Who or what is Harold?
Harold is our mascot, a laughing baby penguin.
He hails from Montreal and lived his earliest years
in captivity, in a crowded, dirty zoological exhibit where
curious onlookers would peer at him through a plexiglass
window. Naturally, Harold wanted more out of life and he
yearned to be free.
One evening, after the janitors locked up for the night,
Harold bid adieu to his fellow penguins and broke free, got
on the Montreal subway, where no one found it particularly
unusual that a small penguin would be riding along, and he
found his way to the St. Lawrence River.
Soon after he started swimming in the St. Lawrence River he
asked for directions to New York from the first mate of a
passing ship.
Abord the St. Jean-Sur-Richelieu ship, Harold
befriended a nice older penguin couple named Sherman and
Gloria, who were vacationing in Canada. The kindly Sherman
sent Harold on his way down the Richelieu with some loonies
(those are dollar coins for you non-Canadians) in case
Harold needed to buy some food.
After crossing customs, Harold made his way through
Lake Champlain and (after almost taking a wrong turn
towards Vermont) finally arrived in New York, where he was
now free to enjoy life and all that the city had to offer,
including seriously funny theater.
