News and Reviews
Signing, speaking combine well
The Columbus Dispatch, Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Margaret Quamme
The Miracle Worker is, above all, about the role that language plays in connecting human beings.
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Julie Stewart's Annie is warm and determined. Her lines are voiced by Vanessa Becker with steely wit. Reagan Belhorn is spunky as Helen and Sarah Hiance compassionate as her mother, Kate.
Deaf, blind actors add realism to powerful play
The Columbus Dispatch, Thursday, January 8, 2009, Michele Lemmon
After last year's critically acclaimed bilingual production of The Secret Garden, the Phoenix Theatre for Children is tackling The Miracle Worker.
Miracle makers
Columbus Alive, Thursday, January 8, 2009, John Ross
On stage, audiences will witness the script come to life with words and signs. Some deaf actors sign their lines, while a voice actor stands off to the side speaking for them; others speak and sign their lines simultaneously.
Resident to act in production of 'The Miracle Worker'
This Week Community Newspapers Hilliard, Wednesday, January 7, 2009,
Born deaf, Reagan is part of a cast of 17 that includes both deaf and hearing actors, assembled by Phoenix with the help of Columbus Public Schools' Hearing Impaired Program, the Ohio School for the Deaf and Franklin County Deaf Services.