DEATH OF A SALESMAN

By Arthur Miller

Directed by Dean Gabourie

A father's hope, a family's heartbreak

An aging commercial traveller chases a fading dream of success, blind to the illusions that have shaped his life and shattered his family. As memories blur with reality, his desperate pursuit of worth reveals the quiet tragedy of a man out of step with the world around him.

MEIGHEN FORUM EVENTS

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CAST & CREATIVE

CAST

2026: Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and Estragon inWaiting for Godot. 19th season. Stratford (selected roles): Macbeth, Richard III, Coriolanus, Edmund Tyrone, Macheath, King John, King Arthur, Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), Vershinin, Brutus, Captain Hook, Valmont, Friar Lawrence, Aslan, Horace Vandergelder, Judge Brack, Arthur Miller. Elsewhere (selected roles): Shaw: Peter Pan, Androcles, King George III, Charles II, Ephraim Cabot. Toronto and environs: Hamlet, King Lear, Leontes, Angelo, Claudius, Thom Paine, Rhett Butler, Marc Blitzstein, Mozart. Film/TV (selected):I Love a Man in Uniform, The Sweet Hereafter, Long Day's Journey into Night, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Room, Orphan Black, Anne with an E. Awards: Dora Award, Genie Award, Gemini Award, ACTRA Award. Et cetera: Tom lives on a farm in Warkworth with his wife, Chick Reid, and their two dogs.

2026: Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman and Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest. 39th season.

Birmingham Conservatory, 2014/2015

2026: Happy in Death of a Salesman and appears in Othello. Fifth season. Stratford (selected):The Winter's Tale, Timon of Athens, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Shakespeare in Love, The Lion…Wardrobe, Hamlet. Theatre (selected): Jack in Scavenger's Daughter (Buddies in Bad Times/Paradigm); Isle of Demons (Guild Festival); Where You Are (Globus Theatre); Sam Phillips in Million Dollar Quartet, Comedy of Errors (The Grove); Book Club (Port Stanley); Armstrong's War (Theatre Kingston). Playwrighting:Deer Blood, TOMORROW (Wildside Festival). Producing:Evil Dead the Musical, Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience, Xavier Mortimer (Starvox Entertainment). Film/TV:Mrs. America (FX), Thicker Than Water (Incendo). Awards: Michael Mawson Award, Douglas Campbell Award (Guthries). Online: joshjohnston.ca, @edwardthegirl. Et cetera: This season is dedicated to my Granny and Grandpa, who introduced me to Arthur Miller. Love to my family and Kaleigh.

2026: Charley in Death of a Salesman and understudy in The Importance of Being Earnest and Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Fifth season. Stratford:Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Cymbeline, Love's Labour's Lost, Richard II, Grand Magic, Hamlet. Elsewhere: Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Repercussion); Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Canadian Stage); Sir in Encore (Tableau D'Hôte); Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Persephone). Film/TV/video games:Lucy Grizzli Sophie, La Maison Bleue, Assassin's CreedNexus VR. Training: Dawson College, Soulpepper Academy. Awards: Outstanding Lead Performance META for Martin in MOB (Centaur). Online: matthewkabwe.com, agencebridgetdechene.com. Et cetera: Matthew sends wishes of love and thanks to his many supporters; especially Dr. AAHW. Matthew is thrilled to be returning to the Stratford Festival. Matthew is also B.

2026: Uncle Ben in Death of a Salesman and Lucky in Waiting for Godot. 10th season. Stratford: Kent (King Lear), Poseidon (Trojan Women), Flores (Fuente Ovejuna), Jud (Oklahoma!), Horatio (Hamlet), Clarence/Richmond (Richard III), Cominius (Coriolanus), Nathaniel (Love's Labour's Lost), DeFlores (The Changeling). Elsewhere: David, Dinner with the Duchess (Here For Now/Crow's), Father Christopher, Children of God (Urban Ink); Singer, Leonard Cohen: The Secret Chord (Soulpepper); Dad, Billy Elliot (Mirvish); Dennis, Rock of Ages (Mirvish); David, True Love Lies (Factory Theatre); Officer Lockstock, Urinetown (CanStage); Sam, Mamma Mia! (Broadway). Film/TV:The Terminal List, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, 10 Truths About Love, Albatross, Murdoch Mysteries, Heartland, Akilla's Escape, Good Witch, Suits, Designated Survivor, Who Killed Jon Benet, Republic of Doyle, Saving Hope, Copper, The Manchurian Candidate. Recordings:Two Houses, Love and Carnage, Gasoline Rainbows. Awards: Dora Award Urinetown (CanStage); Best Actor Albatross (Austin International Film Festival). Online: davidkeeley.ca.

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Birmingham Conservatory 2025/2026

2026: Biff in Death of a Salesman and John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest. Second season. Stratford: Forgiveness, As You Like It (2025). Elsewhere (selected):A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); The Woman In Black, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Extractionist (Vertigo Theatre); Premium content, Air (Major Matt Mason), Chariots Of Fire (Rosebud Theatre / The Grand); Gordon (Theatre Network); This Is War (Punctuate); The Circle (Alberta Theatre Projects); SIA (Downstage Theatre). Film/TV (selected):The Expanse (Amazon Prime); Black Summer (Netflix); Range Roads, O Brazen Age, The Valley Below (North Country Cinema); Bodycam (Brandon Christensen); Blood Mountain (Nocturnal Productions). Training: BFA acting - University of Alberta, Mount Royal College. Awards: Several Outstanding Performer nominations, including Betty Mitchell Theatre Awards, Calgary Critics Award, Sterling Theatre Awards and Rosie Film & TV Awards. Online: joewperry.com, @Joewperry. Et cetera: Love to Allison and to his family in Alberta.

CREATIVE

2026: Director of Death of a Salesman. 12th season. Dean Gabourie has been creating provocative theatre in Canada and abroad for over 35 years. Gabourie is an artist, scholar, educator and founding artistic director of the award-winning ACME Theatre Co. Stratford: Assistant/associate artistic director 2008-2012. Director of The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, The Thrill, The Best Brothers, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bereav'd of Light. Awards: Tyrone Guthrie, Jean Gascon Directors' Award. Training: Gabourie holds a master's degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Guelph and is an alumnus of the Theatre School, Toronto Metropolitan University. Dean is currently a member of the faculty at Fanshawe College's Acting for Screen and Stage. Online: acmetheatreco.com. Et cetera: For my Brother Mitchell and my Sister MaryAnn.