TUSCUMBIA-The 58th season of The Miracle Worker play at Ivy Green, the Home of Helen Keller, begins this Friday, June 7. The play will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights though July 13.
The play depicts the life of Keller, from the discovery of her deafness and blindness, caused by a fever when she was 19 months old, to her learning to communicate with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan. The climax of the play is when Keller spells w-a-t-e-r in Sullivan’s hand as water flows from the well pump. The miracle occurred barely a month after Sullivan arrived at Ivy Green in March 1887 to begin teaching an unruly and stubborn, 6-year-old. It is the Official State Outdoor Drama for Alabama and has been named a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society and a Top 100 event by the American Bus Association.
The gates at Ivy Green open at 6:30 p.m. for the play with the performance getting underway at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for reserved seats, $10 for general admission and include a self-guided tour of Ivy Green and its grounds. Concessions are available.
For tickets, or more details, call Ivy Green at 256-383-4066.
