Cast and Crew of American Clock

Parts are not set in stone.  Ms. Kuehler and I had problems with several of the girls' accents, and they have to change.  Memorize Pages 3-23 to scene 8 by January. As I cut the script more, I will post those on the blog.

Theodore K Quinn	Graham Nelson
Lee Baum	Hayden Cobb
Rose Baum	Molly Moore
Moe Baum	Jared Moore
Arthur A. Robertson	Blake Rigby
Clarence	Carson Ogle
Frank	Graham Nelson
Fanny Margolies	Hannah Wilkinson
Grandpa/ Livermore	Lawrence Schwartz
Dr. Rosman	Abbey McCrady
Jesse Livermore	Graham Nelson
William Durant	Carson Ogle
Arthur Clayton	Lawrence Schwartz
Tony	Jared Moore
Diana Morgan	Savannah Cunningham
Henry Taylor	Carson Ogle
Irene	Michelle Lira
Banks	Carson Ogle
Joe	Graham Nelson
Mrs. Taylor
Harriet Taylor
Charley
Brewster
Judge Bradley
Frank Howard
Miss Fowler	Kayla Casali
Graham	Savannah Cunningham
Sidney Margolies	Ty Webb
Doris Gross	Paige Williams
Ralph
Rudy
Isabel
Isaac
Ryan	Graham Nelson
Matthew R. Bush
Grace	Kayla Casali
Kapush	Carson Ogle
Dugan	Lawrence Schwartz
Toland	Ty Webb
Lucy	Savannah Cunningham
Edie	Allison Simpson
Lucille	Savannah Cunningham
Marathon Dancers
Welfare Worker

Alternates: Hannah Almsted - understudy to Fanny and Doris
Lindsey Ables - understudy to Edie
Isaac - understudy to Mr. Robertson
Crew
Lane Tyson
Cole Nelson
Cody Berryman
Alyssa House

Audition Results

Mrs. Kuehler and I have not finalized anything. I have to sleep on it. The following people do have a part: Kayla Casali, Paige Williams, Michelle Lira, Hayden Cobb, Abbey McCrady, Allison Simpson, Molly Moore, Carson Ogle, Jared Moore, Blake Rigby, Lawrence Schwartz, Graham Nelson, Hannah Wilkerson ,Savannah Cunningham ,Tye Webb.
 The following people are alternates to specific parts: Hannah Almsted ,Isaac Constancio, Lindsey Ables. We always have major turnovers every year. We usually do not end up with the same cast at contest. Last year, a crew member ended up with a starring role and won an award. That was Michelle Lira.

Look at the U Tube biography of Arthur Miller http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+american+clock+by+arthur+miller&view=detail&mid=9D890F30A99262200DF99D890F30A99262200DF9&first=0&FORM=LKVR

The American Clock by Arthur Miller will be Shallowater High School’s entry for the one act play. It is a play that most Americans are unfamiliar with despite the infamous author, Arthur Miller. Subtitled "a mural for the theatre," the play employs a series of vignettes and short scenes, with the actors portraying some fifty-two characters, to capture the sense and substance of America in the throes of the Great Depression. The central figures are the Baums, a wealthy family whose fortune has vanished in the stock market crash, but their story is amplified and illuminated by brief glimpses of other lives; a farmer who has lost all in the dust bowl; a young man who dreams of success on Tin Pan Alley, etc. Moving deftly from scene to scene, some funny, some movingly poignant, the play becomes a deeply affecting evocation both of a tortured time in American history and of the indomitable spirit of the people who survived and prevailed in the face of unaccustomed adversity. The relevance of the 1930’s to today is one of the reasons I chose to do this play. The play dissects how the Great Depression affected different people from all walks of life. You see an older, married couple and what happens to them through the depression. You watch businessmen who think they’ve got everything and watch it all fall apart. In the end, it’s a play that’s about hope and perseverance. There are parallels between financiers like Andrew Mellon and today’s Bernie Madof. Although the play is not a musical, the jazzy genre of the 1930s plays a large role in the overall tone of the play. Our actors will be singing and playing songs of the era. My students will be researching and comparing and contrasting the two eras while creating the “world of the 1930’s.” Hopefully, this will be a learning experience as well as a successful production.