Our newest musical, “Your Turn” is all about protecting this beautiful planet of ours.  

What happens when the heroes can’t be found, the villains can’t be trusted, and the sidekicks aren’t quite enough? Find out in this silly and poignant musical about working together to help the planet! Will the penguins get saved? Who will stop the glacier from melting? Can the sidekicks get the superheroes back? Will the citizens of the world do something before it’s too late? And what are you doing just sitting there in the audience?  Filled with catchy, clever songs and memorable characters,Your Turn is an original show for child performers that speaks to the power inside all of us to make a difference.

Written by award winning writers Betina Hershey, Gwynne Watkins and Sunny Knable

Betina Hershey and Gwynne Watkins met as members of the BMI Lehman Engle Musical Theatre Workshop. They met Sunny Knable when Sunny joined Garden Players in 2013 as musical director and composer. They work and play at a fast and fun pace, meeting deadlines and putting together theater magic for kids and families both locally and world wide.

For more than 100 years, Garden Players has inspired unforgettable memories in the Forest Hills community. Since 2002, children have taken the spotlight with the chance to inspire and participate in the development of original musicals that have gone on to be published with over 2,000 performances in more than 65 countries.

Garden Players kids thrive. Students have appeared in a commercial with pop artist Adele during the Grammys 2012, and achieved 2nd place winner of American Protege competition at Carnegie Hall, been accepted into Professional Performing Arts School,Frank Sinatra HS, and  LaGuardia HS of Performing Arts, performed in movies and TV, made it to the 3rd callback for the role of Matilda in the Broadway show, sung the national anthem at the US Open, become news anchors, musical theater performers and writers, opera singers, theater critics, film directors and more.

Garden Players develop high level skills which allow them to excel in debate, public presentations, and self-expression. At the Garden Players, our actors learn, make friends, have fun, and confidently explore the magic of creativity!

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