Grossmont College Theatre Arts Presents Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge”
The Grossmont College Theatre Arts Department proudly presents Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” directed by Walter Allen Bennett – A modern American tragedy that cuts to the heart of love, loyalty, and the longing to belong.
Set in a neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront, “A View from the Bridge” is a powerful immigrant story that explores desire, community loyalty, and identity. Eddie Carbone, a hardworking longshoreman, lives a modest life with his wife Beatrice and their orphaned niece Catherine-whom Eddie is devoted to with a love that blurs the lines between protective and possessive. When Beatrice’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, arrive to America seeking work and a better life, tensions rise. Rodolpho’s blossoming romance with Catherine threatens Eddie’s fragile sense of control and pushes him into a spiral of jealousy and denial. As Eddie’s inner conflict deepens, his inability to confront his feelings or accept change leads him down a path of betrayal that shakes his family and community— and seals his tragic fate.
“Though set in the 1950s, we find ourselves struggling with the same issues that seem to traverse time: unemployment, immigration, loyalty, and love,” says director Walter Allen Bennett. “At its heart, this play fully embraces what it means to be human—the beauty and the tragedy of the choices we make.”
Arthur Miller’s modern classic is a searing, emotionally taut tragedy that lays bare the consequences of unspoken desire and pride. Honest, intense, and heartbreakingly human, “A View from the Bridge” remains a timeless study of the limits of love and the price of honor.
The stellar cast features: (in alphabetical order) Ahmed Abdelrahman as Mike, Blake Brown as Eddie, Crow Cisneros as “Submarine,” Antonio Cobian as Mr. Lipari, “Sniff” Davidson as Rodolpho, Bre Hauck as Catherine, Irma Jordan as neighbor, Viktoriia Mashchenko as neighbor, Diego Montalvan as Marco, Dillon Parker as Alfieri, Q Picasso Z as second immigration officer, Melanie Rodriguez as “Submarine,” Emma Sanabria Fandino as Mrs. Lipari (u/s Beatrice), Kai Salud as Louis/ Tony, Kaylin Saur as Beatrice, Eliana Tuley as first immigration officer, and Olwen Williams as neighbor.
Performances will take place in the Stagehouse Theatre, Thursday, November 20 through Saturday, November 22, and Thursday, December 4 through Saturday, December 6, 2025, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with matinee performances on Saturdays, November 22and December 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at www.StagehouseTheatre.com or by calling the box office at 619-644-7234. Ticket prices are $18 for the general public, $14 for seniors, military personnel, and educators, and $10 for students.
Guests can enter the Stagehouse Theatre through the Performing and Visual Arts Center (Building 22) at 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020. Guest parking is complementary in parking lot #1 south during theatre performances.
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