Dr. Neville Craven: 25-40, baritone. Archibald’s younger brother, secretive, jealous, dour.
Lily: 25-35, soprano from middle C to high C. Archibald’s dead wife, sweet, tender, loving.
Martha: 20-25, mezzo/alto belt. Mary’s chambermaid, spunky, high spirited, overwhelmingly optimistic. Yorkshire dialect.
Dickon: 20-25, tenor. Martha’s brother, mischievous, mystical, and “old soul.” Yorkshire dialect.
Ben Weatherstaff: 50+, baritone. Head gardener, gruff yet kind. Yorkshire dialect.
Mrs. Medlock: 30-60, non-singing. Housekeeper, stern and serious.
(The following appear as ghosts and in flashbacks)
Rose Lennox: 25-35, mezzo. Mary’s haughty mother.
Albert Lennox: 30-40. Mary’s loving father.
Ayah: age open, alto. Mary’s nanny in India.
Fakir: age open, high tenor. Mysterious.
The Dreamers: age open, S-A-T-B. To play a variety of roles, all have solo singing lines.
Living in a lonely manor house in 1906 England, Archibald Craven yearns for his beautiful, late wife. He blames his crippled son, Colin, for his wife’s death and has left him neglected and isolated. Their quiet routine is turned upside down when young Mary Lennox, a rich, spoiled child, is sent to live with them following the death of her parents by cholera in India. While living at the manor house, Mary discovers a secret walled garden hidden in the grounds and releases the magic and adventures locked inside, changing their lives.