Tokyo International Players directed by Hannah Grace Feb 2016: "The Language Archive" by Julia Cho, directed by Brian Berdanier Jan 2016: "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" by Edward Albee, directed by Ross Williams (Second Stage production) Oct 2015: "Richard O Brien's The Rocky Horror Show", music, lyrics, and book by Richard O'Brien, directed by Jonah Hagans Jun 2015: "Condorguy" by Ken Clement, directed by Jonah Hagans (Second Stage production) May 2015: "The Secret Garden" based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon, directed by Alysha Haran Feb 2015: "A Flea in Her
Frances Hodgson Burnett overcrowding and poverty that "defied description", according to Friedrich Engels, who lived in Manchester at the time. Frances had an active imagination, writing stories she made up in old notebooks. One of her favourite books was Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and she spent many hours acting out scenes from the story. Frances and her siblings were sent to be educated at The Select Seminary for Young Ladies and Gentlemen, where she was described as "precocious" and "romantic". She had an active social life and enjoyed telling stories to her friends and cousins; in her mother she found