"The Miracle Worker" Teen Audition for The Theater
Teen auditions for "The Miracle Worker" Theater Production. Please find the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: This Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor and dramatic tension, The Miracle Worker explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge. Late 1800's Alabama. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, young Helen is violent and spoiled, treated by her family as subhuman. Only Annie sees a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from Helen's dark, tortured silence. After scenes of intense physical and emotional struggle, Helen's breakthrough finally arrives with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water." Additional info: Auditions will consist of prepared monologues followed by cold readings of a few scenes. Please prepare one of the provided monologues in the link below for your audition. Please apply if interested.
5 roles
The deaf, blind, and mute Helen Keller. She is incredibly smart and has a very sassy attitude - trapped in her own world since she has no form of expression other than grunts and tantrums. Her family lets her get away with throwing tantrums and needing attention - she uses this to her advantage especially once Annie arrives. Helen will be involved in intense physical scenes with Annie. Auditions for this role will be physical since there are essentially no speaking lines.
Keller’s son, Helen’s half brother. He often gets into arguments with Keller, believes Helen is mentally defective, and is described as lazy.
A playmate of Helen’s.
A playmate of Helen’s.
Annie’s brother, died when he was young. Haunts Annie in visions.
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