The Village Theatre PLAYBILL 2004.., 2005 ~----------------------------------~~----------------------------------~~======================================~====~~~====~====~~==~~==~~~ College of Arts and Humanities James K. Johnson, Dean University Theatre Staff Recipients of Professors Excellence in Fine Arts Awards Clarence P. Blanchette Jerry Eisenhour Sponsored by the John T. Oertling, Chair David Wolski Newton E. Tarble Famjly Associate Professors Deb Althoff Jennifer Andrews Karen A. Eisenhour Brian Aycock Emily Betz Jean K. Wolski Nicholas Camfield Damen Edwards Caren Evers Bryan Grossbauer Assistant Professors Elisabeth Hartrich Robert Kalmbach Christopher J. Mitchell Theresa Lipinski Jessica Mahrt Robert S. Petersen Michael Papaleo Jennifer Pepsnik Ryan Peternell Scott Podraza Instructors Melissa Reczek Rocco Renda Allison Cameron Stacy Scherf Jeremy Seymour Mary E. Yarbrough Kate Slavinski Kyle Snyders Academic Support Professional Susan Sparacio Miranda Stone J. Sain Shawn Thompson Sarah Vecchio Emilie Weilbacher Christopher Yonke Specialists Joseph L. Allsion Tom Hawk Directed by C.P. Blanchette Secretary Damita K. Lewis A Theatre Arts Major is resident at EIU which includes concentrations in performance, design, and literature and directing A teacher certification option is available. For additional information call (217) 581-3121 or 581-3219 or visit the main office, 300 Lawson Hall EASTERN ILLNOIS UNIVERSITY THEATRE is a member of the Illinois Theatre Association, The Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Southeastern Theatre Conference, and is a participant in Region III of the American College Theatre Festival. Visit our website at http://www.eiu.edu/-theatre Warning - gun shots will be fired during the performance. All My Sons drama by Arthur Miller's Career in Brief Arthur Miller 1915 Born in New York 1937 They too Arise and No VIllain receive small awards 1944 The Man Who Had All the Luck is produced on Broadway Director ................................................................................................ Clarence Blanchette 1945 Focus, a novel, is published Scenic Design ...................................................................................... Clarence Blanchette 1947 All My Sons Is produced and published Costume Design ......................................................................................... Karen Eisenhour 1949 Death of a Salesman is produced and published and w ins a Pulitzer Lighting Design ................................................................................................ David Wolski Makeup Design .......................................................................................... Karen Eisenhour Prize Sound Design ............................................................................................... Marissa Tieri*** 1950 An adaptation of An Enemy of the People is produced and published 1953 The Crucible Is produced and published, soon thereafter attracting the attention of the House Un-American Activities Committee for its thinly-veiled attack on McCarthylsm 1955-6 A View From the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays are Cast produced and published 1961 Writes the screenplay for his first film, The Misfits Joe Keller ..............................................................................................................Vince Dill* 1964 After the Fall and Incident at Vichy are produced and published Kate Keller ........................................................................................ .......... Leslie McGinnis* 1967 I Don•t Need You Anymore, a collection of short stories, is published Chris Keller ................................ ......................................................................... Zak Wilson* 1968 The Price is produced and published Ann Deever .................................................................................................... Tatum Green* George Deever ............................................................................................... Shaun Leyden 1972 The Creation of the World and Other Business Is produced and Dr. Jim Bayliss ................................................................................................. Nick Camfield published Sue Bayliss........................................................................................................ Erin Karson* 1974 A musical, Up f rom Paradise is produced and published Frank Lubey ................................................................................................. Justin Hillstrom 1977 The Archbishops' Ceiling is produced and published Lydia Lubey ................................................................................................. Amber Wagner* 1980 The American Clerk is produced and published Bertie ............................................................................................................ Rebecka Tharp 1982 Some Kind of Story and Elegy for a Lady are produced and published Act I - 15 minute intermission 1986 Danger: Memory Is produced and published Act II - 15 minute intermission 1987 Clara and I Can't Remember Anything are produced and published 1991 The Last Yankee and The Ride down St. Morgan are produced and Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc published 1994 Broken Glass Is produced and published 1998 Mr. Peter's Connection is produced and published *Indicates membership in AJpba Psi Omega, Alpha Alpha Zeta Cast, 2004 A View From the Bridge is published, produced and is currently Honorary Dramatic Society at Eastern Illinois University running in Chicago **Theatre Arts Scholarship Recipient Arthur Miller and All My Sons In 1947, Arthur Miller was married to his first wife, Mary Grace Slattery, and had a daughter, Jane (born in 1944). He had been writing mostly radio drama (which he greatly disliked) and had eight or nine commercially unsuccessful plays when he began writing All My Sons. Miller turned down an offer to work as a scriptwriter in 1938 for Twentieth Century Fox to pursue playwriting for the Federal Theater Project in New York City. Several of his works did have positive critical response- he received a Hopwood Award in Drama in 1936 for No Villain and in 1937 for Honors at Dawn and in 1944 he received the Theater Guild National Award for The Man Who Had All the Luck. All My Sons was loosely based on a true story of a daughter who turned in her father for producing defective bombs during World War II. It incorporates Miller's admitted Marxist feelings about the war, and the character Larry is based partially on his own brother, Kermit. There was a popular controversy over the viability of the plot after it premiered, but it was put to rest after a scandal erupted regarding an Ohio arms factory at which defective weapons were shipped despite safety precautions. ,. Miller's intent was for All My Sons to be performed during the war, but because it took two years l to finish (and involved an additional 700 pages of discarded dialogue), the premiere was not until January 29, 1947, well after the end of World War II. At the time, the play was Miller's self-professed last attempt at stage drama if it failed commercially. His intention was to write an "un-theatrical" and "lbsen-esque" work that reflected his political beliefs at the time. His agent, Kay Broen, introduced him to Elia Kazan as a director (who also later worked with Tennessee Williams). Kazan's push for the play to be produced and demands on the actors combined with Brooks Atkins' promotions led to the success of the play's first production. The original production had a long and successful run, winning a Drama WEARE Critics' Circle Award. COOPERATING Wh~ ,,, IS40t 1m •»•nn lritt arr \lfPflll THE HOME FfiONT PLEDGE • wuouu:T n noi i'OIITS. lOR •LL IIATIDNlD IOOD~ Ll- • WI ~ IU. .U tlllii O~t i m •U Lm Produc~ion Staff .. Emilie Weilbacher*** A SSIS· tant D1rector .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... · ......... · ... · · · .. · · ·· ... · .. Emil Betz- Production Dramaturg ... · ... · · .. · · · .. · ... · ....... · ................. · · ....... · · .. · · .. · · ... · ..... · ....... ·.... 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