![]() ![]() Her performance is riveting.īrian Lyons-Burke is Captain Arthur Keller and Heather Andrews is Kate Keller, Helen’s loving but desperate parents. ![]() She never seems to break character and she never appears to see or hear what is happening around her. She genuinely reflects the frustrations of the young isolated girl whose only way to communicate is through guttural utterances and, often, acting out behavior. Meredith Abramson is just a 5th grader at Rachel Carson Elementary School in Gaithersburg. Her scene with Helen at the little garden house is witty and warm. Sullivan grew up in abject poverty and now finds herself at odds with Helen’s genteel Southern family. Winter is particular expert in capturing the emotions of Annie as the fish out of water. Lena Winter is Annie Sullivan, the scrappy young teacher who herself suffers from poor eye sight. Both deliver tour de force performances that are not to be missed. The memory of their work can be intimidating, but Abramson and Winter are so outstanding and make these characters their own. The role of Sullivan and Helen won a Tony and an Oscar for Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. However, the part the multi-handicapped Helen is a huge challenge to any child. Sullivan is really the focus of this drama. Meredith Abramson as Helen Keller and Lena Winter as Annie Sullivan in ‘The Miracle Worker.’ Photo courtesy of Rockville Little Theatre. Annie Sullivan had also dealt with vision loss and knew sign language. Finally, desperate to control her behavior and communicate with her, they hired a young, poor, Irish immigrant from Boston. Her family was a wealthy, Alabaman, post-Reconstruction one, and they tried to raise their child to their best of their ability. ![]() Keller was born with all her senses but as a very young child became blind and deaf due to illness. This play is based on the real life of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, MD. Andruski opened Friday, February 3, 2017, at the F. The Rockville Little Theatre’s production of The Miracle Worker written by William Gibson, produced by Dean Fiala and Emily Mullin and directed by Laura W. ![]()
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