The Miracle Worker

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Other Programming at the Arts Center...

Past GP Seasons....

2009-2010
The Foreigner
History of the Roses
Not on this Night
The Miracle Worker
Over the River and through the Woods
The Importance of Being Earnest

2008-2009
Nunsense
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
A Christmas Carol
Footloose
Bottoms Up
Love, Sex, and the IRS

2007-2008
Academia Nuts
Two by Two
The Wizard of Oz
We the People
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Our Town

2006-2007
How the Other Half Loves
The Fantasticks
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Into the Woods
The Road to Mecca

2005-2006
Cemetery Club
Little Shop of Horrors
No Sooner Won Than Wed
Laura
Quilters

2004-2005
1776
A Voice of My Own
The Pirates of Penzance
Run For Your Wife
Pippin

See a list of all previous shows!

Show Times: Friday & Saturday nights @ 8 pm, Sunday afternoons @ 3 pm

February 5-7, 12-14

The true story of the blind, mute, and deaf Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who frees her from her internal prison.

The Cast...

Rich Salvati (Doctor) has been involved with Garrison Players, both on and off stage for several years and hopes to stay involved for many more. He has appeared in The Madwoman of Chaillot, Our Town, and Love, Sex and the IRS. He was stage manager for The Foreigner and is happy to be stage managing this production, as well. Having daughter Isabelle in this show is an added thrill!

Debra Martuscello Wiley (Kate) has appeared in too many shows to count. Some of her favorites are Curly’s Wife in Of Mice And Men, Madame Rosepettle in Oh Dad Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You In The Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad, Ellen in Luv, Desiree in A Little Night Music, Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she won best Actress from The Spotlight Awards and the Portland Herald. Last year, Debra was seen in GP's Production, The Musical Comedy Murder Mystery of 1940. She is glad to be reviving the role of Kate, which she first did at the Cortland NY Repertory Theater. In her “Real Life,” Debra is the mom of David Wiley, who you may have seen in GP's The Foreigner, Zachary, an actor in many local Indie Films, and Anastasia, also a budding performer and singer. Debra manages Under Currents a Wholesale Outlet Store in Dover recently seen on NH Chronicle. Debra began her acting career with Garrison Players at the age of 12!

Seth J. Mazzaglia (Capt. Keller) is a local Actor, Fight Choreographer and Playwright who has been professionally involved in dozens of productions over the years as both a trained Actor and an SAFD certified Fight Choreographer. From Seacoast Rep’s Buddy; A Buddy Holly Story, where he performed as Ritchie Valens, to Reverend Hale in Rochester Opera House's The Crucible, as well as Choreographing and performing the stunt work of the Beast in Prescott Park's 2008 production of Beauty and the Beast, to his most recent performance as Reverend David in The Foreigner. Seth is now thrilled to be both staging the violence and performing as the venerable Mr. Keller in The Miracle Worker. Further information may be found about Seth at his website and on-line resume - www.SJMazzaglia.com. Enjoy the Show!


	Jessi Evans (Helen Keller) attends Dover Middle School and is currently in eighth grade. She performs in many of the school plays and is right now working on Willy Wonka Jr. In her career at Garrison Players, she has performed in many productions in both the children's and teen theater groups. She is also assistant director for the teen theaters' production of Little Women. The Miracle Worker is Jessi's first main stage production.


			Isabelle Salvati (Martha) has been involved with Garrison Players since 2007, attending the summer youth theatre program, first with George Hosker and then Autumn Allen. She has since appeared in many of the Youth Theatre productions including, A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Anderson, Charlotte's Web, Earthlings and The Witches. This is her first Main Stage production. Isabelle is a 6th grader at Berwick Academy.


	Sue Roy (Aunt Ev) has been involved in many aspects of theater over the years. The past few years as stage manager for Hackmatack Playhouse and Rochester Opera House, to name a couple. Her love of being on the stage was rekindled this past summer when stage managing The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Hackmatack, and she also played the stage manager on stage. She thanks Carol Seely for casting her and is thrilled to be in her first performance at Garrison Players. Thanks to the wonderful cast for making her feel welcome.


			Charles Picardy (James) was born in Rome, NY, and attended High School in Dover. He renewed his interest in an acting career in his junior year, with a cameo role in The Importance of Being Earnest and played Wilson the Caretaker in Harvey in his senior year. Chaz is currently employed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where he works at their local commissary as a contractor and loves music, animals, video games, and theatre, of course.


	Gerald Finley (Anagos) is a veteran member of the Garrison Players. For more than 35 years he has worked on all phases of production – on stage, backstage, painting, hammering, directing and anything that was needed. He loves this play and is glad to be a part of this wonderful story. And on top of everything else, Theatre is Fun!! So come join us.


			Heather Rudzenski (Annie Sullivan) has performed on stages ranging from areas surrounding Washington DC, NYC and now New England. She was recently nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Drama/Comedy by the NHTA for her previous Garrison Players role as Amber McKenny in History of the Roses. Go GP!!!! Heather looks forward to working extensively throughout the New England area in both Theatre and Film. She recently finished a film called Baggage, written and directed by Jennifer Hall, which can be found on IMDB within the year. Thanks to mi padres for all of their support, love and motivation! Nostrovia!


	Pa'Mela Ramsay (Viney), the youngest of nine, was born in a family very much immersed in the arts and she was raised in the Puddle Dock area of Portsmouth. She was first introduced to theater at the ripe old age of three, appearing the movie Lost Boundries. In 1983 she appreared with Garrison Players in the musical, Showboat. Pa'Mela is a massage therapist in Dover.


			Reagan Smith (Blind Girl) has performed at Garrison Players in The Trials of Goldilocks, A Grimm Story of Hans Christian Anderson, Earthlings, Charlotte’s Web and Robin Hood. She has been part of Broadway Kids at the Pearl in Portsmouth, and has taken classes at Seacoast Rep. Reagan is 8 years old and in 3rd grade at Garrison Elementary School. Lizzie MacEachern (Blind Girl) is a seventh grader at Northwood School. Lizzie’s favorite roles were in Charlotte’s Web, The Secret Garden, and Once On This Island. She is currently rehearsing as Beth in Little Women. Katie MacEachern (Blind Girl) is new to Garrison Players. Her favorite roles have been in The Secret Garden, Story Theatre, and Arabian Nights. She is currently in eighth grade at Northwood School. Emily Stafford (Blind Girl) is fourteen years old, is home schooled and in eighth grade.She was seen in Cinderella, School of Rock, The Witches, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 101 Dalmatians, Charlotte's Web and more. She enjoys singing, dancing, and the arts, and thanks her parents, family, grade school art and music teachers, and the director, cast, and crew.

	Portrait photographs courtesy of Photography by Carin

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