Time: Mid-afternoon of a Spring day in the late 1940s

ACT I, Scene 1	The Dowd Library
ACT I, Scene 2 An hour later	Chumley's Rest, a Sanitarium
There will be a ten-minute intermission.
ACT II, Scene 1 An hour later	The Dowd Library
ACT II, Scene 2 Four hours later	Chumley's Rest
ACT III A few minutes later	Chumley's Rest

PRODUCER	Dee Baldock
DIRECTOR	Rich Novotney
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR	Mark Holten
SOUND DESIGN	Dale Nickels
LIGHTING DESIGN	Mark Holten
STAGE MANAGER	Marie Luers
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS	Mary K. Bishop Jeannie Pitsch
SET CONSTRUCTION MANAGER	Roger Roethlisberger
SET DESIGN	Rich Novotney Roger Roethlisberger
COSTUME MISTRESS	Missy Holcomb
PROPERTIES MANAGER	Sheila Ritchie
MAKE UP	Brenda Checky Katie Watkins
PROGRAM	Jeannie Pitsch Greg Bass
PROGRAM COVER DESIGN	Dee Baldock
PORTRAIT ARTIST	David Lonsdorf
PUBLICITY	Lynn Berge
VIDEO CAMERA	Jerry Archer John Pitsch
PHOTOGRAPHY	Jeannie Pitsch
TICKETS	Monica Dinauer Debbie Bass
HOUSE	Monica Dinauer
HEAD USHER	Delma Basthemer
POSTER DESIGN	Rich Novotney
T-SHIRTS	Colleen Bass
STAGE HANDS Lynn Berge, Christine Bodilly, Brenda Checky Marianne Gill, Mary Ellen Hagenauer, Rick Henslin, Sue Holten Dorothy Hyde, Sara L'Herault, Liz Nickels, Bruce Opsal, Jane Pulda Lorlene Pulver, Sheila Ritchie, Katie Watkins SET CONSTRUCTION Dee Baldock, Kirsten Baldock, Rusty Bishop, David Henslin Matthew Henslin, Rick Henslin, Mark Holten, Jason Joyce David Lonsdorf, Richard Lonsdorf, Marie Luers, Rich Novotney Eleanor Owens, Rick Owens, Alex Pitsch, Jeannie Pitsch Kristen Reuschlein, Sheila Ritchie, Roger Roethlisberger Eric Roeske, Luke Roeske, Marty Roeske, Meg Stevens We also would like to thank Joe Ringeisen and the VAHS Drama Tech Class for their help in painting the sets: Becky Carvin, Lee Clark Amy Jo Hoppe, Katie Ketterer, and Samantha Vembu. SIGN BOARDS Dee Baldock, Debbie Bass, Lynn Berge, Rick Henslin, Mark Holten Dorothy Hyde, Maggie Lange, David Lonsdorf, Marty Roeske COSTUME CONSTRUCTION Kathy Bovy, Marianne Gill, Missy Holcomb Jane Pulda, Sheila Ritchie

HARVEY by Mary Chase, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945

The great stage comedies of the world have more than mere slapstick, situation, or farce to thank for their enduring popularities, and Mary Chase's Harvey is no exception. For many fans of this particular show, the move version of 1950, starring Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, has forever endeared Harvey, the Pooka, in their hearts. This stage presentation you are about to witness is not the movie.  It is the original stage play and is, more so than the movie, I think, wacky, witty, sexy, sentimental, and, like the movie, at times brilliant. Both versions, though, share the same core.
To think about that begs a question: Why would Mr. Stewart feel compelled to star in what amounts to a fantasy? (You know, the problem of an invisible six and one-half-foot white rabbit...?) Beyond, say, a glib glamorization of drunkenness, I can only speculate on his thinking, and would ask you, dear audience, to watch for what I believe might have been Mr. Stewart' overriding reason: The essence of Mr. Dowd's character, who epitomizes what our morality teaches each of us to strive for -- an appreciation of all that is beautiful in our daily lives, and a selfless love for our fellow human being.