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"The Secret Garden" The Musical Seeks Kids and Teens

Sidney, OH, United States
ID: 567067Exp: 5/2/2024
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"The Secret Garden: The Musical" - Casting kids and teens ages 10+. Details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances. The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. Mary Lennox, an 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 the moors of Yorkshire, England, to live in the manor of a brooding uncle she has never met. There, her personality blossoms among the other residents of the manor as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden. Additional info: Please prepare 32 bars of a song that is not from the show for your audition. If you would like to use a backing track, please have it ready. Directors highly encourage the use of a backing track. If you cannot attend in-person auditions, please click on the attached document to submit an online video audition. If interested, please apply.

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18 roles

Mary LennoxFemale9-11 y.o.All ethnicities

Soprano, British accent. Raised mainly by servants in British Colonial India, Mary lacks refinement and social grace. She has not yet learned to be a refined, British young lady and instead has been reared as a spoiled and entitled child. When her parents die of cholera, Mary is brought to her uncle’s home in England.

Colin CravenMale10-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Treble/Boy Soprano, British accent. Colin is Lily and Archibald’s son. He is bedridden, for fear that a “lump” in his back will soon grow into a hunchback like his father’s. Colin is quite certain that he will die very soon. If he ever leaves his bed (which is rare), Colin must be pushed in a wheelchair.

DickonMale6-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor, Yorkshire accent. Dickon is Martha’s younger brother and assists Ben with the caretaking of the grounds. He grew up on the Misselthwaite grounds, so he’s intimately connected to the land. Dickon has quite the green thumb, as well as a special touch with the animals. It even seems, sometimes, like Dickon can speak with them.

MarthaFemale7-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano, Yorkshire accent. Martha is a faithful housekeeper at Misselthwaite Manor and becomes Mary’s main caretaker when she arrives. Martha is charming and frank and knows how to speak to Mary, who can be a bit of a tough nut to crack. She refuses to kowtow to the demands of either Mary or Colin, who respect Martha’s commands.

Mrs. WinthropFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Spoken, a British accent. The patient and professional headmistress of a boarding school for girls, that specializes in handling girls with tempers. Little Mary Lennox, however, tests this hardened professional to her limits, and Mrs. Winthrop leaves, informing Mary’s wealthy uncle, Archbald, that she cannot take Mary because the girl has “a medical problem.”

Mrs. MedlockFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Spoken, with a British accent. The Cravens’ longtime housekeeper. She is rigid, professional, and outwardly cold. She has no patience for Mary’s temper and poor humor, but she is incredibly good at her job. Archibald depends greatly on her, for logistical and emotional support.

RoseFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Soprano, Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. British accent. Rose is Captain Lennox’s wife and Mary’s mother. She is also Lily’s sister. Rose cannot understand how Lily could love a man as closed-off and cold as Archibald appears to be. The two sisters, who care about each other deeply, fight bitterly over Lily’s match

Captain Albert LennoxMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. British accent. Rose’s husband and Mary’s father. He is very distant from his daughter, Mary, in her childhood, preoccupying himself with matters that he finds unsuitable for children and leaving his daughter to be cared for almost exclusively by servants. He is a brave, respectable British captain until his life is taken in the cholera outbreak.

Ben WeatherstaffMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor A self-professed “older man,” Ben is the caretaker of the grounds, and has secretly been maintaining Lily’s garden, though it has been locked shut following Lily’s death. Witty Ben is grizzled, old, and wise, and safely guards many secrets about the garden. Although he follows the dictates of Archibald to keep the garden closed and barred, he reveals its existence and the story behind it to Mary.

AliceFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Soprano Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. British accent. A wealthy, somewhat snooty friend of Rose; judgmental of the Indian servants.

Lieutenant WrightMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. An officer in Captain Lennox's unit. Along with Lieutenant Shaw, he discovers Mary, alone, after the cholera outbreak kills the rest of her family and their servants. He is brave, kind, and compassionate.

Lieutenant ShawMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Baritone Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. An officer in Captain Lennox's unit. Along with Lieutenant Wright, he discovers Mary, alone, after the cholera outbreak kills the rest of her family and their servants. He is brave, kind, and compassionate.

Major HolmesMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. A Major in the British Army. He helps Mary onto the train which takes her to Misselthwaite Manor. He is brave, kind, and compassionate.

Major ShellyMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor A Major in the British Army. He helps Mary onto the train which takes her to Misselthwaite Manor. He is brave, kind, and compassionate.

Mrs. Claire HolmesFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. British. The wife of Major Holmes. They were friends of Mary’s parents before their death.

Mrs. ShellyFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. British. The wife of Major Shelly. They were friends of Mary’s parents before their death.

FakirMale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. Indian accent, speaks in Farsi. He is a Hindu ascetic who performs a chant.

AyahFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano Member of the ensemble of Dreamers. Indian accent, speaks in Farsi. Mary’s beloved Indian nanny, who perishes in the cholera outbreak. Like a mother to Mary.