Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. To avoid future embarrassment for her family – and especially for her daughter, Myrtle Mae – Veta decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium. At the sanitarium, a frantic Veta explains to the staff that her years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also, and so the doctors mistakenly commit her instead of her mild-mannered brother.
The truth comes out, however; Veta is freed, and the search is on for Elwood, who eventually arrives at the sanitarium of his own volition, looking for Harvey. But it seems that Elwood and his invisible companion have had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors. Only at the end does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn’t so bad after all. A celebrated success: This play has become one of the most successful and popular plays ever offered to nonprofessionals.
Licensed by: Dramatists Play Service
Playwright: Mary Chase
Director: Bob Merzoian
Auditions: Monday, February 5 & Tuesday, February 6 at 6:00pm in the Barn Theater lobby
Run Dates: April 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21 (Friday & Saturday evenings)
April 8, & 15 (Sunday matinees)
(8 performances)
Sunday Brunch: April 15 at 12:30pm – Cost is $15.00 per person
Brunch Reservations are required by Wednesday, April 11.
Cast:
- Elwood P. Dowd – Chris Shepard
- Veta Louise Simmons – Sharon Hall
- Ruth Kelly, R.N. – Kallysta Tyler
- Dr. Sanderson – Connor Nielsen
- Dr. Chumley – Ralph Bourne
- Myrtle Mae Simmons – Katie Blevins
- Duane Wilson Wilson – Vince Black
- Judge Gaffney – Dick Jameson
- E.J. Lofgen (Taxi driver) – Bob Merzoian
- Miss Johnson – Shirley Powers
- Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet – Pam Bourne
- Betty Chumley – Nicki Edwards
Production:
- Producer – Sharon Hall
- Lights and Sound – Mike Proctor
- Set Design – Vince Black & Bob Merzoian
- Costume – Nicki Edwards
- Signage – Ali Plaisted
