THE SECRET GARDEN
By Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Robert Bradley
Music Directed by Gary Lyons
Vocal Direction by Ned Wilkinson

Sunday, September 12,  6:00 PM  Adults
Monday, September 13,  6:00 PM  Children – Boys (Colin)
                                    7:30 PM  Children – Girls (Mary)
Tuesday, September 14, 6:00 PM  Adults
Wednesday, September 15, Callbacks if needed.
At The Vandivort Theatre, 305 E. Walnut, 4th Floor

What to prepare:

Adults: Bring a prepared reading of some kind ( about two minutes) and one ballad (slow) song.
Children: Song will be provided at audition. Children will be doing a cold reading from the script.
Pianist will be provided.

Roles for 7 young people
Mary Lennox: ten years old. Spoiled but grow into a caring, nurturing individual.
Colin Craven: boy soprano. ten years old. spoiled, tantrum-throwing, bed-ridden, but learns to grow.
Dickon: mid-to-late teens. Belting Tenor. Full-of-life, wise beyond his years.
Chorus of four children, who sing and are puppeteers.

Roles for 15 Adults
Women: 7, from 20s to 50s
Men 8, from 30s to 60s

Archibald Craven: Late 30-40's Baritone/Tenor. caught up in the sorrow of the death of his young wife in childbirth. Father to Colin
Dr. Neville Craven: mid 30's Baritone/Tenor. Younger brother to Archie, means well, but cannot forget that if Archie and Colin die, he inherits the extensive estate.
Ben Weatherstaff: 50-60's Baritone. Gardener, gruff, crusty, but caring. Yorkshire accent.
Martha: 20's Belting Alto. Sister to Dickon. Mary's chambermaid, not much education, but wise in the way of people.
Mrs. Medlock: 30's-50's, Housekeeper, feels much put upon.

Dreamers (Ghosts from the Indian past and at Misselthwaite Manor)
They sing and sing and sing, then some more...(they are the backbone of the show)
Lily: Late 20's-early 30's. Clear Lyric Soprano. Archibald's wife: warm, caring , nurturing; lovely.
Rose Lennox: Soprano. Late 20's-early 30's. Mary's mother, selfish, self-centered
Alice: Soprano. Late 20's-early 30's. Friend of Rose.
Clair Holmes: Alto/Soprano. Wife to Major Holmes
Ayah: Alto. 20's-40's Nurse to Mary in India. Mystical
Fakir: Tenor. Protector to Mary in India. Mystical
Albert Lennox: Baritone/Tenor. Early 30's-40's. Mary's father. Cares about his young, neglected daughter.
Major Holmes: Bass
Lt. Ian Shaw: Tenor
Lt. Peter Wright: Baritone

Rehearsals begin Monday, September 27.
Performances November 19-21, 25-28, December 2-5, 7-12, 2010