"The Secret Garden" has the happy ending expected of a musical. There ends most of the similarities between it and the general lot of bubble-gum/pop family shows. "Secret Garden" is a heartwarming, character-driven play touched by melancholy at its most beautiful, with redemption and love at its core.
Synopsis The Secret Garden is about a young girl, Mary Lennox, who, upon the deaths of her parents, is sent away from her home in India to live with her distant, often absent uncle Andrew Craven in his Yorkshire, England manor. Shortly after arriving, the spoiled, sullen girl discovers an old, abandoned garden and gradually she morphs into a spirited, healthy and kind child. With the help of a local boy whose sister works in the manor, she is able to transform the secret garden to a place filled with beauty and life. Along the way she uncovers many other secrets as well, and the roses in the garden are not the only inhabitants of the Yorkshire property to grow and improve as a result.
The Secret Garden
Cast
Mary Lennox………………………………………………………………………..…………Hillary Simons Mrs. Medlock……………………………………………………..……………...…………..Carol Bachman Andrew Craven…………………………………………………..…………...…………..Welland Hardwick Martha……………………………………………………………….………………………….Brittany Gould Ben Weatherstaff………………………………………………….………...………………..John Basnight Nurse Grey……………………………………………………….……………………………Emma Perlwitz Dr. Spencer……………………………………………………………………..………………….Jim Weigel Mrs. Appleby………………………………………………………...……………….Marian Marchesseault Dickon………………………………………………………………………………………Chance Andersen Colin Craven……………………………………………………….….……………………….Connor LaPrey
Production Staff
Director…………………………………………………….……..…….....………………..Emily Westbrook Assistant Director………………………………………...………...…………….……Nicole Panteleakos Stage Manager…………………………………………………...………………..…………Jessica Green Artistic Committee Consultant……………….....…………..…………………….…………Dee Hopcroft Producers……………………………………...……………..……Jeanne Foley, Marian Marchesseault Set Design………………………….………..…………….....…………………………………Rachel Lewis Set Artists………………………………..……………..……………….…..Rachel Lewis, Jenny Crandall Lighting Design…………………………......………....……………………………………………..Bob Sloat Set Construction……………………………………………………..…………..Chuck Merritt, Bob Perry Costumes……………………………….…….......………….......................Emily Westbrook, Jen Magrey Props……………………………………..………………………..……..Melinda Collelo, Bonnie Theriault Lighting Technician……………………...…………………………………………….…………Steph Brine Sound Technician……………………….……………………………………………………Jon Carpentier Spotlights……………………………………………………………………..Kathy LaPrey, Sandra Leone Volunteer Coordinator………………..………..…………………………………………...………Will Child Stage Crew………………………..…………..……………Mike Marchesseault, Steve Marchesseault
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