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Date: February 5, 2016
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons Stage Drama Coming to Young Auditorium
WHITEWATER – Arthur Miller’s famous stage drama, All My Sons, is coming to Young Auditorium in
Whitewater on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. The production is presented by UWWhitewater’s Contemporary Issues department, and performed by Montana Repertory Theatre.
Ticket prices start as low as $19.50.
All My Sons is written about post-World War II experiences, and continues to resonate with today’s
audiences. The power of Miller’s story about war’s consequences for both veterans and civilians – of
honor, sacrifice, guilt, honesty, hope, and love – is as relevant today as when the play premiered in
1947. All My Sons teaches us that as we struggle in the aftermath of war and conflict, compassion
and forgiveness provide the only means by which we will heal.
All My Sons dramatizes a series of events about the owner of a small manufacturing business. He is
forced to admit his guilt for selling defective airplane engine parts to the U.S. Air Force during World
War II and the subsequent effects that had on his family.
-moreThe show’s director, Jere Lee Hodgin, states, “I am grateful to be part of Montana Rep’s revival of All
My Sons, the award-winning play that helped launch the successful and critically acclaimed career of
one of America’s greatest twentieth century playwrights.” Hodgin continues, “A uniquely American
play, it established Arthur Miller as a powerful storyteller with keen insight into the struggles of
everyday men and women. Miller’s honest portrayals of this characters reveal the depth of his
understanding and compassion.”
Montana Repertory Theatre
Montana Repertory Theatre was established as a professional touring company in 1968, and is the
professional theatre-in-residence at the University of Montana. In recent years, they have presented
more than 450 performances in over 350 communities from California to New York. Completely selfcontained, the Rep offers presenters the opportunity to enjoy first-class theatre. Montana Rep is
pleased to showcase the talents of principal actors, directors, and designers, with prestigious credits
and awards from the worlds of Broadway, national and international tours, film, and television.
About the playwright
Born in Manhattan to an Austrian immigrant and a New Yorker, Arthur Miller spent his childhood living
on the Upper West Side. Miller’s early professional playwrighting career began in the late 1930s. All
My Sons opened on Broadway in January 1947 and ran for 328 performances. In 1948, Miller wrote
what is often cited as this most studied and important American play ever written with Death of a
Salesman, and also wrote The Crucible in 1953.
As of late, his 1955 tragedy, A View from the Bridge, is currently running on Broadway, and was
adapted into a motion picture in 1962. Other Hollywood ties to Miller include his late wife, Marilyn
Monroe (married from 1956-1961), and his son-in-law, actor Daniel Day Lewis. Miller passed away in
2005.
Tickets can be purchased online and printed at home (fees apply), by calling the Box Office at (262)
472-2222, or in person. The Greenhill Center of the Arts Box Office is located inside the UWWhitewater Center of the Arts building near Barnett Theatre on the UW-Whitewater Campus (930
West Main Street in Whitewater). The Young Auditorium is adjacent to this building, and parking is
always free at the venue. To learn more, visit www.uww.edu/YoungAuditorium or follow at
www.Facebook.com/Young.Aud.
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