An Inspector Calls
University of Alaska Fairbanks
November 2014
Directed by Brian Cook
Scenery and Costume Design by Bethany Marx
Lighting Design and Technical Direction by Adam Gillette
Stage Management by Kellie Bernstein
CAST
Mr. Arthur Birling: Nolan Raapana
Mrs. Sybil Birling: Rachel Blackwell
Mr. Eric Birling: Mallory Smyth
Miss Sheila Birling: Katrina Kuharich
Mr. Gerald Croft: Ian Hendren
Inspector Goole: Marley Horner
Edna: Nancy Nguyen
One night in 1912, the prosperous Birling family is celebrating their daughter’s engagement with a small dinner party in the British industrial city of Brumley. Following dinner, the family is visited by Inspector Goole, a policeman who questions each member of the family in turn about the death of a young working-class woman. The inspector’s relentless search for answers threatens to destroy the family’s public reputation and undermines the relationships they once held dear.
DIRECTOR'S CONCEPT DIRECTOR'S NOTES
Production Photos
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| The Birling family is celebrating Sheila's (Katrina Kuharich, center) to Gerald (Ian Hendren, right) while Edna (Nancy Nguyen, far right) cleans up. |
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| Mr. Birling (Nolan Raapana, lower right) and Eric (Mallory Smyth, left) toast the couple. |
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| An Inspector (Marley Horner) arrives with some questions about a young woman's death. |
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| Each member of the family is questioned, including Sheila. though her parents protest. |
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| Gerald admits to having an affair with the girl, unbeknownst to Sheila. |
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| Sheila is unhappy. |
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| She says she wants to postpone their engagement. |
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| The imperious Mrs. Birling (Rachel Blackwell) is not impressed with the Inspector or his questions. |
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| Mrs. Birling is lead to say that she feels that the young man who made the woman pregnant should be held responsible. Little does she know the man is actually her son Eric, who at that moment returns. |
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| Mr. Birling and Eric get into a tussle over his waywardness. |
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| Sheila tries to reason with her parents. |
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| She has had quite a change of heart about her place in the world. |
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| Prior to his departure, the Inspector warns everyone that they live in a world with other people and that what they do matters. |
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| Though everyone, except Sheila and Eric, try to play off the Inspector's admonishment, a final phone call changes everything. |