Presents
1947 Tony- Award Winning
All My Sons
By
ARTHUR MILLER
Directed by
DANTE SANTACROCE
November 11– 20, 2010
A stunning moral conflict resurfaces in this Tony Award-winning drama, where
crimes from the past threaten the future of two seemingly typical families. This
gripping American classic, revealing the lethal consequences of deceit and
greed, is as relevant today as it was just after World War II.
Join Dante and the cast -- Vic Lambert, Feriel Feldman, Dave Deutsche, Larkin
McCord, Bob Winstead, Dan Van Hiel, Dana Taylor, David Rich, Allen Graham
and Ian Nuhfer -- for this electrifying drama and help us launch The
Underground’s 41st season of entertaining, thought-provoking plays.
Thursdays – Saturdays, November 11- 20, 8:10 p.m.
General Admission: $13 Reserved prime seating: $15
Opening Night Spaghetti Supper: Thursday. November 11, 6:30 p.m.: $6
You must reserve your supper tickets by Sunday, November 7th!
Free childcare: (Fridays, March 12 & 19) must be reserved at least a week
in advance: Go to Childcare on the home page.
Purchase tickets online
Or call 404-634-5134 x 216
More About All My Sons:
The Story: Joe Keller and Herbert 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 on to
make a lot of money. In a work of tremendous power, a love affair between
Keller's son Chris and Deever's daughter Ann, the bitterness of George Keller,
who returns from the war to find his father in prison and his father's partner free,
and the reaction of a son to his father's guilt escalate toward a climax of
electrifying intensity.
The Cast: Underground veteran Vic Lambert stars as Joe Keller, the airplane
parts manufac- turer at the heart of the play, and Feriel Feldman complements
him as Joe's wife Kate, who's in deep denial about events from the past. Dave
Deutsche plays their idealistic son Chris, and Larkin McCord plays his love
interest Ann Deever, daughter of Joe's imprisoned partner. Bob Winstead plays
Ann's angry brother George, and Dan Van Hiel, Dana Taylor, David Rich, Allen
Graham and Ian Nuhfer round out the cast as the Kellers' warm, caring neighbors
and friends.
The Playwright and the Play: Considered one of the greatest dramatists of the
twentieth century, Pulitzer prize-winner Arthur Miller (1915 - 2005) is the author
of Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, View from the Bridge, After the Fall,
Incident at Vichy, and The Price, among many others. All My Sons, which
premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Miller's first commercially successful play.
When his previous play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, closed after only four
Broadway performances, Miller determined that if All My Sons failed, he would
find another line of work. Instead, this play, based on a true World War II story,
ran for 328 performances, capturing the 1947 Tony Award for Best Authored Play
and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, launching his career. All My
Sons was twice adapted for film, in 1948 and 1987, has been adapted for radio
and TV productions, and received recent stage revivals on Broadway (2008) and
London's West End (2010). Though primarily acclaimed for his stage plays,
Miller also authored radio plays, screenplays, essays and assorted fiction.
About UUCA’s Underground Theatre:
Now in its 41st Season, The Underground is Atlanta’s oldest avocational theatre.
Under the direction of Underground founder Dante Santacroce, the theatre
presents significant comedies and dramas which enlighten as they entertain.
These outstanding plays are performed twice a year, in fall and spring, for two
weekends only, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:10 p.m.
The theatre’s cozy underground venue, sporting just under 100 seats, creates an
intimate setting for highly accessible performances of quality plays – usually
revivals of Broadway’s “golden oldies.” Recent exceptions have been David
Auburn’s Proof, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play,
Edward Albee’s modern classic A Delicate Balance, and acclaimed contemporary writer
A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters.
All My Sons is The Underground's 78th production.
About Underground Director Dante Santacroce:
Dante Santacroce is the founder and director of The Underground Theatre. In
addition to occasional appearances in Underground plays, he has performed with
the Academy Theatre, Theatre Atlanta and DramaTech, where his interest in
theatre began. Mr. Santacroce last performed with The Underground in the 2006
hit production of Sidney Kingsley’s Detective Story. When not directing or acting,
he is a consultant architect who enjoys sculpting in clay and limestone and
sketching in pen and ink.
Underground Theatre History:
Just four years after the opening of the UUCA building on Cliff Valley Way, then
Senior Minister Eugene Pickett approached Mary Nell and Dante Santacroce
about starting a theatre in the church. Dante agreed to direct the first play, the
Clifford Odets classic, “Waiting for Lefty.” Because the only available space for
the theatre was below ground level, Mary Nell suggested it be called “The
Underground Theatre.” Fred Dixon constructed the light board, using four
household dimmers at a total cost of under $45. With that magical box, a few par
150 lights, miles of extension cords and some nervous would-be-actors, the first
show was born. As the last scene closed on opening night, the thunderous
applause assured Dante that the show was a success.
Now, after forty years of producing provocative, entertaining plays in the church’s
intimate downstairs space, Dante is presenting his 78th Underground show.
Every show has been a challenge. With a little help, Dante himself has selected
every script, cast every show, directed nearly every show, built the sets, hung the
lights, recorded the sound and sold the tickets, giving all of the net proceeds to
UUCA for a 40-year total of well over $100,000.
Applause to Dante and everyone who has helped make The Underground a
lasting success: the actors, stage managers, technicians, set and prop donors,
salespeople, refreshment servers, spaghetti supper chefs, ministers and office
staffs, and especially those who have supported the theatre over so many years.
About auditioning or volunteering for The Underground Theatre:
To audition for Underground plays, please call Director Dante Santacroce: 404874-7070. Plays are generally performed in November and March, and most
rehearsals are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
To work backstage or help with publicity or refreshments, please call Mary Anne
Chew: 404-355-4377.