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Stephanie Campbell has come full circle, in a way, since she received her master of fine arts degree from the University of Arizona in 1983.

She's back on the stage she acted on when she was a student here. And it's named for Peter Marroney, the longtime head of the UA drama department and the man who taught her the skills to act and direct.

Campbell, now a professor of theater at Montana State University in Bozeman, is guest-directing Arizona Repertory Theatre Company's production of William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker."

"To be able to come back, to direct on the same stage where I acted and assistant-directed for Peter Marroney is a huge honor," says Campbell.

"What's more," she adds with a chuckle, "I'm having a blast!"

"The Miracle Worker" debuted on TV's "Playhouse 90" more than 50 years ago and was adapted as a Broadway play in 1959. But it received most of its widespread recognition when it was made into a hit movie starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in 1962.

The true story is of a deaf and blind and seemingly unreachable child, Helen Keller, and Annie Sullivan, the teacher who managed to reach her and open the world for her. It's a powerful piece of drama and a moving story of successful therapy.

"It's the essence of . . . what humans can reach for and accomplish under the most adverse of conditions or experiences," said Campbell.

She brings a particularly appropriate tool to the directing process — the Mask Exploration workshops she has developed.

"The idea behind mask exploration," Campbell said, "is to give actors a chance to really mobilize their inner strengths by covering the face and encouraging intuitive insights, allowing information about the character to simply come to them instead of going after it consciously."