The Miracle Worker comes to Statesboro

Averitt Center welcomes play about Helen Keller

Annie Sullivan, portrayed by Brandi Harvey, top, struggles to teach the deaf, mute, and blind Helen Keller (Abbey McMillan) tables manners and discipline for the first time during a scene from the Averitt STARS production of "The Miracle Worker" After an abbreviated matinee performance two weeks ago of the classic story about Sullivan's efforts to teach Helen how to communicate, the full show can be seen Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Emma Kelly Theater.

W 060116 MIRACLE WORKER 02 — Annie Sullivan, portrayed by Brandi Harvey, top, struggles to teach the deaf, mute, and blind Helen Keller (Abbey McMillan) tables manners and discipline for the first time during a scene from the Averitt STARS production of "The Miracle Worker" After an abbreviated matinee performance two weeks ago of the classic story about Sullivan's efforts to teach Helen how to communicate, the full show can be seen Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Emma Kelly Theater.

The Averitt Center for the Arts will present “The Miracle Worker,” the inspirational story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Emma Kelly Theatre. A Special Education teacher for 34 years, director Susan Jackson said she always was interested in Hellen Keller’s story. While it is the first time the play has been featured at the Averitt Center for the Arts, Jackson hopes to expose the audience to a different genre.

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