“It’s rehearsing, rehearsing, over and over.
LaVigne drew on his training in stage combat at Montclair State University to choreograph The Miracle Worker.
(Director Katie Adams-Gulen took a break to get married, LaVigne said.) “We’re depending on them,” said George LaVigne, an English teacher returning to directing after a hiatus of about a decade. Set designer Michael Hession and Director George LaVigne in ‘The Miracle Worker’ at Morristown High School, November 2019. There are no understudies for Bradley and Thornton this weekend. When you pretend you can’t see, you recognize everything you do in life,” she said, explaining she wanted to portray the young Keller because it pushed her from her comfort zone–while playing to her size:Īvoiding injury, meanwhile, is essential for practical as well as humanitarian reasons. “I think I’ve come to be so much more conscious of everything around me. The blind develop an awareness of their surroundings that is remarkable, Bradley learned. They do their own shopping and cleaning and cooking,” said Bradley, who had a bit part in the MHS production of Prancer, and crewed for The Addams Family. It gave me a whole new respect for these people. “For me, being with the Seeing Eye helped so much. From left: Annette Bradley (Helen Keller -Grade 10) Kathy Murrayand her Seeing Eye dog, Mack ĭon MacGowen of The Seeing Eye and Brenna Thornton (Annie Sullivan- Grade 12). On the first score, the pair are convincing thanks to their attention to detail.īradley rehearsed with a blindfold and ear plugs, read some of Keller’s writings, watched videos from a British school for blind children and, with other cast members, spent time with blind individuals from The Seeing Eyein Morris Township. Physically, someone could get hurt if the choreography isn’t perfect. Theatrically, things quickly could devolve into slapstick comedy if played ineptly. She grapples with Bradley throughout the show. Brenna Thornton in ‘The Miracle Worker’ at Morristown High School, November 2019. Her tough-love approach sets her at odds with Keller’s well meaning but overly indulgent family.Īnne Bancroft won an Oscar as Annie Sullivan, who senior Brenna Thornton portrays with spunk and stamina worthy of an NFL linebacker. Scarlet fever imprisoned Helen Keller in this dark, silent world as a toddler.Ī hit on Broadway and in a 1962 film, The Miracle Worker is the story of teacher Annie Sullivan’s struggle to liberate the child. “The moves are tricky to memorize,” said Bradley, who spends much of her performance in a blind–and deaf–rage. The Morristown High School sophomore stars as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, which runs for four shows this weekend, Nov. It may be the toughest role Annette Bradley ever plays–and she doesn’t have a single line of dialogue.
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