All My Sons
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Paul Kershaw 2006
The Cast
Alexander Gilmour ..… Joe Kelle
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
The Crew
Carol Davidson ...........… Producer
Sara Kershaw ….............. Stage Manager
Wayne Hind ….................. Stage Hand
Paul Kershaw …............... Set & Lighting Design
Gay Forstbauer …............ Set Dresser & Properties
Joel Vinge …....................... Sound Effects
Dalton Butler …................ Sound Operator
Sarah Kershaw ...........…. Lighting Operator
Marge Kemp ….................. Make-up Consultant
Sandy Kay, Esther Jacobsen &
Laurie Kay .......................… Costumes
Wayne Hind, Russ Stelmach &
Paul Kershaw ..….............. Set Construction & Painting
David Stock ….................... Poster Design
Iain MacLeod …................. Cast Photos
Carol Davidson .............…. Program
About
This drama 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.
