'The Miracle Worker' at Pearl River High School

Students at Pearl River High School will perform The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, based on Helen Keller’s autobiography The Story of My Life, Oct. 23 and 24.

Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan, played by senior Samantha Murphy, and her blind and mute student, Helen Keller, played by 8th grader Emily Reilly.

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 as such by her parents, played by seniors Brian Hayes and Erin McDermott. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence.

The Miracle Worker will be performed at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24 at the Pearl River High School auditorium. Tickets for these evening performances are $10 and are available at the door. There will also be a special free performance for Pearl River senior citizens on Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m.

Pearl River High School is located at 275 East Central Avenue in Pearl River. Take the first entrance off of East Central Avenue and drive around the building to the flagpole parking lot. Both the main office and auditorium entrance are near the flagpole.