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So, when I act with my students, I'm very gentle. I view myself as an optimistic person and very kind person.

So, she was kind of optimistic in her own way. She was very curt and rude, but she was young. Schmidt differs from her role, however, in style of teaching. I do it every day with my practicum students." "So, playing a teacher role is very normal for me. "I'm actually an education major," Schmidt says. Schmidt explains that diving into the role of Helen's teacher, Annie Sullivan, was an interesting experience-but not entirely unfamiliar. But with the right tools and the right teacher, she was able to accomplish so much with her blindness, her deafness, her muteness. " family didn't think she was meant for anything but just surviving. "Helen Keller's story and The Miracle Worker teaches us that we are never too far gone to overcome obstacles that we may have," Brauser begins.

With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie’s success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single glorious word: water." Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human treated by her family as such. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. "This classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller.

Director Brad Brauser and Kaytie Schmidt, who plays Annie Sullivan, speak with Derek Operle about the upcoming productions. Murray's Playhouse in the Park presents William Gibson's The Miracle Worker this weekend and next.