Libby Kellmanson is an eighth-grade student at Episcopal School, and her portrayal of Helen is her Theatre Jacksonville debut. Laura Meier is amazingly making her theatre debut in the demanding role of Annie, and truly shines. They have been considering institutionalizing her, but instead, decide to contact Michael Anagnos ( David Horne), of the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston, to request his assistance in finding a teacher. Jordan Born as Captain Keller and Rhonda Fisher as his wife Kate are outstanding as Helen’s burdened parents. The play is centered around the conflicts and obstacles the family, the teacher, and her recalcitrant, undisciplined, and heart-breakingly isolated pupil encounter during the process. The play covers a short span of time in the life of Helen Keller, a six-year child who became deaf and blind during infancy, as she is taught to communicate by Annie Sullivan, who is young, Irish, and inexperienced but fiercely determined. The story was the basis for a very successful film in 1962, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, both of whom had appeared in the original 1959 Broadway stage production, which garnered multiple Tonys. Theatre Jacksonville opened the third production of its 95th season on Mawith “ The Miracle Worker.” William Gibson’s acclaimed story of the early life of Helen Keller will run through March 21.
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