SUPERB! The direction by Casey Long and KC Wilkerson pulls the show's many disparate elements into a cohesive whole that will challenge young audiences and hold the interest of older viewers.”
Orange County Register

Checkbox WOW!
“With considerable talent
behind it, The Secret Garden will be weaving its musical spell throughout the holiday season.”
StageSceneLA

PHENOMENAL!
A production that you are not going to want to miss out on.”
Yahoo! Associated Content

A MUST FOR FAMILIES!
This year’s Holiday Literature show at the Chance is enlightening and emotion-filled.”
OC Arts & Culture

SUITABLE
FOR ALL
AGES

 

 

TONY AWARD WINNER

November 19 - December 26, 2010
The Secret Garden,
the Musical

Music by Lucy Simon
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Directed by Casey Long* & KC Wilkerson**
Musical Direction by Mike Wilkins**
Choreographed by Robert Hahn

 




CAPTION: IF I HAD A FINE WHITE HORSE
Chambermaid Martha (Kellie Spill) tries to convince Mary (Sarah Pierce) that there is a lot to do outside when you use your imagination in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio



CAPTION: SHOW ME THE KEY
Mary (Sarah Pierce) is hoping to find the key to the secret with some help from a strange gardener named Dickon (Kyle Cooper) in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: ARE YOU MY FATHER NOW?
Archibald (Paul Kehler) meets his niece, Mary (Sarah Pierce) for the first time in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: CAN IT BE A DREAM?
Mary (Sarah Pierce) finds herself lost in a hedge maze and has a brief encounter with the ghosts of her parents (Robert Parkison and Rachel McLaughlan) in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: A BIT OF EARTH
Neville (Jason James) observes Mary (Sarah Pierce) make a simple request from her uncle (Paul Kehler) -- some earth to plant a garden -- in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: THE HEAD GARDENER
Ben (Richard Comeau) looks at a picture of Lily, the former owner of the secret garden, as Mary (Sarah Pierce) waits for an explanation of the garden's location in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: THE GIRL I MEAN TO BE
When Mary (Sarah Pierce) wonders if the secret garden can be the place where she can be herself in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: OFF TO SCHOOL
Mrs. Winthrop (Eloise Coopersmith) has arrived at the request of Neville (Jason James) to take Mary (Sarah Pierce) away from the Misselthwaite household in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: JOURNEY TO MISSELTHWAITE
Mrs. Medlock (Sherry Domerego) takes Mary (Sarah Pierce) to her new home, a gloomy house on a hill with many secrets and spirits haunting the halls in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: WON'T HER FATHER WAKE HER UP TO PLAY?
The Fakir (Miguel Cardenas) watches as Mary (Sarah Pierce) wakes up to the nightmare that her entire family is gone due to a cholera outbreak in India in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: LIFT ME UP
Lily (Laura Hathaway) and Dreamer (Maxwell Myers) watch as young, sick Colin (Dillon Klena) finds the strength to get out of his bed and travel outside in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: HOW COULD I EVER KNOW?
While Archibald (Paul Kehler) continues to mourn her death, Lily (Laura Hathway) wishes she could help him find a way to move on in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: IT'S A MAZE THIS GARDEN
Mary (Sarah Pierce) is lost in a thunderstorm where spirits, including her lost Ayah (Courtney Davis), drive her toward the door to the garden in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: SHE'S A SOUR YOUNG THING
Mary (Sarah Pierce) patiently waits as the Major and his wife (Maxwell Myers and Courtney Davis) speak with Mrs. Medlock (Sherry Domerego) in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: MARY'S MOTHER
Rose (Rachel McLaughlan) never had much time for her daughter while she was alive, but is hoping to help her after death in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio


CAPTION: MARY'S FATHER
Albert (Robert Parkison) desperately looks for Mary while he tries to fight off death in The Secret Garden, the Musical, playing at the Chance Theater thru December 26th.
CREDIT: Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio

 



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