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The Miracle Worker

Presented by Page HIgh School at Page HIgh School Auditorium

January 28-January 30, 2009

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The Page Playmakers will present the theatre classic The Miracle Worker January 28 and 30, 2009 at 7 PM in the school auditorium. Playmakers has joined with Industries of the Blind in a partnership as applicants for grant funding from the Teen Grantmaking Council of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The Miracle Worker has a rich tradition in the modern theatre repertoire. Drawing heavily from letters written by Annie Sullivan in 1887, as well as from Helen Keller's autobiography, William Gibson constructed a drama around the events that took place when Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, first met in the 1880s. The exchanges that take place in The Miracle Worker are all derived from factual events that Gibson has woven together to construct a fluid, emotionally real, depiction of the "miracle" Annie Sullivan was able to work: teaching Helen Keller language. Students in the production are gaining valuable insight into the challenges faced by blind individuals. As part of the collaboration cast members visited the production plant for Industries of the Blind December 8, 2008. Cast members were able to meet and talk with many of the workers and gain personal insight into their lives. The visit allowed the young actors to spend time with some workers as they went through their daily routine. The students want to make their portrayal of Helen and the other blind school girls as realistic as possible.