Feb 27-Mar 20 | Fallon House
PG - Contains intense physical and emotional conflict, references to institutionalization and historical attitudes toward disability.
Playing in rotating rep with Great Expectations
Young Helen Keller has spent most of her life deafblind, without a shared language through which she can fully communicate with her family. Her parents have exhausted every way they know to help. Then Annie Sullivan arrives, a young teacher with a difficult past, an uncompromising will and complete faith in Helen’s intelligence.
As Annie challenges the habits and fears that govern the Keller household, teacher and student enter a fierce contest of patience, trust and determination. William Gibson’s Tony Award-winning drama brings their true story to the stage with humor, tension and remarkable emotional force.
Playing at the Historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park, 11175 Washington St., Columbia, California.
The Miracle Worker is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
“Interesting, absorbing and moving.”
The New York Post
“A still-potent example of a powerful true-life story…”
The Hollywood Reporter
William Gibson was born in 1914 in New York City. He wrote poetry, fiction, and scripts for stage, television, and film. His plays include The Miracle Worker (Tony Award for Best Play, 1960), which was originally produced for television’s Playhouse 90; Two for the Seesaw; A Cry of Players; Golda; The Butterfingers Angel; Monday After the Miracle; Goodly Creatures; and Handy Dandy. He wrote the novel The Cobweb, as well as the musical adaptation of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy. His books include The Seesaw Log; A Mass for the Dead, a study of his family; and Winter Crook, a volume of poetry. His book A Season in Heaven examines metaphysics and the creative process, while Shakespeare’s Game is a critical study. He was married to psychoanalyst Margaret Brenman-Gibson, whose biography, Clifford Odets, American Playwright, appeared in 1982.
Scott Viets is Sierra Rep’s Executive Producer. He has directed over 60 shows for SRT since his arrival in 2002. As a director, his SRT favorites include The Wizard of Oz, Intimate Apparel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Story, All My Sons, Shipwrecked, The Robber Bridegroom, and The Glass Menagerie. Thank you for supporting live theatre and continuing (or beginning) your journey with us!
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
‡ indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)