The Secret Garden

Starring

Isabella Convertino as Mary Lennox

and

Liz Keifer as Rose

This is the Musical based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman; Music by Lucy Simon.

The Secret Garden is the story of Mary Lennox, a rich, spoiled child who finds herself suddenly an orphan when cholera wipes out the entire Indian village where she was living with her parents. She is sent to live in England with her only surviving relative, an uncle who has lived an unhappy life since the death of his wife 10 years ago. Archibald’s son, Colin, has been ignored by his father who sees Colin only as the cause of his wife’s death.

This is essentially the story of three lost, unhappy souls who, together, learn how to live again while bringing Colin’s mother’s garden back to life.