From the meaningfulness of the story to the fun we've had in the rehearsal process, this production will be a treasured memory for us for years to come. 'Every member of our cast is exceptionally talented and hardworking.

'Johanna and I love watching these students shine,' Shaw said. Overall, Shaw and Johnson are thrilled to be staging this production. Aside from the diligent cast, each with significant roles and speaking lines, Westminster has several student and parent committees working behind the scenes to bring the show to life. It takes a great deal of involvement and community effort to pull off a show. 'It's been a blast to be with my fellow seniors Jon Franco (Captain Keller) and Christiane Thomas (Jane Keller) and to develop a sense of teamwork with the entire cast.' She has enjoyed learning sign language and learning about stage combat for this role. 'This role has been emotionally different from other characters I've played and an overall more physically demanding role,' Michaela said. Senior Michaela Newton is playing Helen's teacher, Annie Sullivan. One of the take-aways I have from 'The Miracle Worker' is that you should do things because you love them and glorify God through them.' 'It is very hard to pretend to be blind and deaf, but it has given me insight into the challenges of living with disabilities and allowed me to see that something so serious can be powerful and bring joy.

'I appreciate that the directors chose me and believed that I could do this role,' Cara said. The extremely demanding role of Helen Keller is performed by freshman Cara Thomas. 'I predicted that blocking would be our trickiest task, striving to communicate Helen's deaf and blind character without falling into a comedic rhythm … it was daunting, and our cast has done such a phenomenal job at bringing out the misery of Helen, the frustration of the Kellers and the liberation of Annie's 'miracle.'' 'We had to creatively work the script to reflect our female-heavy cast, but it unfolded seamlessly,' Shaw said.

There were several challenges of 'The Miracle Worker' at Westminster - the initial roadblock was casting a production of four to five male leads with not enough boys auditioning.

'It has been a challenging undertaking, but our select 12-student cast is doing an exceptional job at bringing it to life.' 'This production features stage combat (a technique to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers), sign language and relational depth,' she added.

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