Beakend

Friday, September 28, 2007

The Secret Garden

The Lawrence Community Theater will introduce a play filled with enchanting music and haunting scenes that many will remember from a favorite childhood story.

The “Secret Garden” will play tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Theater is at 1501 New Hampshire St.

This Tony Award-winning show has stirred the minds of audiences as Mary Lennox (Sally Spurgeon) moves to live with her reclusive uncle, Archibald (John Phythyon), after the death of her parents.

The play focuses on her experiences living in her new home, especially after she discovers a run-down secret garden and begins bringing it back to life with the help of Dickon (Jacob Leet), the chambermaid’s son and Colin (Jayke Workman), Archibald’s son and her cousin.

Audiences are promised an intimate, relaxed setting in which to watch the play as no seat is more than 20 feet from the action. At intermission playgoers can visit the Gladys Six Green Room to enjoy a variety of beverages and desserts and view works by several local artists.

Friday and Saturday tickets are $19 for students and senior citizens and $20 for adults. Sunday tickets are $18 for students and senior citizens and 19 for adults. Tickets are $14 for children both days.

Live Boxing

Saturday at 8 p.m. seven area boxers will battle it out in 10 bouts of action. The matches will occur at Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge, 1 Riverboat Drive, Kansas City, Mo. The event is open to those 21 and older.

The boxers are Juan Astorga (10-1-2) Grandview, Mo. junior middleweight; Marcus Oliveria (10-0) Lawrence light heavyweight; Derek Campos (13-4) Topeka junior lightweight; Jr. Solis (9-0) Kansas City, Mo., junior welterweight; Dennis Race (4-1) Kansas City, Mo., welterweight; Rocky Dunkin (pro debut) Trenton, Mo., middleweight; and Brandon Hoskins (4-0) Hannibal, Mo., welterweight.

According to Lawrence.com, the fight has all the makings of “an action-packed collision of heart, mind, will and skill and once the opening bell rings it will all meet head-on to determine the outcome!”

Tickets cost from $30 to $60, and can be bought at ticketmaster.com.

— Edited by Jeff Briscoe

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