The Strawberry Playhouse will open its spring season with "The Miracle Worker," a Tony Award winning American classic written by William Gibson.

The play, directed by Lucille Fala-Brennan, will be performed at the playhouse, located at 60 Church St., Tuscarora, at 7:30 p.m., on April 24 and 25, and May 1 and 2; and at 2 p.m. on April 26 and May 3."The Miracle Worker" is a true story of the determined teacher, Annie Sullivan, who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate with the outside world.Hellen Keller conveyed "Once I knew only darkness and stillness … my life was without past or future … but a little word from fingers of another into my hand that clutched at emptiness and my heart leaped to the rapture of the living."The play's cast includes Stephanie Mau as Annie Sullivan, Lily McDonald and Alison McCord portraying Helen Keller, Jenna McBreem as Kate Keller, David Bradbury as Capt. Keller, Zach Lonergan as James Keller, Rachelle Coleman as Aunt Ev, Linda Fuentes as Viney, Alexis Bradbury as Martha, Keagan Coleman as Percy and Jimmy, and Steven Mau as Doctor and Anagnos.