Summer of '42 2000

Opened: August 10, 2000
Closing: September 03, 2000

Summer of '42 - 2000 - Chester, CT (Regional) History , Info & More

Norma Terris Theatre
North Main Street Chester, CT

Based on the novel by Herman Raucher


Based on the film by Robert Mulligan

Summer of '42 tells the story of a young boy during World War II who falls in love with the wife of a soldier who has shipped out overseas.

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