Harvey
by Fredericksburg Theater Company (FTC)
Feb. 01 - Feb. 02 (2020)
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 embarassment 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.
Auditions for Fredericksburg Theater Company’s spring Comedy Harvey will be held Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, located at 1668 Highway 87 South in Fredericksburg. Auditions will be held with cold readings from the script.
If you have any questions, you can email the director Bob Straus at bstraus@austin.rr..com with the subject line “Harvey Auditions”.
Schedule:
A detailed schedule will be provided when the show is cast. Rehearsals are typically held Monday through Fridays, starting at 6:30 pm and ending around 9:00 pm. All cast members will be required to attend the technical rehearsals on April 13th through the 16th, and all performance dates.
Performances: April 17 - May 3: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2 pm.
Characters:
Myrtle Mae Simmons: The daughter of Veta Simmons, Myrtle Mae is in her early twenties and still unmarried, a source of concern to her mother.
Veta Simmons: Myrtle Mae's mother and Elwood's sister, Veta considered herself a member of the "better society" of their small town and is a member of the Wednesday Forum, a social club for the ladies of the town. She is, however, slightly embarrassed by her brother.
Elwood P. Dowd: Veta's brother, Elwood is forty-seven years old and owns the family home he lives in with Myrtle and Veta. He is pleasant, loveable, and a friend to everyone. He enjoys his visits to the neighborhood bar, but is by no means a drunk.
Miss Johnson: The maid
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet: Sixty-five years old, Mrs. Chauvenet is wealthy and a member of the Wednesday Forum. She also has a marriageable grandson about Myrtle's age.
Ruth Kelly, R.N.: Twenty-four yeas old and pretty, Ruth is head nurse at Chumley's Rest, a sanitarium for mental patients.
Duane Wilson: About twenty-eight years old, large, and muscular, Duane is the sanitarium's attendant and strong arm. He admires Dr. Chumley, perhaps excessively.
Dr. Lyman Sanderson: A young doctor of psychiatry, Dr. Sanderson is quite attractive and has caught the Ruth's eye.
Dr. William R. Chumley: In his late fifties, Dr. Chumley is the head of Chumley's Rest. He is a confident, sometimes pompous, man.
Betty Chumley: Dr. Chumley's wife, Mrs. Chumley is a lovely woman about fifty-five years old.
Judge Omar Gaffney: An elderly lawyer, Judge Gaffney represents the estate of Veta and Elwood's late mother.
E.J. Lofgren: An ultimately wise cab driver
