The Chattanooga State Theatre and Music Departments present The Secret Garden, a musical. 

Book & Lyrics by Marsha Norman and Music by Lucy Simon
Based on the Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Directed by Sherry Landrum
Musical Directed by Jennifer Arbogast
Conducted by: Darrin Hassevoort 
Cherogrpahed by: Lindsay Fussel and Sherry Landrum

"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 shot 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 Secret Garden’ cast:

Mary Lennox: Karley Moon
Archibald Craven: Jonathan Wilson
Lily Craven: Jennifer Arbogast
Dr. Neville Craven: Richard Nichols
Martha: Avery Shingler
Colin Craven: Benjamin Brown
Dickon: Christopher Cooper
Ben Weatherstaff: Peyton West
Rose Lennox: Emma Allyn
Albert Lennox: Will Park
Mrs. Medlock: Susan Pyle
Fakir: Tara Riedel
Ayah: Nicole Montgomery
Alice: Jessica Altemose
Lieutenant Wright: Tripp Ladd
Lieutenant Shaw: Ike Hannah
Major Holmes: Andrew Miller
Claire Holmes: Josie Offutt
Major Shelley/William: Nathan Dyar
Mrs. Shelley: Rachel Burdyshaw
Mrs. Wahlman: Selena Calecas
Betsy: Rachel Wahlman
Jane: Makayla Pippin