Harvey

By Mary Chase

Directed by Linda Loomis

October 11-14, 1984

   The Story  

When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When he shows up at the sanitarium looking for his lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood's delusion has 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.

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service.

  The Cast   

Myrtle Mae Simmons	Mary Weeks
Veta Louise Simmons	Marorie Williams
Elwood P Dowd	H. Keith Cummins
Miss Johnson	Nita J. Ward
Ruth Kelly RN	Janet Calvin
Ethel Chauvenet	Jane Lamb
Duane Wilson	Larry W Loomis
Dr. Lyman Sanderson	Gerald Reynolds
Dr. Wilheim Chumley	Kent Collinson
Betty Chumley	Judy Kadau
Judge Omar Gafney	Ned Graham
E.J. Lofgren	Ron Calvin

  Production Staff   

Director	Linda Loomis
Assistant Director	Nita J. Ward
Set Artwork	Lois Fife, Irl Fife
Sets	Ron Calvin*, Joe Namey, Janet Calvin, Nita J Ward, Gerald Reynolds, Mary Weeks, Kenton Collinson, Larry Loomis, Judy Kadau, Karen Platter, Deanie Platter, Madga Nelson, Cindy Nelson, Steve Hopkins, Loreta King, Phil Jarvis, Jane lamb, Keith Cummins, Greg White, Heather Calvin, Cherri Ward, Heather Ward, Mandy Neal, Greg Teachman, Bruce Ranger, Randy Emerson
Costumes	Mary Weeks, Norma Miller, Billie Wells, The Cast
Lights	Ned Graham, Karen Platter, Steve Hopkins
Sound	Greg Little
Props	Pat White, The Cast
Make-up	Jane Lamb, Steve Hopkins, Janet Calvin
Publicity	Ro-Jean Smith, Nita J. Ward, Kim Sawyer, Margorie Williams, H. Keith Cummins, Kent Collinson, Enid Collinson, Mary Jarvis, "Harvey"
Poster Design	Kim Sawyer
House Manager	Ann Durbin
Ushers	Mary Jarvis