Intiman Theatre opens its 2011 Season with All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller and directed by Seattle theatre artist Valerie Curtis-Newton, featuring an ensemble of 10 actors led by veteran performers Chuck Cooper and Margo Moorer. Performances begin Friday, March 18 and continue through Sunday, April 17. Tickets are on sale now to season subscribers and are available to the general public beginning February 7. Purchases can be made at www.intiman.org or 206.269.1900.
In Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning family drama, the issues that surface are just as compelling today as when the play debuted in 1947. Artistic Director Kate Whoriskey says, "All My Sons is one of the most beautifully structured plays in the American canon. Miller slowly reveals to the audience how a man of some means and ethics can make a devastating choice that forever alters a community."
Intiman's American Cycle is a bold initiative that explores how the past can illuminate the present and serve as a catalyst for civic dialogue. Since 2004, one play each season has featured a production that serves this mission. Intiman develops opportunities for youth education, free-standing events for artists, and engagement with diverse audiences of all ages. See below for more information on community programs.
Director Valerie Curtis-Newton sets All My Sons in Seattle's Central District in order to explore an African-American family pursuing the American Dream within the realities of our region in the 1940s. Using the original text, Curtis-Newton has re-imagined this American family drama and in the process audiences will see the play's universal themes in a whole new - and perhaps more profound - light. Curtis-Newton is currently Associate Professor in Acting and Directing and Head of Directing at the University of Washington School of Drama and is the Artistic Director of the Hansberry Project at ACT.
The cast is led by Tony Award-winning actor,
Chuck Cooper as
Joe Keller (Broadway credits: Finian's Rainbow; Lennon; Caroline Or Change; Chicago; Passion; Someone to Watch Over Me; Rumors; Amen Corner; Getting Away With Murder). Cooper is joined by Margo Moorer as
Kate Keller (Forest Gump as Louise, Mrs. Gump's Housekeeper; Theatre credits include: Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery (Horizon's Theatre); Gee's Bend and Crowns (
Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Flight (ACT Theatre). Additional casting includes
Reggie Jackson,
Nicole Lewis, Shanga Parker, Bradford Farwell, Carol Roscoe, Geoffery Simmons, Khatt Taylor, and Jonah Schmidt.
Tickets are available to the general public beginning February 7 at www.intiman.org or by calling 206.269.1900. Single ticket prices range from $25 to $55 for Wednesday-Sunday performances. All adult tickets on Tuesday nights are $25. Discounts are available for groups and patrons age 25 and under can purchase tickets to any performance for $10. Pending availability, patrons can purchase standing room, standby and rush tickets.
The pay-what-you-can performance for All My Sons is Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 pm; tickets will go on sale at noon the day of the show.
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