A signature unease and complex moral contraction of many characters in Arthur Miller’s plays has no exceptions in his play “All My Sons.”

The setting is a typical suburban back yard. The crew of the Montana Repertory Theatre made a beautiful and eye catching set to set the mood for the production.

You first meet the protagonist of the story Joe Keller, played by Mike Boland, as a hardworking, self-made family man, living in the post-World War II era.

Later the audience finds out all of these things are true, but Joe has a dark secret that sent 21 American pilots to their death and got himself out of jail, but sent his business partner to jail.

After many years and thinking it was behind him, his secret has come back to haunt him.

The first act introduces the audience to the Keller family and their neighbors. Boland did a great job making the audience fall in love with his character. If you didn’t know anything about the play going in you would not have known Joe Keller had a dark secret.

Joe had two sons, Larry and Chris.

Larry had gone MIA during the war. Everyone held on to hope that he would return, but with the passing of the years everyone started to lose faith, with the exception of their mother, Kate.

Chris invited Larry’s old girlfriend Ann, played by Meg Smith, to town to ask her to marry him. They are scared to tell Kate because she still holds on to the belief Larry will return.

Towards the end of the first act, the audience starts to see just how complex and conflicted Joe really is.

Everything around Joe starts to fall apart, when his old partner’s son comes to take his sister Ann home with him, because he blames Joe for what happened to his father.

Ann sends George home without her and still plans on getting married to Chris. When Kate says she will not give her blessing, saying Larry is still alive, Ann does the only thing she can. She shows Kate a letter from Larry saying he killed himself when he received news of what his father did.

Because of George’s arrival, Joe’s loved ones start to find out that he sent broken parts for planes from his factory to the army. This resulted in the death of American pilots, and he blamed it on his friend and business partner.

Not knowing what to do when he finds out Larry killed himself and with Chris wanting to bring him to the police, Joe decides to do something no one in the audience was ready for or thought would happen. He tells his wife he is going to get his coat. While everyone wait outside the audience is startled to hear a gun shot. The lights fade, and you are left there in shock.

Mike Boland, along with the rest of the talented cast from the Montana Rep, did an amazing job at bringing the story to life for the audience.

Arthur Miller wrote a brilliant play that will have significance for as long as there is war.