The Secret Garden

Central Theatre Ensemble at Central Washington University presents ?The Secret Garden? a musical by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon adapted from the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. When a cholera epidemic takes her family, spoiled and self-absorbed 11-year-old Mary Lennox is transplanted from India to Yorkshire to live with her bitter uncle and his invalid son. When Mary finds a magical locked garden, her own personality begins to bloom and she helps her broken family heal. Norman and Simon retell Burnett?s classic novel with the help of a chorus of ghosts and hauntingly beautiful music. This Tony Award winning treasure is suitable for family audiences. Children who cannot sit independently for over two hours should not attend this production. For the enjoyment of all audience members babies in arms are not permitted.