An American tragedy, Italian in heritage, Greek in scale. A working-class Italian-American couple oversees their niece coming of age, but the illicit arrival of immigrant cousins causes tensions to rise. Strained by clashing cultures and sexual identities, the friction between characters turns violent. First staged in 1955, shortly after Arthur Millers’ public defiance of McCarthyism, this play debates heritage, patriarchy, and the American dream. A View From the Bridge is a time capsule that echoes today’s cultural climate.