Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Speaking Volumes

Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing to an illness as a toddler. Years later, she described learning to communicate via Annie Sullivan as, "a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness and my heart leaped to the rapture of living." David Bailey directs Tuttle Middle School students in William Gibson's Tony Award-winning play, The Miracle Worker, which explores Keller's relationship with her innovative teacher. In association with First Light Theatre Project, the production puts acting, lighting and stage management into the hands of young people. A Q&A with the cast follows Friday's performance.