Playhouse in the Park's “The Secret Garden” stars CCM graduates - The News Record
After she loses her parents to a cholera outbreak in India, Mary is sent to live in England with her hunchbacked, inattentive uncle, Archibald Craven. “The Secret Garden” is directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who also directed and choreographed “Cabaret” at the Playhouse in 2013. Connolly said University of Cincinnati students will enjoy Dodge’s beautiful vision for the show. Connolly spends the majority of her time onstage playing Claire Holmes. Although Holmes perishes alongside Mary's parents in the cholera epidemic, Connolly becomes a part of Mary's story as a sort of ghost, helping to guide her through her time at her uncle’s manor. “I fancy myself a fairly kind person, so getting to play with this kind of demented evil can be really fun,” Connolly said. After graduating from CCM in 2011, Connolly has toured with several international orchestras, including Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Niagara Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Japan, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra in Singapore and the Evergreen... Monley graduated from CCM in 2000 and plays Dr. Neville Craven, the younger brother of Archibald Craven who desires to have his brother’s estate to himself. Source: www.newsrecord.org
