Fort Lewis College - Katzima Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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Searching forMorc1IiTy All My Sons Leaves Audiences STunned The inTense conTlicT OT man againsT his con- science and The moraliTy of man were The issues Taken on by The highly dramaTic Theme of ArThur Miller's All My Sons produced lasT winTer by The FLC Players. The gnawing agony oT discovering ThaT his TaTher had commiTTed murder by deliberaTely send- ing ouT deTecTive aircraTT parTs Trom his TacTory dur- ing World War ll, Tears Chris Keller beTween loyalTy and repulsion Toward The man he worships. The TaTher, Joe Keller, Trying To raTionalize sending American piloTs To Their deaThs and leTTing his parT- ner Talce The blame, ends up a Torn ruined man. l-le deludes himself inTo believing he did iT Tor The sake of The business, ThaT iT acTually was his parTner's TaulT. Keller's suicide comes abouT as The only means oT escape from himselT. All My Sons was direcTed by David Berg and excellenTly porTrayed by The casT oT Sonny SmiTh lChris Kellerl, Ralph SundguisT lcloe Kellerl, MarTy l-lawley lKaTe Kellerl, Ann l-lolT lAnn Deeverl, Rex Dunlap lGeorge Deeverl. Ann Teague lSue Baylessl. Thom Phillips lDr. Baylessl, .lim Ferguson and Dawni Gaslcill lFranlr and Lydia Lubeyl, and Richard Hoover lBerTl. The high drama of All My Sons leTT a shock- ing bruTal TruTh wiTh iTs audiences. The problems explored in The play are real-and mosT perTinenT wiTh relaTion To Today. In discussing The moraliTy oT man, The horrors of war, and The prevailing aTTiTudes aT The end oT a war, ArThur Miller hiT hard and deep. The acTors had an appreciaTive buT sTunned audi- ence when They were Through. An angry Chris reads The suicide noTe senT by his broTher Larry. Near The breaking poinT, Chris' TaTher, Joe lRalph Sund- quisT2, lisTens wiTh KaTe lMarTy Haw eyl and soon aTTerward commiTs suicide himself. Ann Deever waiTs Tensely Tor The re- acTion.

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Drama Awards Sonny Smith Actor of the Year And Directors' Award X Gwenda Augustine Actress of the Year R. Chris Piers Directors' Award 'S ,-gf Ann Holt Supporting Actress of the Year John W. Frank Directors' Award Rex Dunlap Supporting Actor of the Year

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The Direcror- Mr. David Berg. The 'rormenred face of Joe Keller, lRalph Sunclquisfl, expresses somehof 'rhe deep feeling of guilf wifhin himself. as Jim Ferguson wa+c es. 0 l l., ., .. '- George Deever fRex Dunlapl poinrs an accusing finger af Chris Keller as he sformily Tells Chris 'Thai' his fafher is To blame for sending our clefecfive air- crafl' parfs and shifring lhe blame. The casl' of All My Sons : Jim Fergu- son. Dawni Gaslcill, Rex Dunlap, Richard Hoover, Ann Holi. Sonny Smifh, Marry Hawley, Ralph Sundquisf and Ann Teague.