Stageworks' THE SECRET GARDEN to Benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities

STAGEWORKS presents the beloved Broadway musical, The Secret Garden. Featuring a haunting score by Lucy Simon with book and lyrics by MarSha Norman. Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Directed by Stageworks Artistic Director, Don Brown.

The Secret Garden premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 25, 1991 and closed on January 3, 1993 after 709 performances. The musical was directed by Susan H. Schulman with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. It won the 1991 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical (MarSha Norman), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Daisy Eagan), and Best Scenic Design (Heidi Landesman).

The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. Mary Lennox, a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj, is orphaned by a cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to Yorkshire, England, to live with relatives whom she has never met. Her own personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as to her sickly cousin and uncle.

The Secret Garden's heartwarming story and beautiful, soaring ballads make this Tony Award-winning musical a treat for young and old alike!

Stageworks is theatre for a cause. Proceeds from The Secret Garden will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester, NY. The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester, NY is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. www.ronaldshouse.com

The production features Kristen Emery (Lily), Elizabeth Michalek (Mary), Jared Woodhouse (Archibald), Devon Darrow (Neville), Peyton Elliott (Dickon), Isabella Denysenko (Martha), Andrea Fragnito (Rose), Aaron Grippo (Albert), Heather Rene (Mrs. Medlock), Tracy Chang (Ben), Benjamin Tantalo & Aden Bany Ata (Colin),

Melchard James Rafael (Fakir), Megan Samoriski (Ayah), Eddie Passero (Lt. Shaw), James Bradford (Lt. Wright), Chelsea Armour-Miller (Alice), Chris Floro (Major Holmes), Josie Bradley (Claire), Joey Chacon (Major Shelley), Summer Kilbourn (Mrs. Shelley), Lois Fiegl (Mrs. Winthrop), Sofia Fragnito (Jane), Amelia LiBritz, Megan McPherson, Ethan Perkins, AlexAndrea Peters, Andrew Tantalo, Elizabeth Tantalo, & Jackie Vazquez.

Friday, June 24 & Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 7:30pm

Thomas F. Bell Auditorium, Aquinas Institute
1127 Dewey Avenue, Rochester, NY (air-conditioned; free on-site parking)

Tickets: $14 and $12 (students and senior citizens) through June 23; $16 and $14 beginning June 24 and at the door. Tickets are available in advance through our website: www.StageworksROC.org