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Amicus Productions presents Arthur Miller’s classic drama of a family recovering from the losses of war at Fairview Library Theatre, running October 20-22, 27-29 at 8p.m. and October 22 and 23 at 2p.m. Tickets are $20 regular, $18 for students and seniors. Group rates are available. For tickets or information, call 416-860-6176. All seating is reserved.
Arthur Miller is acknowledged as one of giants of American theatre and this is one of his greatest plays. Two years after the end of WWII, Chris Keller is haunted by the loss of men under his command and the Keller family still mourns the loss of his brother, Larry. His mother still believes that Larry is just ‘lost’ and will be returning home. Chris’s father, Joe, was convicted of making faulty airplane parts, but was released on appeal when his partner, Herbert Deever, took the blame and went to prison. Now Chris is in love with Ann Deever, his brother’s fiancée, and Ann’s brother seeks justice for his father. Joe just wants to look to the future with his son. Running through the play are questions of what we owe to the dead and to the living, how and if we put loss behind us, and what the lines of personal responsibility in a global conflict are. The wonder of Arthur Miller is that the questions that he examines are always with us and the language he addresses those questions in speaks as forcefully and as truthfully as when it was first written.
The play features Chris Coculuzzi as Chris, James Lukie as Joe, Janice Hansen as Joe’s wife, Kate, Janice Peters as Ann Deever, and Steven Shreyberg as George Deever. The neighbourhood is rounded out by Michael Sherman as Jim Bayliss, the doctor who lives in the Deever’s old house, Ann McDougall as his wife, Sue, and Mark Farmer and Susan Amos as Frank Luvey and his wife, Lydia, George’s former sweetheart. Making her debut in the role of the kid next door, Bert, is Vivien Shepherd. The play is directed by veteran director Harvey Levkoe, who has directed for East Side Players, The Curtain Club and the Bloor West Village Players, with numerous awards to his credit.
Amicus is on its 33nd year of entertaining audiences and providing their members with the opportunity to share in the process of creating theatre. Volunteers are always welcome. Subscriptions to the season including All My Sons, and two comedies, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch and Prelude to a Kiss, by Craig Lucas, are still available for $45 for a standard subscription, $36 for students and seniors. For further information, please contact Maureen Lukie at 416-469-5061.
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Toronto: Amicus Productions presents “All My Sons” October 20-29