The Secret Garden — Scenic Design

The Secret Garden — full-company finale tableau under the white gabled-rooftop cutout, Brick Road Theatre

About the Design

Scenic design for The Secret Garden at Brick Road Theatre, drafted for the Courtyard Theatre stage. A row of white gabled-rooftop and chimney cutouts sat against a full-stage cyc that shifted through the show’s emotional weather — clear daylight blue, candle-lit night, and a warm amber dawn — while the garden itself revealed in layers across the depth of the stage.

In Performance

The cyc and silhouette skyline did most of the storytelling: a cold blue wash for the ghosts’ candle procession, saturated orange for Mary’s room, deep violet for the dream sequences, and a bright wedding-white finale framed by the floral arch.

Ground Plan & Portal

Ground plan — 36′ proscenium, 30′ portal, cyc & mid-curtain masking, fully dimensioned.

Portal — dimensioned profile of the gabled-rooftop & chimney skyline cutouts, drafted at 1″ = 1′.

Ground Plan (PDF) Portal (PDF)

The Secret Garden — full-company finale under the white rooftop cutouts and floral arch — Finale — the full company & floral arch

The Secret Garden — a lone figure before the ivy arch in deep violet light — Violet dream — the ivy arch

The Secret Garden — candle procession in cold blue light against the silhouette skyline — The candle procession — blue night

The Secret Garden — Mary's room in saturated orange light with the maid and steamer trunk — Mary’s room — amber wash

The Secret Garden — candle-lit scene against the gabled skyline — Candlelight against the skyline

Scenic ground plan and masking plan drafted in Vectorworks for the Courtyard Theatre.

Drawings exported from Vectorworks (educational license watermark visible). Clean re-exports can be swapped in later.