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The Price

By Arthur Miller

Directed by Brandon J. Dirden

The Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater

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Siblings duel in one of Arthur Miller’s (Death of A Salesman, The Crucible) most personal plays. Estranged brothers Victor and Walter must clear out the remnants of their gilded upbringing before their childhood home is torn down. As they negotiate the value of their past, they must reckon with the true cost of a more hopeful future. Brandon J. Dirden (August Wilson’s Radio Golf, Wine in the Wilderness) directs this towering story of how we measure the burden of memory.

THE PRICE” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

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MEET THE ARTISTS

MEET THE CAST

Kevin Isola

KEVIN ISOLA:  For Two River: The Scarlet Letter, My Wonderful DayForum Broadway:  Brooklyn Boy  Off-Broadway:  Lincoln Center, Signature Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, NYSF/The Public Theater, Transport Group, Wheelhouse, The Play Company, Theatre Row, 59E59, The Women’s Project, Cherry Lane, others.  Regional: Two River Theatre, Denver Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Guthrie, The McCarter, Yale Rep, The Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, others.  Film:  Miles, Blumenthal, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Uninvited, 24 Nights, The New Yorkerothers.  Television: “The Equalizer”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Billions”, “Bull”, “The Blacklist”, “Elementary”, “Deadbeat”, “Smash”, “Fringe”, “Damages”, “Boston Legal”, “Law and Order”, “Hallmark Hall of Fame”, others.   

Karl Kenzler

KARL KENZLER Broadway: Fiddler On The Roof, You Can’t Take It With You, Mary Poppins, Twelve Angry Men, The Caretaker, Dinner At Eight, The Heiress. Off-Broadway: Life & Trust (Emursive), Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (Signature, Lucille Lortel nomination), Peter & The Starcatcher (NYTW, NY premiere), All Our Children (Sheen Center), Usual Girls (Roundabout), Three Wise Guys and Beyond Therapy (TACT), Clinton: The Musical! (NYMF). Hamlet and The Tempest (CSC), Spinning Into Butter (LCT), The Charity That Began At Home and Diana of Dobson’s (Mint Theater), Back From The Front (Working Theater), The Libertine (Theatre Row Theater). TV/Streaming includes: “How To Fix A Drug Scandal”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “Marvels”, “The Blacklist”, “Blue Bloods”, “Madam Secretary”, “Suits”, “Mister Robot”, “House of Cards” (recurring), “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring), “Person of Interest”, “Made in Jersey”, “The Good Wife”, Law & Order”, “Darwin: The Series”. Film: Irresistible, Marvelous, The Woods, Neurotica, Red Flag. Regional theater includes: Playmakers Rep, Bucks County Playhouse, Denizen Theatre, Williamstown, Barrington Stage, Guthrie, Shakespeare Theater (Helen Hayes nomination), Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company. Training: University of Evansville (BFA), NYU Grad Acting (MFA). Visit: KarlKenzler.com 

Andrea Syglowski

ANDREA SYGLOWSKI (Esther Franz) (she/her) is pleased to be back on stage at ‘Two River’ after performing in ‘Theo’ in 2019. Broadway: Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Amerikin by Chisa Hutchinson and Dig by Theresa Rebeck, (Primary Stages) Brooklyn Laundry by John Patrick Shanley (MTC) Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Atlantic) Queens by Martyna Majok (Lincoln Center) Regional: Cry It Out (Humana/Dorset), Dolls House (Huntington), The May Queen (Playmaker’s Rep), The Nest (Denver Center), Of Good Stock (South Coast Rep), Venus in Fur (Huntington-Winner of the Elliot Norton and IRNE award), TV: “Will Trent,” “And Just Like That,” “Evil,” “New Amsterdam,” “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “How To Get Away with Murder,” and “The Good Wife”. She is playing Sammy in the upcoming ‘The Terror-Devil in Silver’ on AMC to be released in 2026. Training: USC/Juilliard -recipient of the Robin Williams Scholarship. 

Peter Van Wagner

Peter Van Wagner (Gregory Solomon) Broadway: Grand Horizons at 2nd Stage and A Thousand Clowns at Roundabout. Off-Broadway: This Beautiful Future at Cherry Lane, Othello at the Delacorte, The Chimes at the Public, Letters From Cuba at Signature, and So Help Me God! at Lucille Lortel. Regional: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Two River, Prayer For The French Republic & Two Men Of Florence (Premier) at The Huntington, The Reservoir (World Premier), Choir Boy & Eliot Ness In Cleveland at Denver Center, Grand Horizons at Asolo, The Year To Come at La Jolla, The Cherry Orchard at Yale Repertory, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, My Fair Lady & The Reservoir at The Alliance. Film: The Post, Annie, Arthur and Tower Heist. TV: “Boardwalk Empire” (SAG Award), “The Good Wife,” “Rescue Me,” “Third Watch,” “Law & Order Criminal Intent,”Law & Order SVU,” and “Law & Order”.

THE CREATIVES

Playwright

Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. 2015 marked the centenary of his birth. His 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).

His other works include Situation Normal…, a work of nonfiction (1994); Focus, a novel (1945); The Misfits, a screenplay (1961); and the texts for In Russia (1969), In the Country (1977) and Chinese Encounters (1979), three books in collaboration with his wife, the photographer Inge Morath. His memoirs include Salesman in Beijing (1984) and Timebends: A Life (1987). His short fiction includes the collection I Don’t Need You Anymore (1967); the novella Homely Girl, A Life (1992) and Presence: Stories (2007). His essay collections include The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (1978) and Echoes Down The Corridor: Collected Essays 1944-2000, as well as the individually published On Politics and the Art of Acting (2001).

Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949 for Death of a Salesman.

Director

Brandon J. Dirden
Brandon J. Dirden

BRANDON J. DIRDEN recently appeared on Broadway starring in the Tony Award winning production of Take Me Out and Skeleton Crew for which he received a Drama Desk nominationHe also appeared on Broadway as Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Tony Award-winning production of All the Way, with Bryan Cranston, as ‘Booster’; the Tony Award winning revival of August Wilson’s Jitney; Clybourne Park; Enron; and Prelude to a Kiss. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in The Piano Lesson, for which he won Obie, Theatre World and AUDELCO awards; The First Breeze of Summer and Day of Absence at Signature Theatre; Detroit ’67 at the Public Theater and Classical Theatre of Harlem; Peter and the Starcatcher at New York Theatre Workshop; and as ‘Brutus’ in TFANA’s production of Julius Caesar. On screen he has appeared in “The Good Wife”, “For Life”, “Evil”, “The Big C”, “Public Morals”, “Manifest”, “The Get Down”, “The Accidental Wolf”, “Blue Bloods, “The Quad”, the FX miniseries “Mrs. America” and four seasons of FX’s “The Americans” as Agent Dennis Aderholt. He has directed numerous plays by Dominique Morisseau and August Wilson and recently Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress for Two River Theater. Brandon is an Associate Arts Professor on the faculty of Tisch Grad Acting at NYU; a frequent volunteer at the 52nd Street Project; and a proud member of both Actor’s Equity Association and Fair Wage On Stage.    

Lighting Design

Driscoll Otto
Driscoll Otto

Driscoll Otto (Lighting Design) Previously at TRTC: Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, Seven Guitars, Radio Golf. Recently Driscoll designed lighting for a new production of Aida (Opera in the Quarry, Austria) projections for a new production of Turandot (Teatro Petruzzelli, Italy), Lighting for Encores! Production of The Life (re-imagined and directed by Billy Porter)Driscoll’s designs are often seen in NYC and in regional Theatre and Opera. His credits include The Huntington Theatre Company, Utah Opera, The Old Globe Theatre, Opera Omaha, Opera Philadelphia, Dallas Theater Center, Drury Lane Theatre,  Chicago Opera Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, Hangar Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Lyric Opera Kansas City. Driscoll also designed  productions of Legally Blonde and Rock of Ages for Norwegian Cruise Lines. Highlights to his resume include projection design for Santa Fe Opera’s production of The Golden Cockerel and The Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Donna Del Lago .He received his MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His work can be seen at www.DriscollOtto.com 

Sound Designer

Germán Martínez
Germán Martínez

GERMÁN MARTÍNEZ (he/they) SOUND DESIGNER Germán Martínez is a NYC based Sound Designer and Audio Engineer. He received his BFA in Production and Design in Theatre, with a concentration in Sound in 2018 from Montclair State University. He currently is the Eastern Representative for the TSDCA (Theatrical Sound Designer and Composers Association). His work has been featured at: American Repertory Theatre, GALA Hispanic, George Street Playhouse. Upcoming projects will be at: Trinity Rep, Dallas Theater Center, and Houston Stages. Germán is motivated to uplift stories that explore the topics of queer experiences, immigrant and first generation stories, and BIPOC narratives. He invites any like minded artists to collaborate. You can keep up with his work on Instagram: @GermanTheSoundDesigner

Costume Designer

Karen Perry
Karen Perry

Karen Perry: (Costume Design) Two River is one of my favorite theatres and I am so happy to return this season with the artist and staff I love collaborating with so much over 12 season in the past and on The Price. Karen’s 13 seasons of shows she has costume designed at TRT has included Musicals, Dramas, Comedies costume designs, last here with Wine In The Wilderness also directed by Brandon Dirden. Other Recent shows Karen designed include: Rosie Is Red, Everyone else is Blue dir Reggie Douglas @ Cap Rep, Kunene & the King dir Ruben S Hudson @ STC, Death on the Niles dir Hana Sharif @ Arena Stage, Karen Perry has long been considered a master in her profession. Within a three-decade career, Karen has built an incredible body of work on Stage and Screen and has garnered a winning reputation as both a tremendous talent and sheer joy to work with. A native New Yorker, Karen Perry began designing for the stage in the 1980’s. Ms. Perry’s earlier film and stage work include: Karen’s films include The Brother from Another Planet by dir John Sayles, Just Looking dir by Jason Alexander, The Gregory Hines Show on CBS, the celebrated Public Theatre hit musical Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk. A Raisin in the Sun dir by Robert O’Hara TV costume designs includes NBC’s Saturday Night Live, UPN’s Abby with Sydney Poitier, CBS’s acclaimed original movie One Day In Montgomery: The Rosa Parks Story dir by Julie Dash, and HBO’s Strapped dir by Forrest Whittaker, both of which earned Ms Perry Cable Ace Award nominations. She has designed costumes for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Syracuse Stage), Destiny of Desire Telanovela Musical (Old Globe), Clyde’s (Berkley Rep & Huntington Theatre), Wine in the Wilderness (Two River Theatre), Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical (People’s Light), and Lackawanna Blues (Broadway & Mark Taper Theatre). In addition, Karen worked as personal stylist for many premier artists including the late, great Gregory Hines for 13 years collaborating with Mr. Hines on numerous projects including films Bleeding Heart directed by Mr Hines, The Tic Code dir by Gary Winick, CBS’s The Gregory Hines Show and Showtime’s original film Bojangles: The Bill “Bojangle” Robinson StoryMs Perry’s theatre design highlights include National Federal Theatre’s Paul Robeson; The Taking of Miss Janie; It Hasn’t Always Been This Way; Three Travelers; Salaam Huey Newton, Salaam; Crumbs for the Table of Joy; A Raisin in the Sun; Dancing on Moonlight; and Breathe, Boom. Her Regional Theatre work includes 6 August Wilson productions:  Gem of the Ocean, The  Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Radio Golf, Two Trains Running and Seven Guitars. The latter two garnered Ms Perry with both an Audelco Award and The Craig Noel Award of Theatre ExcellenceShe is also the recipient of The National Black Theatre Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Costume Design Excellence in American and Black Stage, Film and Television, The “Woodie” Award and an Audelco Award for Signature Theatre’s production of The First Breeze of Summer. Perry has also received a Norton Award, Lucille Lortel Award, LA Ovations Awards, a CDG Award, an Ace Award, a Hewitt Award, and she is an Emmy nominee. Current productions of Ms. Perry’s include Daniel Beaty’s Resurrection dir by Oz Scott, McCarter Theatre’s production of Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Trilogy, New York Theatre Workshop’s Things of Dry Hours by Naomi Wallace dir Ruben Santiago Hudson, Ebony Repertoire Theatre’s STEW in Los Angeles dir Jade King Carroll, and Arizona Theatre Company’s Intimate Apparel dir by Oz Scott.  

Set Designer

Neil Prince
Neil Prince

Neil Prince (Set Design) Neil’s first employers, after leaving Tisch/NYU, were Bob and Joan Rechnitz, at the Monmouth College Summer Theatre Institute—-a precursor to The Two River Theater Company that we know today. He went on to design over twenty productions at Two River, including the company’s first (The Cocktail Hour, ’94), and the first in the Rechnitz Theatre (You Can’t Take It With You, ’05). He is thrilled to be back in the Rechnitz theatre with Brandon Dirden and the rest of The Price company. Neil has worked in both New York and Los Angeles as a designer and art director for regional theatre, commercials, film, and episodic television. He has one Art Directors Guild win and five Emmy nominations for his work as the Supervising Art Director of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. 

Stage Manager

Megan Smith
Megan Smith

MEGAN SMITH (she/her/hers)  STAGE MANAGER is thrilled to return to Two River Theater for THE PRICE.  Previous Two River Theater credits include: A Little Shakespeare: The Tempest, The Hombres, Radio Golf, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Bridge of San Luis Rey.  NY credits include: Off-Broadway:  Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard Theatre, Signature Theatre, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club.  Regional credits include:  Westport Country Playhouse, Miami New Drama, Long Wharf Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, New York Stage and Film, Bard SummerScape and The Guthrie Theater. 

 

Assistant Stage Manager

Celina Revollar
Celina Revollar

Celina Revollar is a proud Dominican and Peruvian stage manager and from New Jersey. Broadway: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella, Death Becomes Her (Chicago). Off-Broadway: Buena Vista Social Club, Vámonos, The Hours Are Feminine, Dirty Laundry. TV: “MTV’s Video Music Awards.” During her spare time she also teaches dance and choreographs for the new generation of theatre kids. #MiGenteLatino 

Composer

Jason Yeager
Jason Yeager

JASON YEAGER (composer) (he/him) is honored to make his theatrical debut as a composer in this production! His work draws upon such varied influences as pianist Thelonious Monk, author Kurt Vonnegut, and the singer/songwriters of the nueva canción tradition in Latin America. An adroit and sensitive pianist and accompanist as well as an imaginative soloist and bandleader, Jason has released eight critically acclaimed albums, including most recently Sanctuary (Sunnyside Records, 2024), a collaborative effort with jazz violin virtuoso Jason Anick. He has also recorded and/or played with such acclaimed artists as Broadway star Julie Benko (his spouse), Miguel Zenón, Luciana Souza, and Sean Jones. Jason has performed across six continents, at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and on Broadway. In addition to his work as a bandleader, Yeager has contributed to over 40 additional recordings as pianist, arranger, and producer. A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the Tufts University/New England Conservatory Double Degree Program and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Jason is currently an Associate Professor of Piano at Berklee College of Music and Adjunct Instructor of Music at MIT. www.jasonyeager.com @jyeagermusic

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American Sign Language Interpreted Performances for patrons with hearing loss, and fluency in ASL. Theatrical interpreters stand near the stage translating the dialogue into ASL.

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Audio Description is available for patrons with vision loss. Using a lightweight headset, with no wires or cables, that operates with a FM system, patrons can hear a live, objective and concise description of the action on stage.

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Open Captioned

Open Captioning is available for patrons with hearing loss. This service is useful to those who may not fully benefit from the FM amplification system, or who need help catching particular words. A screen, which projects dialogue as the action occurs live on stage, is placed to the side of the stage.