[NEohioPAL] "Miracle Worker" auditions at TrueNorth

[Brian Bowers]

*TrueNorth Cultural Arts <http://www.metroparks.cc/truenorth-theatre.php>
Richard A. Fortney, Artistic Director*

*presents
"The Miracle Worker"*

*by William Gibson
*

*directed by Fred Sternfeld

* *other staff to be announced soon** *


*Performances:
January 18 - February 3, 2013**

Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
There will also be Friday school matinees during the day


*

*AUDITIONS ***

*DATES & APPOINTMENTS: *
Saturday, August 4 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm OR Monday, August 6 from 7:00pm -
10:00pm in five minute appointments at TrueNorth Cultural Arts. TrueNorth
is at French Creek Nature & Arts Center, 4530 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield
Village, Ohio.

Please call 440-949-5200 Ext. 221 to make an appointment. If you can’t make
one of these dates, please contact director Fred Sternfeld at
fsternfeld at gmail.com to set up an alternate time.

Callbacks will be held on Saturday and / or Monday, August 11 & 13, 2012.*

PREPARATION: *
Please prepare a 1-2 minute memorized monologue OR you can read a monologue
from the script that will be provided to you when you arrive for your
audition appointment.

*ABOUT THE PLAY:*
This classic tony award winning play tells the story of Annie Sullivan and
her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the
volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in
a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled,
almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes
that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark,
tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism,
Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single,
glorious word: "water."

*"...absorbing and moving" - The New York Post*

*THE PLOT:*
In Tuscumbia, Alabama, an illness renders infant Helen Keller blind, deaf,
and consequently mute. Pitied and badly spoiled by her parents, she learns
no discipline and grows into a wild, raging creature by the age of six.
Desperate, the Kellers hire Anne Sullivan to serve as a governess and
teacher for their young daughter. After several fierce battles with Helen,
Anne convinces her parents she needs two weeks alone with her if she is to
achieve any progress in her education. In that time, she teaches her
discipline and language through the use of her fingers, a breakthrough that
has a direct effect on everyone's life and the way they live it.

*ROLES AVAILABLE**:*
Non-AEA actors shall receive a stipend. There are no AEA contracts
available for this production.

 Blind, deaf and mute, HELEN KELLER is a little girl with limited outlets
for communication with the outside world. Cute as a button and clever like
a fox, she’s got her entire family wrapped around her spoiled little finger.

Though a concerned and caring mother, KATE KELLER is near the end of her
rope in caring for Helen. Often more concerned with appeasing Helen than
attempting to teach her, Kate only reinforces a foul temperament in her
daughter.

CAPTAIN ARTHUR KELLER, a savvy military mind and father to both Helen and
James Keller, is more sure on the battlefield than in matters of the heart.

While no one can fully identify with Helen’s unique set of limitations,
ANNIE SULLIVAN may come the closest having once been blind herself. She has
led a difficult life and she knows what could be in store for Helen if she
cannot learn to behave and to communicate with those around her.

Son to the Captain and stepson to Kate, JAMES KELLER just can’t seem to fit
in with the Keller household. Ridiculed by his father and often subjugated
by the rest of the family, James is on his own quest to find how he can
break through and reach his family.

A true Southern matron, AUNT EV seems to have an opinion on just about
everything.

PERCY and MARTHA are both playmates for Helen and servants for the Keller
family.

A mentor for Annie, ANAGNOS serves as the warm, reassuring voice for her
when she feels backed into a corner.

A concerned member of the Keller clan, servant VINEY is close to the action
as the primary house servant and cook.

The DOCTOR helps infant Helen survive the scarlet fever that we discover
has made her blind, deaf and mute in the next scene.

There are BLIND GIRLS of various ages who help establish the wonderful
relationships Annie has before she leaves for the Keller's home.
*
* *REHEARSALS:*
There will be 5.5 weeks of rehearsal over a 6-7 week period (some days off
for Christmas and New Years holidays) from December 2, 2012 – January 17,
2013. Rehearsal dates and times will consist of weekday evenings and/or
weekends 4 - 6 times per week.


TrueNorth is located in the French Creek Nature & Arts Center, 4530
Colorado Ave in Sheffield Village, just 10 minutes west of Crocker Park and
25 minutes from downtown Cleveland.*
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Worker_%28play%29> *
  **


*Brian Bowers*
*TrueNorth Cultural Arts*
*(440) 949-5200*
www.TNCArts.org
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