The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker is the true story of Helen Keller’s discovery of language. Helen, a young girl, has been blind and deaf from infancy. The Keller's, a wealthy Southern family, desperately seek a cure for their daughter. Reaching at their utmost desperation to a school in the north, they find Annie Sullivan, a poor student who travels to live with them to try to tame Helen’s wildness and educate her. The play centers around Annie’s determination to reach within Helen’s young mind and to unlock the key to language. In reaching Helen, Annie finds love in herself and touches our hearts.