ALL MY SONS
written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Paul Kershaw 2006
CAST:
Alexander Gilmour … Joe Keller Joanne Wilkinson ....… Kate Keller
Bob Wakulich …....... Chris Keller Nikole Spring ............…Lydia Lubey
Jennifer Henkes ....… Ann Deever Jeff Harrington ........… George Deever
Trish Barnes ….......... Sue Bayliss Dean Nicholson …........ Jim Bayliss
Bob McCue …........... Frank Lubey Austin Butler …............ Bert
CREW:
Carol Davidson ....… Producer Sara Kershaw ….. Stage Manager
Gay Forstbauer ….... Properties David Stock …..... Poster Design
Gay Forstbauer ….... Set Dresser Iain MacLeod …... Cast Photos
Wayne Hind …......... Stage Hand Carol Davidson…. Program
Joel Vinge …............. Sound Effects Paul Kershaw ….... Set Design
Paul Kershaw …....... Lighting Design Sarah Kershaw …. Lighting Operator
Marge Kemp …....... Make-up Advisor Dalton Butler …....Sound Operator
Sandy Kay, Esther Jacobsen, Laurie Kay ............................… Costumes
Wayne Hind, Russ Stelmach, Paul Kershaw ..…........ Set Construction & Painting
SYNOPSIS: drama
This play was first produced in 1947 and considered a poignant critique of the American Dream. It is based on the true story of an airplane parts manufacturing conspiracy by two partners, Deever and Keller during WW2. Their defective military-use parts led to deaths. The play however is set several years after the conviction of Deever and the exoneration of his partner Keller. The eldest Keller son, went missing in the war, but his mother Kate has always believed he is still alive. In his absence, his childhood sweetheart, Deever’s daughter, has become engaged to this MIA’s younger brother. Tensions between this engagement and the discovery of all that Keller Sr. had indeed been aware of the defective parts before selling them, fuel the central drama of the play at a point where they gather for a rare get-together of the two families.
