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DEAR BRUTUS

She Loves Me
Winter 1986
By J.M. Barrie
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Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, was a Scottish author and dramatist whose works have enjoyed frequent revivals in film and on stage. The 1917 production of his play, Dear Brutus, was one in a long string of successes for Barrie. The play, set in the manor of a mysterious man called Lob, takes a group of ordinary men and women and asks the question: What might happen to a person given the opportunity to remake their life? The guests are whisked into a dream-like world where they are shown what their lives "might have been." Throughout the play, Barrie imparts to his audience deep and intriguing insight into human nature. He makes not only his characters, but his audience, question the role of fate versus the inherent nature of the individual, and the true responsibility we take in the path of our own lives.


PHOTOS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mrs. Coade / Dora May Benedict
Mrs. Dearth / Andrea Waggoner
Mrs. Purdie / Ruthann Duncan
Lady Caroline / Marcia Hogue
Joanna Trout / Donna Long
Matey / David Lemke
Lob / Charlie Stark
Mr. Coade / Ben Benedict
Mr. Purdie / Don James
Mr. Dearth / Jack Thorstenson
Margaret / Jenny Duncan 
PRODUCTION CREW
Director / Alice Corey
Assistant Director / Kristine Brock
Stage Manager / John Thompson
Lights & Sound / Jerry Asterella
Sound Effects / Kristine Brock
Properties / Lavonna Wolford
Crew / Phillip Bozarth
Set Design / Dan Brock, Alice Corey
Set Construction / Dan Brock, Loren Hogue, Ben Benedict, Kristine Brock, Marcia Hogue, Frank Long, David Hogue, Lavonna Wolford, Bernd Malakowski, CGHS Art Dept
Costumes / Barbara Williams, Cast
Make-up / Dorris Stark
Publicity / Marcia Hogue
Posters / Marla Norton
Programs / Marcia Hogue, Martha Thompson
House Manager / Dora May Benedict
Box Office / Martha Thompson
Producer / Thomas Greaney
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