On a normal day in New York salesman Willy Loman wants the American dream but never reaches it. In the play, produced by the Theatre department on February 19-21 at 7pm, students will have a look at his downfall and what leads him to end it all.

The show Death of a salesman is about a salesman as the title states who is going through many things. The Salesman name is Willy. He’s got a job that he doesn’t live up to his expectations. The story is talking about the life and death of a salesman and how his life didn’t turn up the way he wanted it to. The story is very complex and really only talks about about an adults problem. It has a dark tale to it and is more dramatic. It goes into deeper meaning about adult problems.

There is a very small cast including Noah Pozel as Willy Noa Adams as Linda Austin Cable as Biff  Andrew Dipoto as Happy Truman Butler as Ben Trevor Harr as Stanley Jay Butler as Charley Corben Phillips as Bernard  Joe Galetti as Howard Samantha Bennett as Jenny  Hope Lundgren as Letta Taylor McGrath as Miss Forsythe and, Josie Emery as the woman.

“It’s a group of kids and it’s our chance to make something special,” senior Noah Pozel said.

Students in the play are doing little things to get to know how people acted in the 1940s and what their characters would be like. There are no small characters in the play. Truman Butler, who plays Ben which is Willy’s older brother, is doing things to make his character special.

“The directors have actually got these resources so we can read the background information,”junior Truman Butler said. “It is set alittle in the past so I think if every person has things to bring their character and they get their own idea. I think everyone is doing their homework to create their own character.”

The actors are doing everything than can to tell this dark story and show how things from the play relate to real live.

“The characters and the dialog[set this play different against other plays],”sophomore Trevor Harr said.”It’s just like a normal show. It’s not like Macbeth. It’s normal everyday life.”

The play teaching a lesson about the American dream and that the main character,Willy Loman, can achieve success through hard work and determination.

“I think it’s different because it’s very American and a lot of ideas from it are still here today,” senior Noah Pozel said.

Seeing how the play has a dark meaning and is about the American Dream it’s hard to tell what people will feel when they go to see this play. None of the characters in Death of a Salesman are perfect. There are characters like Charley, played by Jay Butler, who is a voice of reason. Bernard, played by Corben Philips is a bit of a nerd, and Ben, played by Truman Butler,has a slight twist. Each character can make the audience feel something special and none of the characters make the audience feel the same thing.

“I think they will feel super depressed and have more respect for their lives,” freshman Joe Galetti said.

At rehearsal the characters in the play are blocking,which means they are positioning characters on the stage. They slowly learning their lines on their own time.

“For this first week we’re just blocking and in a couple more weeks were going to have all our lines due,” sophomore Trevor Harr said.

Not only is the cast rehearsing but the people in the cast are going stronger as actors and as friends. Freshman are connecting with the seniors and having such a small cast helps them grow stronger.

“I love being involved in the play there’s always a lot of drama and a small cast so you really get to know people,” senior Noah Pozel said.

Publicity is a big part of the play’s success.

“I’m definitely going to tell my friends about it. I think as long as there are posters up around the school and we just talk to the KLHS people that’ll be good,” junior Truman Butler said.

The play will be going into a competition and the cast hopes to win the competition like they did last year.