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"All My Sons" Play Looking for Performers

Worcester, MA, United States
ID: 231532Exp: 6/10/2023
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The company is holding auditions for "All My Sons" Play and looking for actors, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: In 1947, Arthur Miller exploded onto Broadway with his first major work, All My Sons, winning both the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play and the Tony for Best Author. The play introduced themes that would preoccupy Miller throughout his career: the relationships between fathers and sons and the conflict between business and personal ethics. Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went back to business, making himself very wealthy in the ensuing years. A love affair between Keller’s son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Steve’s daughter; the bitterness of George Deever, who returns from the war to find his father in prison and his father’s partner free; and the reaction of Chris Keller to his father’s guilt escalate toward a climax of electrifying intensity in this classic American tragedy. Additional info: Performance Dates: October 13-22. Rehearsals:1-3 rehearsals for table time work will occur in late June. Scripts will be distributed to the cast in June for actors to begin getting off the book during the summer. Regularly scheduled rehearsals will begin in August, three days a week based on the availability of the ideal cast. Potentially targeting Please download the audition packet. If you are interested, please apply.

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9 roles

Joe KellerBoth genders60-69 y.o.All ethnicities

Joe was exonerated after being charged with knowingly shipping from his factory defective aircraft engine cylinder heads (for Curtiss P-40 fighters) during World War II, becoming (in his own words) “the guy who made 21 P-40s crash in Australia”. For over three years he has placed the blame on his partner and former neighbor, Steve Deever, although he himself committed the crime. When the truth comes out, Joe justifies his actions by claiming that he did it for his family.

Kate KellerBoth genders50-59 y.o.All ethnicities

(Mother) — Kate knows that Joe is guilty but lives in denial while mourning for her younger son Larry, who has been “missing in action” for three years. “A woman of uncontrolled inspirations, and an overwhelming capacity for love.”

Chris KellerBoth genders20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Chris is the son to Joe and Kate. WWII veteran who now works alongside his father managing the new factory. He is uncomfortable with the success his father’s business found during the war, when so many of his comrades died pointlessly. He redirects his discomfort into an idealism and an attitude of social awareness that is foreign to his family environment. Wants to marry Ann. Loyal and loving to his family and Ann.

Ann DeeverBoth genders20-30 y.o.All ethnicities

Ann dated Larry, the Keller’s other son who disappeared during the war. She knows he isn’t coming back. She has waited for his brother Chris to step forward and take Larry's place in her heart. She has shunned her father for his crimes during the war. She is an honest, down-to-earth girl, and she is emboldened by the strength of her convictions.

George DeeverBoth genders30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

George is Ann’s older brother, a lawyer and WWII veteran. He lives with Ann and their mother in New York. His disdain is for his father’s crime, not for his father. Now that he has been newly convinced of his father’s innocence, he is here to rescue his sister from entering the family of the man he believes is actually guilty. George is direct, intense and yet “quiet, as though afraid to find himself screaming.”

Dr. Jim BaylissMale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Jim is Joe’s neighbor, married to Sue. Served in WWII alongside Chris. The neighborhood doctor. Jim is a good man who believes in the duty of one man to help another, but he at the same time acknowledges a man’s responsibility to his family. Jim is wry and an easy talker who clings to self-effacing humor.

Sue BaylissBoth genders30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Sue, is a nurse and mother who is the wife of Jim. Headstrong and protective, she wants the best for her family. She put her husband through medical school, and she expects more than gratitude in return. She blames Chris’s infectious, insinuating idealism for her husband’s interest in the fiscally unrewarding field of medical research.

Frank LubeyBoth genders30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Frank is pleasant, opinionated man. The ever-loving neighbor; he’s a harmless man with no understanding of the world beyond his backyard. Frank avoided the draft in World War II, married Lydia, and had three kids. Has an interest in astrology.

Lydia LubeyBoth genders20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Lydia is married to Frank. Dated George at one time. She represents a certain suburban contingent that doesn’t know much about the world, but doesn’t do much harm, either.