"Miracle Worker" Show Needs Kids and Teens
"Miracle Worker" Show is looking for kidfs ages 8 and up. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Immortalized on screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, 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. 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: Prepare a 1 minute dramatic monologue for auditions. Be prepared to stay for cold reads. If interested, please apply.
4 roles
Is a deaf, blind mute. She is trapped in her own world, unable to speak, hear, or see. She is almost not human as she has been blind and deaf since she was stricken with scarlet fever as a baby. She is involved in intense physical scenes. Must have a strong connection to Annie Sullivan.
Helen’s halfbrother, the son of the captain. He is described as indolent. He sees Helen as mentally defective and believes it best she be put in an asylum.
Is a playmate of Helen.
Is a playmate of Helen.
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