Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and become an American classic.
Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her 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” named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Despite the Kellers’ resistance and the belief that Helen "is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open," Annie suspects that within Helen lies the potential for more, if only she can reach her. Through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen’s walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate, bringing her into the world at last.
Book by William Gibson
Producers: Diane Hess and Patti Kasper
Director: Amy Spaulding-Heuring
Show Dates
April 8, 9, 15, 16, 2016
Curtain Time 8:00 P.M.
Matinee
April 10, 2016
Curtain Time 3:00 P.M.
Performances
Location
Cast | ||
A Doctor | - | Robert Ammon |
Kate | - | Alexandra Rushing |
Captain Keller | - | Patrick Boyer |
Helen | - | Zoe Cross-Nelms |
Martha | - | Caroline Mittendorf |
Percy | - | Kody Kraymer |
Aunt Ev | - | Amy Carpenter |
James | - | Christopher Stack |
Anagnos | - | Ron Davis |
Annie Sullivan | - | Ashlee Kulczynski |
Viney | - | Anne Cross |
Perkins Institution For The Blind | ||
Beatrice | - | Katie Jo Adams |
Laura | - | Caroline Mittendorf |
Alice | - | Raquel Shy |
Boy’S Voice (Jimmie) | - | Patrick Boyer |
Man’S Voice | - | Robert Ammon |
Old Crone’S Voices | - | Anne Cross
Ann Sommers Lois Sommers |
Doctor’S Voice | - | Robert Ammon |
Production Team | ||
Director | - | Amy Spaulding-Heuring |
Producers | - | Diane Hess
Patti Kasper |
Stage Manager | - | Angela Cooney |
Set Design | - | Corey Fussell |
Stage Crew | - | Steve Carpenter
Donna Hall Mike Hall Jeff Smith |
Costumer | - | Ann Sommers
Lois Sommers |
Lighting Design | - | Kevin Harrington |
Lighting | - | Kevin Harrington |
Sound Design | - | Tim Yard |
Sound | - | Keith Klewer
Tim Yard |
Make-Up | - | Marlene Guy |
Set Painting | - | Angela Cooney
Shelia Fussell Donna Hall Mike Hall Amy Spaulding-Heuring |
Set Construction | - | Jeff Cooney
Corey Fussell Mike Hall |
Set Decoration | - | Donna Hall |
Props | - | Donna Hall
Mike Hall |
Tickets | - | Brenda Holdren |
House Manager | - | Patti Kasper |
Concessions | - | Marcia Hayes |
Program Editor | - | Tim Yard |
Publicity | - | Nancy Ice |
First Nighter Appreciation | - | Dianne Davis |
Photographer | - | Tonia Halay |