Synopsis
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 List
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Emily Edwards (Brittany Ridgeway will perform Saturday Feb 24)Veta Louise Simmons
Azure McLuckieElwood P. Dowd
Alyus NelsonMrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Jeanne NeelyRuth Kelly, R.N.
Victoria AvilaDuane Wilson
Mitch RandallLyman Sanderson, M.D.
Caleb HelfrickWilliam R. Chumley, M.D.
Vic MorrisBetty Chumley
Ruth StoddardJudge Gaffney
Gloria McLuckieE.J. Lofgren
Melissa Edwards
Understudies:
Myrtle Mae Simmons, Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Brittany RidgewayElwood P. Dowd
Mitch RandallMrs. Ethel Chauvenet, Betty Chumley
Christy MorrisDuane Wilson
Andrew BeckmanLyman Sanderson, M.D.
Ash GimlerWilliam R. Chumley, M.D., Judge Gaffney
Tim Fontaine