WINTER PLAY-
Harvey
Information Page
by Mary Chase
Show Dates: Feb 11, 12, 13, 2010 7pm
Pick-up
Scripts on Wed - Dec 9 at 3pm
First Rehearsal Thu Dec 10 at 4pm
CAST
Elwood
P. Dowd - Jonathan Wachala
Veta Louise Simmons - Emma Grdina
Myrtle Mae Simmons - Natalie Vick
Ruth Kelly - Hannah Kurowski
Dr. Lyman Sanderson -Kurt Alberson
Dr. William B. Chumley - Ben Goldenberg
Wilson - Hunter Muckel
Judge Omar Gaffney - Christian Fary
Ethel Chauvenet - Alisa Bochnowski
Betty Chumley - Camille Burger
Miss Johnson
- Haley Conger
E. J. Lofgren - Michael Goldenberg
Production Assistants -TBA
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.
Characters
Elwood P. Dowd a friendly eccentric who believes he is friends with a six foot rabbit named Harvey
Veta Louise Simmons
Elwood's loving sister who constantly worries about her social standing
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Veta's daughter; she is concerned with finding her
place in high-society
Ruth Kelly
a pretty young woman who appears to have some sort of
love/hate relationship with Dr. Sanderson
Dr. Lyman Sanderson
a young but very qualified psychiatrist working for
Dr. Chumley
Dr. William B. Chumley
an esteemed psychiatrist and the head of the
sanitarium; a difficult and exacting man
Wilson
the muscle of "Chumley’s Rest", a devoted worker responsible for handling the
patients
Judge Omar Gaffney
an old family friend of the Dowds and the family's
lawyer
Ethel Chauvenet
an old friend of the family and a member of the town’s
social circle, which Veta wants Myrtle to break into
Betty Chumley
Chumley's wife; she is more concerned with socializing
than with science
Miss Johnson
the Dowd family maid
E. J. Lofgren
a cab driver