Daraja Hinds of Pawtucket featured in URI Theatre's production of "All My Sons"

2015 Feb 19

The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department continues its 2014-2015 season with "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller.

Daraja Hinds of Pawtucket, R.I., will play Sue.

Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Author and Best Direction (Elia Kazan) in 1947, "All My Sons" is set in a Midwestern community soon after World War II. Inspired by a true story, Miller exposed the fragility of the American dream. Miller also explores the destructive power of greed and misguided love as demonstrated by Joe Keller, the loving, but short-sighted family patriarch. "All My Sons" shines among Miller's greatest plays, which also include "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible" and "A View From The Bridge." With its true and tender romance, its father-son conflict and its sense of impending catastrophe, this story takes hold of our hearts and our imaginations and doesn't let go for a moment.

"All My Sons" will run Feb. 19 through Feb. 21 and Feb. 26 through Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances Feb. 22 and Mar. 1 at 3 p.m. in the Robert E. Will Theatre in the URI Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road in Kingston.

General admission is $20, and tickets are discounted to $15 for seniors, URI faculty and staff, and $12 for students. Call (401) 874-5843 to purchase tickets or buy them online.

"All My Sons" is directed by Bryna Wortman, associate professor of theatre ("Seminar," "Crimes of the Heart," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Marvin's Room"); costume design is by guest artist Marilyn Salvatore; assistant costume design is by Sally Tschantz-Dwyer, resident costume shop manager; set design is by guest artist Cheryl deWardener; lighting design is by guest artist Jen Rock; and sound design is by guest artist Mike Hyde.