THE SECRET GARDEN
Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Lucy Simon
Based on "The Secret Garden"
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Michael Lipp
Musical Direction by Rachel Clifton
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This enchanting classic of children’s literature is now a brilliant musical by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. Orphaned in India, an 11 year old girl returns to Yorkshire to live with an embittered, reclusive uncle and his invalid son. The estate includes a magic locked garden. Flashbacks, dream sequences, a strolling chorus of ghosts, and some of the most beautiful music ever written for Broadway dramatize The Secret Garden’s compelling tale of regeneration. This Tony Award winner is a treasure for children and adults. Rated G
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Friday, June 6 at 8:00PM
Saturday, June 7 at 8:00PM
Sunday, June 8 at 2:30PM
Thursday, June 12 at 7:30PM
Friday, June 13 at 8:00PM
Saturday, June 14 at 8:00PM
Sunday, June 15 at 2:30PM
Thursday, June 19 at 7:30PM
Friday, June 20 at 8:00PM
Saturday, June 21 at 8:00PM
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Auditions are Sunday, March 30
1:00 PM (Children) and 2:00 PM (Adults)
Children only (for the roles of Mary and Colin) at 1:00 p.m. (Children may be asked to stay for readings with adults at 2:00 p.m.) Adult roles at 2:00 p.m.
Please prepare 16 bars of a Broadway ballad (not from The Secret Garden) – please bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided – no a cappella or recorded music auditions will be accepted. The audition may also include cold readings from the script. There will be no movement audition.
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AVAILABLE ROLES
(Cast of 22) ALL CHARACTERS SING and have spoken or solo vocal lines, almost all having both.
CHILDREN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mary Lennox: a ten-year-old girl (Mezzo-Soprano)
Colin Craven: Archibald Craven’s ten-year-old son (Tenor)
ADULTS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(10 men & 10 women, with possible doubling)
Archibald Craven: Mary’s uncle, and lord of Misselthwaite Manor (Tenor)
Dr. Neville Craven: Archibald Craven’s brother (Baritone)
Ben Weatherstaff :head gardener (Baritone)
Dickon: Martha’s brother (Tenor)
Lily: Mary’s aunt, Archibald Craven’s wife, now dead (Soprano)
Mrs. Medlock: Archibald Craven’s housekeeper (Choral singing only)
Martha: a housemaid (Alto)
Mrs. Winthrop: headmistress (Choral singing only)
Jane: a housemaid (Choral singing only)
“DREAMERS” (the chorus of named characters from the past who inhabit the stage nearly constantly as ghosts and in memory scenes)
Captain Albert Lennox: Mary’s father (Tenor)
Lieutenant Wright: officer in Mary’s father’s unit (Baritone)
Lieutenant Shaw: fellow officer (Second Tenor)
Major Shelley: officer (Baritone)
Major Holmes: officer (Baritone)
Fakir: an Indian mystic (Tenor)
Rose Lennox: Mary’s mother (Soprano)
Alice: Rose’s friend (Mezzo-Soprano)
Mrs. Shelley: Major Shelley’s wife (Alto)
Claire Holmes: Major Holmes’ wife (Mezzo-Soprano)
Ayah: Mary’s Indian nanny (Mezzo-Soprano)
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