Production History

Israel Horovitz’s Park Your Car in Harvard Yard was presented during Season 11 (1994–1995). Supplied contemporary research identifies the engagement as March 31–April 22, 1995, at 400 W. Main Street, with Ray Paolino serving as a guest director from the University of Oklahoma School of Drama.

CST Connections

Vikki Simer played Emma Kent in Murder by Misadventure earlier in Season 11.
Jo Lynne Lair, Joe Daleo, and Sally Noakes also worked on Murder by Misadventure, providing sound, set and lighting design, and running-crew support respectively.
Kathleen Hardgrove later played Helen Kroger in Pack of Lies (1997), for which Joe Daleo designed lighting.
Jody McCoy, acknowledged in the special thanks, appeared as Dabby Bryant in Our Country’s Good (1993).

The Cat: Newspaper-Reported History

Supplied newspaper research reports that a stray cat appeared onstage as Nathaniel Hawthorne and was subsequently adopted by Vikki Simer.

Press Coverage

“Season Continues in ‘Harvard Yard’” — The Oklahoman, March 24, 1995, production preview.
“‘Park Your Car’ Offers Top-Rate Night of Theater” — The Oklahoman, April 7, 1995, attributed to John Brandenburg in the supplied research.
“Lost Cat a Class Act” — The Oklahoman, April 19, 1995, reported feature about the feline performer.
“Where Are They Now?” — The Oklahoman, October 13, 1995, supplied follow-up reference concerning the cat’s adoption; direct link not recovered.

Special Thanks

Derek Cown; Sharla Cowden; Doug Noble and OU School of Drama; Jody McCoy; Rhonda Clark; Doobie Potter; Lute’s Bookstore.

Licensing

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Currently listed by Concord Theatricals as a Samuel French title.

THEATRE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Sally Noakes