BWW TV: Daisy Eagan of North Carolina Theatre's WIT
Starring in North Carolina Theatre's upcoming production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-Winning play Wit from April 29th-May 8th is Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan!
At only 11 years old, Eagan became the youngest actress to have ever won a Tony Award as the original Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden back in 1991. You can watch her speech right here.
For more information, please visit:
http://nctheatre.com/shows/wit%20
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