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THE SECRET GARDEN
adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson
book by Tim Kelly
music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
directed by Hisa Takakuwa
August 8 - August 16, 2009
Nicholas Studio

Everyone will love this charming, upbeat adaptation of a literary classic.  Mary Lennox is sent to live in England after her parents die in India.  Misselthwaite Manor turns out to be a gloomy fortress.  Her uncle is rarely home and his young son, Colin, never leaves his room, convinced he's an incurable invalid.  Mary discovers a strange walled garden that has been locked up for years.  With the gardener's apprentice, Dickson, a lad who can talk to the animals, Mary coaxes the garden back to life.  The garden seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it, allowing Mary to help restore Colin to health and reunite him with his father.  

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Artwork courtesy of South Coast Repertory.