The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Directed by Kate Buckley

Costume Design by Joscelyne Oktabetz

Lighting Design by Kenneth Foster

Set in the Keller household in Tuscumbia, Alabama, this design needed to be true to the period accuracy that the script indicates.  However, in an effort not to visually overwhelm Helen’s journey, I felt that this “reality” could be altered slightly.  I became interested in the notion of doors and windows as things that reveal and conceal – similar to the notion of eyes as “windows to the soul”.  So I created an environment without walls – a world without barriers, but rather opportunities.  The design became a complicated puzzle of architectural details that Helen learns to navigate as she discovers hope.

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The House

The Perkins School for the Blind

At the train station

Moving day

In the Garden House

The ladder