Our new WPS Theatre Repertory Company, advised by Mrs. Rosemarie Redman, will perform The Secret Garden, April 3 and 4, 7:00 pm, at the Cypress Center for the Arts. This production will be adjudicated for The Applause Awards.

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved victorian classic, The Secret Garden, blossoms anew in this enchanting musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon. When young Mary Lennox loses her parents to a cholera outbreak in India, she is sent to live with her uncle, hermit Archibald Craven, who lives in an imposing, secluded manor on the British heath. Inside the haunting house upon the hill, Mary finds a reclusive, long-suffering collection of souls. Since her aunt Lily’s death, Mary’s uncle has pushed away his surviving loved ones, leaving his bedridden son, Colin, alone. Sickly Colin, hidden away in the depths of the manner, bears the guilt of his mother’s death on his crippled shoulders. When Mary discovers her Aunt Lily’s hidden garden, locked and overgrown with vines, stubborn Mary is determined to revive the beauty that once was. Surrounded by spirits from the past, who both warn and welcome her, determined Mary begins to peel away the layers of sadness that cover the house and the garden, showing us the power that “one small girl” can have when she “wants things to grow.”

The audition panel was so impressed with our student’s talents and has created this cast list for the production of The Secret Garden.
Jorn Nielsen – (Freelance Director/Lighting Designer for Walt Disney World & Universal Studios)
Scott Savage – (3rd year Master Student in Theatre for Young Audiences with Orlando Rep Theatre & UCF)
Kate Kilpatrick – (3rd year Master Student in Theatre for Young Audiences with Orlando Rep Theatre & UCF)

Meet the Cast:

Mary Lennox, Lyla Tsiokos
Mrs. Medlock/Ayah, Luisa Luo
Rose Lennox(Mary’s Mother), Hannah Nagle
Dr. Neville Craven/ Major Holmes, Harry Sandbrook
Lily, Alex Sheffield
Martha, Sophia Bresciani
Archibald Craven , Cole Jackson
Ben Weatherstaff/ Lieutenant Wright, Joao Marcelo Magalhaes
Dickon/Captain Albert Lennox(Mary’s Father), Jayson Goldner
Colin Craven, Maria Guliesserian
Mrs. Winthrop/Mrs. Shelley, Sienna Morris
Claire Holmes, Lauren Diao
Alice/Choreographer, Ana Leitao

Meet the Student Production Team:

Director, Stuart Sheffield
Assistant Director, Michael Crocetti
Set Designer, Kinilani Magpuri
Lighting Designer, Ashley Oleyar
Choreographer, Ana Leitao
Stage Manager, Lindsay Diab