Production History

James Sherman’s Romance in D was presented during CST’s Season 19 (2002–2003). Set in neighboring Chicago apartments, the comedy follows Charles Norton, a musicologist, and Isabel Fox, a poet facing divorce, as an unlikely friendship develops into romance. Meanwhile, Charles’s mother, Helen, and Isabel’s father, George, discover possibilities of their own. The parallel relationships connect two generations through music, language, and the risks of falling in love.

CST Connections

Charlie Dickerson and Suzanne Charney previously played another couple, Norman and Ethel Thayer, in CST’s On Golden Pond (1988).
Chris Crane played Jeffrey Symons in Murder in Green Meadows earlier in Season 19 and the Man in the Auditorium in Rehearsal for Murder (1999).
Emily Etherton, the sound operator for this production, played Carolyn Symons opposite Crane in Murder in Green Meadows (2002). She also played Sally in Pack of Lies (1997) and Josie Hines in Proposals (1999).
Terry Veal previously directed Murder by Misadventure (1994) and Never the Sinner (2001).
Steven Gillmore, Corey Martin, Bob Bates, Shane Schnetzler, and Rhonda Clark also contributed to Noises Off (2001).
Steven Gillmore, Corey Martin, Bob Bates, Shane Schnetzler, Rhonda Clark, and Lyn Bates later worked on Proof (2004).
Lyn Bates and Tom Gibson also served on the running crew for Noises Off (2001). That production’s original credits spell another running-crew member’s name Genger Gibson, as supplied here.

Press and Photography

“10 in Town & 10 Around” — The Oklahoman, January 10, 2003, opening-day entertainment listing.
“‘Romance in D’: Perfect Pitch at Carpenter Square” — The Oklahoman, January 17, 2003, review attributed in the assembled research to Franci Hart.

Acknowledgments

Cast Sponsor — Courtroom Video

Special thanks: The Home Depot; Bellini’s Ristorante & Grill; Panera Bread; Victor Wong; Becky Lindley; Marilyn Veal; Addie Veal; Rory Littleton; Louise Goldberg; Melissa Elhman.

Licensing

Licensed through Dramatists Play Service, Inc., according to the supplied original CST record. Current performance licensing is available through Concord Theatricals, which lists Romance in D as a Dramatists Play Service title.

THEATRE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Charlie Dickerson