Harvey

Written by Mary Chase

May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 2010
Directed by Glenn R. Standly

Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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.

CAST

Myrtle Mae Simmons ........................... Sarah Eby
Veta Louise Simmons .............. Charlie Standly
Elwood P. Dowd .......................... James Hoffman
John the Butler .............................. Caleb Coffman
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet ...................... Kitty Marbut
Ruth Kelly, RN ............................................ Becca Bilz
Lyman Sanderson, MD ..................... Sam Bryant
William R. Chumley, MD ................. Arnie Hibler
Betty Chumley .................................... Donna Booth
Judge Omar Gaffney .......................... Ed Sanders
E.J. Lofgren ...................................... Allen Laurence

CREW

Director ....................................... Glenn R. Standley
Assistant Director .............................. Kitty Marbut
Stage Manager ..................................... Sam Bryant
Asst Stage Manager ................ Caleb Coffman
Set Design/Construction ... James Hoffman
Lighting Design ..................... Rebecca Strange
Sound Design ............................. James Hoffman
Sound & Light Board ................. Amanda Adair
Costumes .................................................................. Cast