{"id":52844,"date":"2018-10-04T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=52844"},"modified":"2018-10-04T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:27:47","slug":"theatre-secret-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/theatre-secret-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Theatre starts off the season with performance of &#8216;The Secret Garden&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See the secret unfold as the Northern Arizona University <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/theatre\/\">Department of Theatre<\/a> brings \u201cThe Secret Garden\u201d to life, launching the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett\u2019s 1911 beloved children\u2019s novel, \u201cThe Secret Garden\u201d is about a young girl named Mary Lennox. After her parents died, she is sent to live with her wealthy uncle, Archibald Craven, in Yorkshire, England. With a mansion full of secrets and a mysterious person crying, Mary uses a secluded garden as her escape. With the help of unexpected friends, she is determined to bring the garden back to life.<\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s novel was adapted for stage by Arizona playwright Pamela Sterling and directed by theatre professor <strong>Robert Yowell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis enchanting story will fill the theatre with magic, mystery and music,\u201d Yowell said. \u201cIt gently teaches audiences of all ages about the healing power of nature and how human connection and boundless love are important to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Garden\u201d will be performed\u00a06 p.m. Oct. 12; 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 13; 2 p.m. Oct. 14; 6 p.m. Oct. 19; 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 20; and 2 p.m. Oct. 21, in the Clifford E. White Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $8 for students and youth, $12 for seniors and NAU faculty and staff and $14 for general admission. <a href=\"https:\/\/ev11.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=THE&amp;linkID=twnau&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\">Tickets can be purchased online<\/a> or in person at the NAU Central Ticket Office in the University Union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/theatre-secret-garden\/\">See the secret unfold as the Northern Arizona University Department of Theatre brings \u201cThe Secret Garden\u201d to life, launching the 2018-19 season. Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett\u2019s 1911 beloved children\u2019s novel, \u201cThe Secret Garden\u201d is about a young girl named Mary Lennox. After her parents died, she is sent to live with her wealthy uncle,&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":52845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}