Cambridge Headed to State in One Act

CAMBRIDGE - For the first time in 17 years, the Cambridge One Act Play Production is headed to State.

Cambridge took first place at the district meet it hosted Monday and will take its production of “The Miracle Worker” on to the State competition, though it was still uncertain how the State competition would be conducted as of press time. It’s scheduled to be held in Norfolk next Thursday, December 10.

“The Miracle Worker” is a 3o-minute adpatation of a work from William Gibson. In the play, Helen is a bright, strong, energetic child -- but left both blind and deaf in the wake of an illness as a baby, she is also a feral, frustrated mystery to her exhausted family. As a last resort, her family send for a governess from the prestigious Perkins Institute for the Blind, and get Annie Sullivan, a lively and stubborn Yankee girl, barely out of school herself, with the experience of childhood blindness -- now cured, after numerous operations -- and the title of valedictorian her main recommendations. Driven by the demons of her traumatic past, Annie, the unlikely Miracle Worker, fights to reach Helen and bring light to the darkness of her mind. But faced with the well-meaning pity of the Kellers, the curious sneers of James, and the fearful, furious trickery of Helen herself, it will take all of Annie’s patience, creativity, and firmness of spirit to bring about the transformation of Helen, the trapped wild creature, into Helen, the brilliant and communicative child she could become.

The cast list is as follows:

Doctor: Domonic Ayer

Kate: Gaby Raburn

Keller: Shane Horwart

Helen: Grace Brown

Aunt Ev: Destiny Guess

James: Brodie Mitchell

Viney: Ali Webb

Annie: Jacey Kent

Percy: Bailee Ahlemeyer

Martha: Brenna Deterding

Technical Crew: Korinne Benson, Chloe Besler, Kyle Borland, Jacob Corbett, Jordyn Cross, Autumn Deterding, Leah Downer, Austin Harris, Keithen Huntley, Jalen Kent, Kamryn McArthur, Emma Rasmussen, Shiloh Shepherd, Brylyn Springer and Megan tenBensel.