys.  For 25 years she has worked in the Catholic Church as cantor, pastoral musician and Director of Music, including St. Clements Church in Santa Monica, CA.

Eddie Diaz (Biff Loman) (of Inglewood, CA) is first generation American born of Mexican descent, raised in Huntington Park, CA.  He attended Huntington Park High School,  After graduation he joined the United States Army starting as a Diesel Mechanic, working his way up from a Private to a position of Lieutenant where he trained in conjunction with the 182 Airborne unit and his Army Unit, the 950th maintenance company, to become a Helicopter Pilot.

Diaz obtained an Architecture degree from Cal Poly Pomona and upon graduation worked for world famous architects, Frank Gehry  helping design the Disney Concert Hall and, NBBJ Design, which built Staples Center.  Diaz helped design the new Madison Square Garden in New York.  It was around this time when 9/11 happened, when Diaz’s life and career took on a new direction.

In 2000, Diaz left the Architecture world to pursue Acting after being seen by a talent manager in a showcase production he was appearing in.  He made his film debut in the supporting role of Rubio in the Michael Mann film, Collateral, appearing opposite Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.  Diaz has appeared in several studio films and starred in several award-winning independent films such as Sun Dogs and Bebe.  He is currently the lead actor and Executive Producer of Prayers In The Dark.  He just wrapped starring in La Tierra Del Exodo, which is playing in 100 film festival worldwide.

On television, he is currently starring opposite Andy Samberg in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and he has a recurring role in the AMC show, Fear Of The Walking Dead.  Other television credits include:  Luke in Rake, playing opposite Greg Kinnear, directed by Sam Raimi; Caesar Salad in Modern Family; Officer Cortez in Lincoln Lawyer; and in featured roles in The Son of Zorn, Naval NCIS and Criminal Minds.

On stage, he appeared as Private First Class William T. Santiago in Los Angeles Premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s theatre production, A Few Good Men; and in the critically acclaimed production of The Women of Juarez at Frido Kahlo Theatre.  He has also played the role of the Bridegroom in Frederico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding at Stages Theater and the title role in King Lear at Knightsbridge Theatre.  As an actor Diaz has trained with Alberto Mariscal, Miranda Garrison and Anthony Meindl, who studied with Sandy Meisner, and now teaches his method.

Adam Hollick (Happy Loman) (of North Hollywood, CA) attended Azusa Pacific University on a full ride football scholarship.  After two years, he decided to leave football and the scholarship to become a Music major, where he discovered a passion for Opera.  He went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance while also training as an actor.  He has performed everything from opera and musical theatre to pop music, and transitioned into Film/TV in 2017.  His Theatre credits include:  Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge, Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie with Glendale Centre Theatre,  Connie Rivers in Grapes of Wrath with Sugar Creek Opera Illinois, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast with 5 Star Theatricals (alongside Susan Egan as Belle) and Plan B Entertainment, Anthony in Sweeney Todd:  The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Captain Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Lupe in the new musical, Viral at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.  Film and Television credits include:  Liam Hiett in the movie Been There All Along.  Christopher Blaze on NCIS, Marco Ruiz on NCIS:  Los Angeles, How I Met Your Father, Simon in Lifetime’s Dirty Little Deeds, Aladdin in SyFy’s original movie Adventures of Aladdin, Daryl in Lifetime’s Labor of Lies, Dexter in Lifetime’s Deadly Bridenapping, Firefighter Louis in Lifetime’s Fireman’s Deception, Private First Class Malcolm in SyFy’s original movie Meteor Moon, and George Skiadopolous on Deadly Sins,  Hollik has an avid passion for fitness and bartending as well.

Jack Bernaz (Uncle Ben Loman) (of North Hollywood, CA) has appeared in a wide assortment of roles on stage, including: Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, Part I, Tito Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor and Murray the Cop in The Odd Couple (North Coast Repertory); Chicago Joe in The Grift and Accomplice in The Drunk (La Jolla Playhouse); Bob Cratchit in Bah! Humbug! (California Performing Arts Center); and Herr Schultz in Cabaret (Temecula Performing Arts Center).

Daniel E. Mora (Charley) (of Glendale, CA) Mexican-American actor/producer/writer.   He was last seen at CASA 0110 Theater in the role of Casca in Julius Caesar.  Mora is best known for his role of Obregon in the FX series The Bridge, the film, Avenge the Crows, and web series, Sin Vergüenza (Without Shame). which won an Imagen Award in 2013 for Best Web Series: Informative or Reality, for its 1st season.  In 2016, Mora was nominated for an Imagen Award for Sin Vergüenza (Without Shame) as Best Actor in a Television or Online Series.  As a producer and writer, he is best known for the police reality show, Placas which aired on Telemundo in the mid-90s; the show was number one on the network its first year and remained one of the top three highest rated shows for its remaining years on air. In addition to his passion for acting, Mora a proud former serviceman as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, continues his civic duty with the US Auxiliary Coast Guard and recently helped save four lives off the coast Manhattan Beach, CA.

Emmanuel Deleage (Show Producer and Executive Director of CASA 0101 Theater) is a graduate of UCLA in World Arts and Cultures.  While in college he joined the skid row theater troupe, Los Angeles Poverty Department, founded by performance artist John Malpede.  He later became the company’s administrator.  In 2001 he formed his own company Courage Productions, and produced Armand Gatti’s Public Song Before Two Electric Chairs at the Los Angeles Theater Center.  He also met Josefina López that same year, and merged Courage with the newly formed Casa 0101 Theater.  He is currently the Executive Director of Casa 0101.  He has overseen the growth of Casa 0101 from an all-volunteer organization running out of a store front venue, to becoming an organization with four employees.  He also has had the privilege of working with theater directors, Peter Sellars, Gino Zampieri, Pascal Rambert and Armand Gatti.  At Casa 0101, he has directed The Imaginary Life of the Street Sweeper August G by Armand Gatti, Locked Up and You Don’t Know Me by Patricia Zamorano, Nat Turner by Randolph Edmonds and Food for the Dead, by Josefina López.  As a writer, his first play was Selma Worth, about homelessness and finding self worth.  His second play, which he directed and co-wrote with Lorenzo Alfredo, as An L.A. Journey – The Story of Lorenzo Alfredo.

MariaElena Yepes (Show Producer and Executive Producer and CDO for Brown Fist Producitons) is an educator and writer, and has been a community activist for the past 30 years.  Yepes has dedicated her professional career to providing higher educational opportunities for the most underserved populations in Los Angeles.  In 2015 she founded Brown Fist Productions.  Their first production, which was presented in association with CASA 0101 Theater in 2016 was Eastside Heartbeats, the fictional story of four young Mexican-American singers who dreamed of becoming Rock and Roll stars.

David Reyes (Show Producer for Brown Fist Productions) served as Composer, Lyricist and Producer of Brown Fist Productions first show, Eastside Heartbeats, the fictional story of four young Mexican-American singers who dreamed of becoming Rock and Roll stars, which was presented in association with CASA 0101 Theatre in 2016.  Reyes developed an interest in modern classical music in the early 1970’s, and his fascination with the genre led him to study it seriously in college.  Because of his dedication to the pursuit of modern classical music, Reyes was awarded a scholarship to study in Europe, where he had the privilege of studying and training with modern masters who changed the course of classical music:  Iannis Xenakis and Gyorgy Ligeti at Centre Acante, and at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory in Aix en Provence, France.  In Los Angeles, he has worked with other influential composers:  the late Dorrance Stalvey, musical Director of LACMA, and Aurelio De La Vega, faculty member emeritus at California State University, Northridge.  Reyes produced a three CD set for Rhino Records called “Brown Eyed Soul,” and was Associate Producer for the PBS documentary Chicano Rock.  He is co-author for “Land of a Thousand Dances” and co-curator of the exhibit Roots of the Eastside Sound.  Reyes has also composer a mini opera entitled, El Circo Anahuac, scored for voices, chamber ensemble and puppetry.

About CASA 0101 Theater:
CASA 0101, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was founded 23 years ago by Founding Artistic Director, Josefina López, author of “Real Women Have Curves,” in 2000 to fulfill her vision of bringing art and live theater programs to Boyle Heights. From its humble beginnings in a former bridal shop, CASA 0101 has established itself as a leading arts venue for Los Angeles’ East Side, currently offering year round theatrical productions and classes in dramatic writing and acting for youth and adults.  CASA 0101 is dedicated to providing vital arts, cultural, and educations programs in theatre, digital filmmaking, art and dance – to Boyle Heights, thereby nurturing the future storytellers of Los Angeles.  CASA 0101 is named such, as casa means house of home in Spanish.  0’s and 1’s are the binary language computers use to operate.  CASA 0101 was founded at the dawn of the digital age, when digital cameras started appearing and moviemaking became accessible to more people.  Early on Josefina López taught a few digital video classes.  Though the organization subsequently focused its energies on theatre and not digital filmmaking, the name stuck.  0 and 1 can also mean nothing and everything, yin and yang, male and female, and many more dual opposites.  Through storytelling and theatre and other art forms, CASA 0101 is committed to exploring the world and oneself, the good and the bad, the light and the darkness of our world to the point where there are no borders and “0” and “1” are one.  The day-to-day day management of the operations and of four full-time employees at CASA 0101 Theater is overseen by Emmanuel Deleage, the Executive Director.  To learn more, please visit www.casa0101.org

About Brown Fist Productions, LLC:
The mission of Brown Fist Productions, LLC (BFP) is to provide quality entertainment that highlights positively the talent, artistry, and historic contributions of the Latino communities in the United States.  Since 2015, Brown Fist Productions  has mounted several projects in the Los Angeles area that have received notable attention in local media including the Los Angeles Times.

These productions include the following: The Rock and Roll musical Eastside Heartbeats, the fictional story of four young Mexican-American singers who dreamed of becoming Rock and Roll stars.  The production was presented in association with CASA 0101 Theater in 2016 to great critical acclaim.  In 2017, BFP participated in the Cherry Blossom Festival of Monterey Park by presenting a concert of music from the sixties and seventies featuring the four singers who were the lead actors in Eastside Heartbeats.

In April 2018, Brown Fist Productions began work on its second major project, El Circo Anahuac: An Aztec Opera, by presenting three high school workshops in East Los Angeles to test the interest of high school students in the opera. Then, in October and November 2018, a 40-minute rendition of El Circo Anahuac was presented and received enthusiastically at Los Angeles Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles.

In July 2019, as a result of its success at Los Angeles Plaza de Cultura y Artes, BFP was invited by A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena to participate as Artists in Residence in a project of their choice. BFP chose to expand the mini-opera by creating five new songs and introducing a new character. The residency culminated in a performance at the A Noise Within Rehearsal Hall which was attended by 110 supporters in a room designed to fit 70 people.  In May 2022—after going dark for two years due to the pandemic—BFP presented the third iteration of El Circo Anahuac at Schoenberg Hall, UCLA School of Music.  As in the past, the opera—now extended to an hour and fifteen minutes, received enthusiastic responses from the audience and from the music and opera faculty and staff at UCLA.

And now in 2023 BPF is co-producing a new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, Death of a Salesman with CASA 0101 Theater.  In addition, BFP is working on a new project based on the musical trio, The Sisters, the precursors of Women in Chicano Rock, entitled Three Hearts, the Story of The Sisters

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CASA 0101 Theater and Brown Fist Productions Present
Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Directed by Corky Domingez

WHO & WHAT:
CASA 0101 Theater, Emmanuel Deleage, Producer and Brown Fist Productions, MariaElena Yepes and David Reyes, Producers, present ARTHUR MILLER’S 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DEATH OF A SALESMAN. “a tragedy of a common man,” under the direction of CORKY DOMINGUEZ, starring Vance Valencia, Christine Avila, Eddie Diaz, Adam Hollick, Jack Bernaz and Daniel E. Mora, and featuring Jared Trevino, Leah Verrill, Jeff Blumberg, Chloe Diaz, Gor Leo Babkhanyan, Kriss Dozal and Mariana Campos.

Set in late 1940s Brooklyn, New York, the two-act tragedy, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, follows the central character of Willy Loman, who is experiencing an epic battle against time, exhaustion and encroaching mental and psychological debility,  He desperately must find a way to reconcile his life and the deep pain it has caused his family.

This production is also made possible, in part, through Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.  CASA 0101 Theater sponsors:  The California Endowment, Los Angeles County Arts & Culture; Eastside Arts Initiative, Perenchino Foundation and The Herb Albert Foundation.

WHERE:
CASA 0101 Theater in the Gloria Molina Auditorium, 2102 East First Street (at Louis Street) across the street from the Hollenbeck Police Station, Boyle Heights, CA 90033.

WHEN & HOW:
DEATH OF A SALESMAN will be presented for a Six-Week run in the newly dedicated Gloria Molina Auditorium at CASA 0101 Theater, 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m., from June 9 – July 16, 2023.  For further information, please visit www.casas0101.org

Free Parking is available on several streets surrounding the theatre.  Free Parking is also available on Fridays and Saturdays only at the Boyle Heights City Hall Parking Lot located at 2130 East First Street (at Chicago Street) by entering the lot from Chicago Street; the lot is closed on Sundays.

Concurrently with the run of the show there will be an Art Exhibit in the Jean Deleage Art Gallery, located in the lobby of CASA 0101 Theater of PAINT by Suzanne Linares.  This series of painting are spontaneous, energetic strokes and of drips and splashes.  They lay upon the viewer’s mystery with no answers.  Admission is FREE.  Exhibit Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and prior to performances of DEATH OF A SALESMAN.