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Harold & Maude

Colin Higgins

Opening Date:

September 3, 2004

Closing Date:

September 25, 2004

Nineteen-year-old Harold is obsessed with death, spending his days attending strangers’ funerals and staging elaborate mock suicides to horrify his wealthy mother. But everything changes when he meets Maude, a spirited seventy-nine-year-old widow whose passion for life is as extraordinary as Harold’s fascination with dying. As an unlikely friendship blossoms into an unconventional romance, Maude teaches Harold to embrace adventure, independence, and the joy of living. Directed by Rhonda Clark and starring John Brumley and Jane Hall, Colin Higgins’ Harold & Maude opened Carpenter Square Theatre’s twenty-first season with a moving, darkly funny celebration of life and love.

Cast & Crew

CAST Harold Chasen — John Brumley Mrs. Chasen — Vikki Simer Marie — Suzanne D. Proctor Dr. Matthews — Michael Gibbons Maude — Jane Hall Father Finnegan — Paul Smith Gardener / Inspector Bernard — Bob Cross Chief Gardener / Sgt. Doppel — R. Lance Garrett Sylvie Gazel / Mourner — Angela Brock Nancy Mersch / Mourner — Christi Newbury Sunshine Dore / Mourner — Jane Sholer Mourner / Moving Man — Anthony Bullock Mourner / Moving Man — Tom Gibson CREW Director — Rhonda Clark Costume Design — Corey Martin Lighting Design / Sound Engineer — Steven Gillmore Set Design / Properties — Rhonda Clark, Corey Martin Stage Manager / Lighting Technician — Emily Etherton Rehearsal Stage Manager — Bob Cross Set Construction — Corey Martin, Anthony Bullock, Tom Gibson, Steven Gillmore, Shannon Murray Scenic Painting — Corey Martin, Bob Bates, Anthony Bullock, Rhonda Clark, Shannon Murray, Doobie Potter Running Crew — Tom Gibson, Anthony Bullock Dresser — Rhonn Evans Poster Design — Phil Carlton Poster Photo — Rhonda Clark Web Photos — Phil Carlton, Rhonda Clark CST Webmasters — Don Lusk, Phil Carlton

Production Notes

Opened CST’s twenty-first season. The original CST cast identifies John Brumley as Harold and Jane Hall as Maude; a conflicting supplemental identification of Johnny Lee Moss is incorrect. The story concerns death-obsessed nineteen-year-old Harold and spirited seventy-nine-year-old Maude. Based on Colin Higgins’ work, associated with the 1971 Hal Ashby film starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon and featuring Cat Stevens music; Higgins originally developed the story as a UCLA thesis. Cast sponsor: Courtroom Video. Opening-night party sponsors: Steve and Maggie Dixon. Special thanks: Oriental Imports, Bill Chang, Nick Backes, Suzanne Charney, Jon Womastek, Terry Veal, Ellen Webster, Doobie Potter, Classen School of Advanced Studies. Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. Website photos 01–13 are preserved in the archive; photo 06 identifies John Brumley and Jane Hall. Contemporary press: The Oklahoman, September 10, 2004, “Man's Desire to Die Ends in True Love”; The Journal Record, August 16, 2004. Other season connections: Rhonda Clark directed; Bob Cross, Anthony Bullock, and Tom Gibson also performed backstage tasks.

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Harold & Maude

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