Posted on 04 March 2012
Tags: 1880s, annie sullivan, helen keller, inspiring story, mind and spirit, miracle worker, san diego ca, story of my life, teleplay, tony awards
03-03-12 – Los Angeles, CA>San Diego, CA – “The Miracle Worker”
Adapted from Gibson’s 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name, “The Miracle Worker” is based on Helen Keller’s autobiography The Story of My Life and won several Tony Awards including Best Play. Set in Alabama in the 1880s, this classic tells the true inspiring story of Annie Sullivan and her student, the blind and mute Helen Keller. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. — Submit Yourself To This Role Now: Live Event
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Posted on 24 January 2011
Tags: annie sullivan, April, april 29, cannot, event, girl, helen keller, horror, illness, infant, may 1, mind and spirit, Miracle, miracle worker, reach, seattle wa, silence, six years, Worker, YOURSELF
01-22-11 – Portland, OR>Seattle, WA – Performances April 29, 30, May 1(m), 6, 7, 8(m), 12, 13, 14, 2011
When infant Helen Keller’s illness is cured, her parents discover to their horror that she is now deaf and blind. After six years of trying to deal with her, they realize they cannot reach her, so they hire young Annie Sullivan to care for the girl.
Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human – and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark and silence. Out of the tumultuous interactions between the combative Helen and the equally stubborn Annie is finally born the miracle that unlocks Helen’s bounds and allows her to communicate with her parents, Annie and the world. — Submit Yourself To This Role Now: Live Event
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Posted on 29 December 2010
Tags: act drama, annie sullivan, autobiography, desperation, drama, event, formative years, helen keller, life, Miracle, miracle worker, persistence, schoolgirl, sheer stubbornness, story of my life, walls of silence, Yankee, YOURSELF
12-28-10 – Oklahoma City, OK>Dallas, TX – The Miracle Worker
Performances May 5-8, 2011
A three-act drama, set in the 1880’s, The Miracle Worker is based on Helen Keller’s autobiography, “The Story of My Life.” Blind, deaf, and mute since her formative years, young Keller’s inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a “half-blind Yankee schoolgirl” tutor named Annie Sullivan. Through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen’s walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate. — Submit Yourself To This Role Now: Live Event
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