Harvey
by Mary Chase
Directed by Mark Richardson
November 12-15, 2009
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 embarassment 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 - Jessica Fowler Veta Louise Simmons - Heather Ozbirn Elwood P. Dowd - Scotty Kennedy Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet - Mary Dyer Ruth Kelly, RN - Shala Reese Lyman Sanderson, M.D. - Mark Nichols William R. Chumley, M.D. - Don Holcomb Betty Chumley - Tina Smith Judge Omar Gaffney - Mark Richardson E.J. Lofgren - Keith Bishop Duane Wilson - Sam Strickland Crew Mark Richardson - Director Mary Dyer - Stage Manager Todd Hardin - Set Design/Construction Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction Judy Malone - Set Design/Construction Carol Rogers - Set Design/Construction Mark Nichols - Set Design/Construction Judy Malone - Hair and Makeup Rita Jeffreys - Hair and Makeup Stacey Ozbirn - Lighting and Sound Beth Hammock - Ticket Coordinator |