SUMMARY

Immortalized on screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor and dramatic tension, The Miracle Worker explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge.

Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, young Helen is violent and spoiled, treated by her family as subhuman. Only Annie sees a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from Helen's dark, tortured silence. After scenes of intense physical and emotional struggle, Helen's breakthrough finally arrives with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water."

MEDIA

“A still-potent example of a powerful true-life story related in heart-tugging fashion.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Terrifically effective... the playwright, William Gibson, takes time out for tears throughout, all the while remaining truthful to noble themes: the power of teaching, the glory and the life of the mind.” – The New York Times

“Interesting, absorbing and moving.” – The New York Post

“A still-potent example of a powerful true-life story related in heart-tugging fashion... If anyone can remain unmoved during the famous climactic water-pump scene, they're made of stern stuff, indeed.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Luminous... Something monumental happens when 7-year-old Helen Keller, pumping water into a pitcher, makes the essential learning connection, from sensation to symbol to meaning.” – The New York Times

Stage Door Productions, Inc. has provided theatre opportunities in the Fredericksburg, Virginia community since 1999. Through main stage shows, youth productions, camps, and other educational programming, Stage Door has touched countless individuals in the area who seek the unique experience that is live theatre. Our Stage Door family includes theatre professionals, late-blooming novices, talented amateurs, aspiring youth, enthusiastic supporters, and appreciative audiences.

Our season includes between nine and twelve main stage plays per year, produced by Stage Door or other area production companies under a partnership agreement, as well as an original One Act Play Festival, and two youth performances and multiple workshops for both young and old. We provide performing arts camps for youth and workshops for all ages. Our program also includes Stage Door Stars, a theatre enrichment experience for our special needs' community. As a thriving arts organization, our goal is to continue to grow and develop in new ways, seeking to increase theatre opportunities for all facets of our community. 

Come join us in our new 6,000 square foot facility with both a 44-foot main stage seating two hundred on eight tiered levels and our playhouse theater for smaller productions.    Stage Door is living up to our core value statement as we now offer under a shared basis the facility to other local theater groups, partnering with all, to truly bring the THEATER TO ALL, and keep the arts alive in our community through shared resources.

Thank you to Lifetime Corporate Benefactor Manfredi Insurance Group - Allstate of Northern Virginia who generously provided over $100,000 to help build the new THEATER FOR ALL, and the on-going $1,000 annual Good Hands Grant - supporting the Allstate Community Theater of Fredericksburg project.

The Mission

Stage Door Productions, Inc. entertains and inspires audiences, provides an outlet for artistic expression and creative passion, educates and enriches area youth, serves children with special needs, and preserves locally the art of live theatre through performances, programming, education, and outreach in our community.

The Vision

Stage Door Productions, Inc. envisions a thriving theatre community in Fredericksburg, Virginia where the theatre arts are celebrated, community members of all ages and backgrounds are engaged in the local theatre scene, and creative collaborations and partnerships are encouraged to foster a greater appreciation for the arts in our area and beyond.

The Core Value

Stage Door Productions believes in Theater For All!

Volunteer Today

Come Break A Leg with us – Volunteers of all experience levels are desired and welcomed with open arms.  Whether you want to be a star or stay behind the scenes, we have some great opportunities for you to learn more about the theater and arts.  Join us today.