Cast

Scene Synopsis

Production Staff

Director's Notes

Pictures
 


 
CAST OF CHARACTERS
In Order of Appearance
Myrtle Mae Simmons Kristin Reuschlein
Veta Simmons Meg Stevens
Elwood P. Dowd Richard Owens
Miss Johnson Dee Baldock
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Missy Holcomb
Nurse Kelly Kirsten Baldock
Wilson Jack Mielke
Dr. Sanderson Jason Joyce
Dr. Chumley David Lonsdorf
Betty Chumley Kathy Bovy
Judge Gaffney Marty Roeske
E. J. Lofgren Rusty Bishop
Miss Tewksbury's voice Dee Baldock
Wilda McCurdy (accompanist) Katie Watkins
Harvey Mark Holten, Dale Nickels
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SCENE SYNOPSIS



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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

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PRODUCTION STAFF


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

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VERONA AREA COMMUNITY THEATER

presents

HARVEY

by

Mary Chase
 

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
 
 

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

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.

Rich Novotney
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