"I stumbled upon the recent production of Merrily We Roll Along with Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe and like most of the internet, I became obsessed. Afterwards, I went down a Groff rabbit hole tracking down interviews and cast recordings. I was drawn to how bubbly he was, how smiley he was. Groff had a joyous energy that was infectious. His voice was like melted chocolate. I both loved and envied his calmness and his openness to the world."
"Ever since I was small, I've had a stammer. It ruled my life for a long time. I couldn't make phone calls or ask for things in shops. I couldn't stand up for myself or even say my name properly. Young children would laugh at me and well-meaning adults would pat me on the shoulder and finish my sentences. Going through life, I never really felt that people knew me."
"Teaching with a stammer was humiliating. My mouth was sore at the end of every day and I felt defeated because the kids could never understand me. There, watching Jonathan Groff at 3am, I felt something shift. Maybe, just maybe, I could have his strength After failing teacher training, my therapist suggested to me that I register for something called the McGuire Programme to learn a new way of speaking."
A teacher on a training placement in Donegal discovers a performance of Merrily We Roll Along starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe and becomes captivated, tracking interviews and recordings. The teacher admires Groff's bubbly, smiley demeanor, infectious joyous energy, and voice described as "melted chocolate," and envies his calmness and openness. The teacher has had a lifelong stammer that severely limited phone calls, shopping, self-assertion, and classroom teaching, provoking laughter and over-helpful adults. Teaching felt humiliating and isolating. Watching Groff sparked a sense of possible change, and a therapist recommended the McGuire Programme to learn a new way of speaking.
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