A Conversation with Jessica Hecht

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[Editor's Note: On 21 October 2017, the Arthur Miller Society observed the anniversary of his birth in New York City with an event at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, the neighborhood where Miller lived in the forties and fifties. The Arthur Miller Birthday Commemoration included remarks by AMS President David Palmer and a keynote address by distinguished Miller scholar Susan C. W. Abbotson. The program featured an interview with the acclaimed Broadway, film, and TV actress Jessica Hecht, who appeared in the 2017 revival of The Price, featuring Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub, and Danny DeVito. Ms. Hecht has appeared in television shows such as Lois & Clark, ER, Seinfeld, Friends, Once and Again, Law & Order, Breaking Bad, Bored to Death, The Good Wife, and The Single Guy. Her film work includes Sideways, Anarchy TV, Kicking and Screaming, Dan in Real Life, and Whatever Works. She made her Broadway debut in The Last Night of Ballyhoo and has appeared in The Assembled Parties, Julius Caesar, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Harvey, and Fiddler on the Roof. She has the distinction of having had major roles in Broadway revivals of three of Arthur Miller's most well-known plays: After the Fall in 2004 as Louise, A View From the Bridge in 2010 as Beatrice (earning a Tony Award nomination), and recently The Price as Esther.A video of this interview can be viewed on the St. Francis College website and YouTube.]