THE MIRACLE WORKER Cast Announced

THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson
presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Please go to Mr. Smoot's classroom on Wednesday to initial your part if you accept it. (That means, write your initials next to your name!) If you do not, I'll have to assume that you don't want the part any more.

My second-in-command is the Stage Manager, who marks the staging in the master script, makes sure that the props, stage, and costume crew get their work done properly before each rehearsal and performance, and follows along in the script to correct errors in lines and staging. For stage manager, I invite Grace Nicholson.

The surprising depth and intensity of so many of the auditioners, even the first - timers, took me by surprise! For all of these actors, we're only half finished with selecting staff for this show. I have a pool of Warts who want to be involved backstage, and we certainly have a lot of work to be done to make each show good. There are dozens of light changes and recorded sound effects that have to be timed perfectly; we have dozens of small props and set changes; we'll have a devil of a time getting people into and out of costumes. Here is a list of people who, I hope, will be eligible and willing to join us for rehearsals in mid-January: Adam West, Erik Nadel, Jassy Tuteja, Hannah Uher, Shannon Keegan, Kirstyn DuBar, Erin Leagan. Karmin Shute, Connor Sudderth, Nic Newmark, and Sammy Smith.

First four rehearsals
All Actors and the Stage Manager are expected at the first rehearsal on Thursday, beginning at 3:30 in the Studio Theatre (or else in rm 202). At 4:15, I'll excuse all except Kate, Keller, Annie, and their three alternates, who will rehearse until 5:00.

On Friday, we will follow the same schedule, only I'd like James and his alternate to join Kate, Keller, and Annie until 5:00.

Next week, I plan to have only a memorization workshop on Monday and Tuesday, 3:30 - 5:00, for anyone who shows up.

We will perform the play in the Studio Theatre on February 2 and 3. It seems a long way away, but the show is nearly two hours long, and very tricky, with realistic scenes interrupted by flashbacks to Annie Sullivan's early years. Sometimes we see action simultaneously in two places at once.

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