THE SECRET GARDEN Plays Imagination Theater, Now thru 9/30

Imagination Theater has announced the musical The Secret Garden, opening tonight, September 7, and running through Sunday, September 30. Shows are at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday (September 13), all Fridays, and Saturdays (Sept. 8, 29). Matinees are at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays (Sept. 15, 22) and all Sundays.

Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnet, The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox, a lonely little girl who is sent to live with her uncle Archibald in Yorkshire, England after being orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India. Still grieving over the loss of his beloved wife Lily and distraught over the condition of his bedridden son, Archibald casts a dark shadow over the manor until Mary discovers a secret garden that had once belonged to Lily. By nursing the garden back to life, Mary restores life to her grieving uncle and his son.

Tickets ($10-$17) can be purchased online at www.it-tickets.org. or through the box office at (530) 642-0404. There are two community nights available (September 7 and 15 at 7:00 p.m.) and ALL tickets for these two shows only are $10. Imagination Theater, located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, brings quality, live, local community theater to Placerville and El Dorado County.