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Show Credits: Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome
Book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan

Description: Unable to stop her crying spells, Teddy Stern is sent by her doctor to an adult summer camp in the Catskills, Camp Karefree – “where friendships are formed to last a whole lifetime through.” She hopes to relax enough to clear her head for her upcoming wedding, but ends up becoming one of the most sought-after female prizes for the oversexed wait staff of eager college men – among them the aggressive, womanizing Pinky Harris and the charming law student Chick Miller, who eventually makes her realize she doesn't want to be married after all.

Accolades/
Awards: Wish You Were Here won two Tonys in the spring of 1953. It was probably nominated for many more, but back then the committee only released the names of the winners.

Insight from the experts Staging Tip: Outside and inside a camp cabin, the waiters' locker room, the social hall, a path in the woods, the athletic field, a secluded make-out spot, a boat house, a campfire, a basketball court. Originally done with an onstage pool at the end of act one. The scene is provided in two versions for those one or two theatres that can't install an actual diving pool.