Music Theatre of Wenatchee

MTW's Winter, 2012 Show
Directed by Melissa Carlson
    Jan. 19-21, 26-28, Feb. 2-4, 2012
Evening Performances at 7:30 PM
2:00 PM Matinee on Jan. 28
Riverside Playhouse

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 Harvey isn’t so bad after all.

Cast List (in order of appearance)

Myrtle Mae Simmons - Nicole Villacres
Veta Louise Simmons - Bonnie Van Hoven
Elwood P. Dowd - John Mausser
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet - Gretchen Bevis
Ruth Kelly, RN - Tiffany Mausser
Duane Wilson -  Matthew Pippin
Lyman Sanderson, MD -  Jared Morgan
Judge Gaffney - John Schulz
William Chumley, MD - Matt Cadman
Betty Chumley - Cynthia Brown
E.J. Lofgren - Carl Potter