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Shattered Globe Theatre opens its 33rd season this fall with Arthur Miller's classic drama A View From the Bridge, reviving a game-changing work from its past with a cast of Shattered Globe ensemble members, veteran Chicago actors and fresh new faces.

SGT Ensemble Member Louis Contey, who staged the company's 1993 production of A View from the Bridge, one of the shows that first put Shattered Globe on the map thirty years ago, returns to tackle Miller's timeless masterpiece about desire, the decay of old values, and yearning for what is lost when you've left home to build something new.

Shattered Globe Ensemble Member Eileen Niccolai, who played Beatrice in 1993, also returns to reprise her role, with a cast including Scott Aiello (Eddie), Mike Cherry (Marco), John Judd (Alfieri), Chris Martin (Tony/Louis/Immigration Officer), Isabelle Muthiah (Catherine), Adam Schulmerich (Mike) and Harrison Weger (Rodolpho).

A View From The Bridge presented by Shattered Globe Theatre

A View From the Bridge tells the story of Eddie, a longshoreman who visits a lawyer, Alfieri, with a problem. Seems Eddie's teenage niece, Catherine, an orphan who he raised as his own daughter, has fallen in love with a newly arrived Italian immigrant. They want to marry, but Eddie must stop them. Because things are not what they seem.

"I am thrilled to celebrate this timely revival of one of the shows that first put Shattered Globe on the map. The themes of immigration and searching for refuge are topical and ever present in our community today," said Sandy Shinner, Producing Artistic Director, Shattered Globe Theatre. "It is a unique opportunity for our director, Lou Contey, to revisit A View from the Bridge with ensemble member Eileen Niccolai after 30 years. Eileen will be reviving her role as Beatrice alongside this impressive cast of both emerging and veteran Chicago theater artists."

Shattered Globe Theatre was born in a storefront space on Halsted Street in 1991. Since then, SGT has produced more than 80 plays, including nine American and world premieres, and garnered an impressive 42 Jeff Awards and 118 Jeff Award nominations, as well as the acclaim of critics and audiences alike.