Script Analysis • All My Sons

presented by Renesan

All My Sons by Arthur Miller is a deeply layered play that provides a rich source for discussion of traditional Western dramatic structures. It is also a great example of how an actor mines the text for their performance. David Carter, Managing Director and Dramaturg for the Santa Fe Playhouse, along with Artistic Director, Robyn Rikoon, will present an analysis of the various dramatic tools employed throughout All My Sons.

Using a dramaturgical approach, we will examine how the play “works” using peripeteia, anagnorisis, pathos, moral polarization, and realism. We then examine, from a classically trained actor's perspective, the process of breaking down a scene into action, objective, inner object and personalization. All of these are necessary parts of the effort to take the written words of a play from page to stage.

Course format is presentation-based. Participants can see and hear the instructor and any presentation materials, but participants are not on camera and are muted. Participants can ask the instructor questions via a moderated chat text box. Course size will not be capped.

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Questions can be directed to renesan@newmexico.com

Instructors
David Carter holds an MFA in Dramaturgy and New Play Development from Columbia University and has worked on productions in New York, Paris, Washington DC, and Santa Fe.

Robyn Rikoon earned her BFA in Drama from The North Carolina School of The Arts and was a Kenan Fellow at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Directing. Robyn has worked as a professional actor in film and on stage across the US for close to twenty years.