'All My Sons' showcases student talent
Oak Park High School Theatre presents an unforgettable powerhouse drama with Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” in the Pavilion at 899 N. Kanan Road. Show times are 7 p.m. Thurs. through Sat., June2through4.There’sa2p.m. matinee June 4.The play is the annual spring student- generated Spotlight production. Seniors direct and produce the play with minimal supervision from drama teacher Allan Hunt. Spotlight serves as a capstone thesis for graduating drama students, and the talent displayed by the Class of 2011 is impressive.
A three- act, 1940s family drama may seem an odd choice for the high-tech generation. But director Russell Carter, who chose the script, explained he wanted a straight drama, and playwright Arthur Miller “seemed a good person to look into.”
Of all Miller’s plays, Carter said, “this one stood out and grabbed me. I could see the people (student actors) in the parts.”
The setting is the backyard of the comfortable Keller home in Anytown, USA, in an era where neighbors knew each other well— sometimes too well. The Kellers’ yard is a community gathering spot; yet in this public spot some dark secrets are revealed.
Each act opens with Austin Sauer and Grace Stauffer dancing to a Glen Miller tune. As the show progresses, the lighting and dancing are more somber. Students Madeline Rubinstein and Erik Lindenau are the choreographers.
Family members and neighbors exchange pleasantries on a Sunday morning with clear skies. They comment on a tree knocked down by a strong wind during the night. It’s “Larry’s tree,” named for the Keller son who was never found following a wartime mission nearly four years ago.
The once-cheery mood soon sours. Chris (Tirosh Schneider) wants to marry his brother Larry’s former girlfriend, Ann Deever (Katelyn Pilcher). The Keller matriarch, Kate (Claire Adams), refuses to let them wed as she’s convinced Larry will return.
Ann’s brother, George (Riley Litman), also opposes the engagement. The Deevers’ father was a former business partner of Keller patriarch Joe (Alexander McKee). Some years ago Joe’s factory shipped out cracked airplane parts for the war effort that caused 21 pilots to crash. Joe was exonerated for the mishap; Deevers was sentenced to jail.
The play could be called “All My Secrets” because as the day goes on and the sky darkens, skeletons come rattling out of the Kellers’ closet. Is Larry alive? Was Joe innocent in the manufacturing debacle? Do the neighbors respect the Kellers as much as they pretend to?
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DREW GREGORY/Special to The Acorn Oak Park High School Theatre presents an unforgettable powerhouse drama with Arthur Miller's “All My Sons,” in the Pavilion at 899 N. Kanan Road. Show times are 7 pm Thurs. through Sat., June2through4.
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“CHRIS: They didn’t die; they killed themselves for each other. I mean that exactly; a little more selfish and they’d've been here today. And I got an idea- watching them go down. Everything was being desroyed, see, but it seemed to me that one new thing was being made. A kind of- responsibility. Man for man. You understand me?- To show that, to bring that on to the earth again like some kind of monument and everyone would feel it standing there, behind him, and it would make a difference to him. (Pause). And then I came home and it was incredible. I- there was no meaning in it here; the whole thing to them was a kind of a- bus accident.
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