ALL MY SONS
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Ed Dignum
OPEN AUDITIONS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
at 7:00pm
At The Ghent Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY 12075
The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, ALL MY SONS, to be directed by Ed Dignum.
Arthur Miller’s first commercial success creates a post-war American family caught in a tragic downfall of material greed, lies, love and loss, that demands us to examine our own ethical responsibilities to ourselves, our neighbors, and all at-risk sons and daughters of American conflict.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
February 9-11 and 16-18, 2024
Friday and Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinees at 2:00 pm
Preview Performance, Thursday, February 8 at 7:30 pm
CHARACTERS:
JOE KELLER (50’s-60’s) – The protagonist and patriarch of the Keller family, Joe is a man among men; a businessman of solid mind and build, but with the imprint of the machine-shop worker and boss still upon him. When he reads, speaks or listens, it is with the terrible concentration of the uneducated man, one whose judgements must come out of both experience and a peasant-like common sense.
KATE KELLER (50’s-60’s) – Joe’s devoted and protective wife, Kate is a woman of uncontrolled inspiration and an overwhelming capacity for love. She is nervous, compelling and truly charming. She maintains the belief that her son Larry, thought to be killed in battle, is still alive, despite the fact that the war has now been over for more than three years.
CHRIS KELLER (to play mid 30’s) – Chris is the son of Joe and Kate Keller; a strong, steady “everyman,” capable of immense affection and loyalty. Chris served in the war and returned as a man with strong ideals and beliefs.
ANN DEEVER (to play mid-late 20’s) – She is an intelligent, lovely girl with a gentle nature, but despite herself, is capable of holding fast to what she knows. She is the former fiancée of Larry, Chris Keller’s missing brother, and has been invited back to the old neighborhood by Chris.
GEORGE DEEVER (to play mid 30’s) – Ann’s brother and Chris Keller’s childhood friend, now a successful attorney and WWII vet. He returns home to save his sister from marrying Chris and becomes the catalyst that destroys the Keller family.
FRANK LUBEY (to play mid-late 30’s) – Another childhood friend, Frank was ahead of the draft. He married Lydia, and with her has three small children. He is somewhat simple, but a kind family man. He is helping Kate by drawing up a horoscope that proves that Larry couldn’t have died.
LYDIA LUBEY (to play late 20’s-early 30’s) – Frank’s wife and George’s former girlfriend, Lydia is the picture of domestic bliss and a sweet, positive example of “the one who got away.”
JIM BAYLISS (40’s) – A close friend of the Keller family, Jim is a successful doctor, frustrated with the stifling domesticity of his life. He is a wry, self-controlled man, an easy talker, but with a wisp of sadness that clings even to his self-effacing humor.
SUE BAYLISS (40’s) – Jim’s wife; needling and dangerous, but affectionate. Rounding 40, she is a woman who fears she’s passed her attractiveness. She is very protective of the lifestyle a doctor’s life affords.
BERT (8-12) – An inquisitive, energetic and somewhat persnickety “neighborhood watch”
member, who is friends with the Bayliss’s son, Tommy, and frequently visits the Kellers yard to play “jail” with Joe. He appears twice in the play.
THOSE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING, WHO MAY BE YOUNGER OR OLDER THAN THE AGES LISTED, BUT FEEL THEY COULD PLAY THE ROLE EFFECTIVELY, ARE STRONGLY URGED TO AUDITION.
THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE WELCOMES AUDITIONERS OF ALL AGES, GENDERS, ETHNICITIES AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES. NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING WILL BE OBSERVED.
THOSE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING WILL BE ASKED TO READ SCENES FROM THE SCRIPT.
THE REHEARSAL SCHEDULE WILL BE BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE WHO ARE CAST. THEREFORE, AUDITIONERS ARE REQUESTED TO BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE IN LISTING ANY AND ALL CONFLICTS ON THEIR AUDITION APPLICATION.
For more information, please visit our website at ghentplayhouse.org or contact the
director, Ed Dignum, at (518) 791-4034, or by email at edwarddignum7@gmail.com