Francis Wilson Playhouse will have AUDITIONS on Monday January 19th and Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm at the Playhouse.
Performances March 19th to 29th
William Gibson’s Tony Award winning THE MIRACLE WORKER takes place primarily in the spring of 1887 at Ivy Green, the Keller Home, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The characters and story are based on Helen Keller’s autobiography, Annie Sullivan’s letters, and Nella Braddy’s book “Anne Sullivan Macy”.
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ANNIE SULLIVAN: Female
Looking for a female actor who appears to be 20 years old. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Annie was orphaned as a child. She grew up in an asylum in Massachusetts, where her brother Jimmie died. Annie’s nickname at the Perkins School in Boston was “spitfire” and she is that. She’s physically strong, feisty, and determined to teach Helen the meaning of language, but she is also deeply damaged by the trauma she has experienced and is on a journey to learn to love again.
HELEN KELLER: Female 8-14
Became blind and deaf as an infant, she can be violent, involved in intense physical scenes. The key figure of the play, requiring a young actress with great focus on the needed physicality of the plot.
CAPTAIN ARTHUR KELLER: Male
Looking for a male actor who appears to be 51 years of age. Actors auditioning should use a genteel Southern accent. Captain Keller was a Captain in the Confederate Army, and he believes in order and respect. He’s stern, but he has a weak spot when it comes to the women in his household. As much as he wants to believe he’s in charge of the Keller household, the women in the household have other ideas.
KATE ADAMS KELLER: Female
Looking for a female actor who appears to be 31 years of age. Actors auditioning should use a genteel Southern accent (watch YouTube videos of Governor Kay Ivey as reference). Kate grew up in a prominent family in Memphis. She is refined and broken by not being able to reach Helen, but she is strong. Helen is her world, and she will do anything to give Helen what she needs, sometimes to Helen’s detriment.
JAMES KELLER: Male
Looking for a male actor who appears to be 20 years of age. Actors auditioning should use a genteel Southern accent. James wants nothing more than Captain Keller’s love and respect. Although he sometimes seems to be abrasively sarcastic, James is in a lot of pain as he tries to find his place in this household. He is still dealing with the trauma from his mother’s death and his father’s decision to remarry.
AUNT EV: Female
Looking for a female actor who appears to be in her mid-50s. Actors auditioning should use a genteel Southern accent. The matriarch of the Keller Family, Aunt Ev is Captain Keller’s elder sister. She is proper and doesn’t relate to outsiders well, but she is
determined to get Helen the help she needs.
Children: MARTHA, PERCY, BLIND GIRLS: 8-15
Young servants, playmates of Helen’s, girls at the Institute who love Annie
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