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Harvey

Mary Chase
Directed by: TBD
Performances: October 1-24, 2009

Join us for this hilarious romp with all its endless array of comic characters.

"HARVEY" IS AT GARLAND CIVIC THEATRE

[ At right: Reg Platt as Elwood P. Dowd ]

Garland, Texas, October 13, 2009 — Garland Civic Theatre continues its production of "Harvey" by Mary Chase. Remaining performances are scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, October 15 to October 24, 2009 at the Granville Arts Center, 300 North 5th Street in downtown Garland. Call the Arts Center Box Office at 972-205-2790 for tickets. Tickets are $20 on Friday and Saturday evenings and $18 on Thursday evenings and Saturday or Sunday matinees. There are discounts available for those who are over 59 and under 19. Students over 19, KERA members, and DART riders also can get a discount. Special rates are available for groups of ten or more. There is a service charge added to each ticket.

This classic American gem tells the story of one Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary friend, a 6 ft tall rabbit. No one other than Elwood sees or hears the rabbit, Harvey. When Elwood starts to introduce Harvey 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 that maybe Harvey isn't so bad after all. This is a hilarious romp with an endless array of comic characters. A "must see" for the entire family.

[ At left: Melissa Hartman Couture as Ruth Kelly, Jon Morehouse as Dr. Chumley, and Nick Haley as Dr. Sanderson ]

The cast includes Sonnet Phillips as Myrtle Mae Simmons, Susan McMath Platt as Veta Louise Simmons, Lena Wilk as Miss Johnson, Janye Anderson as Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet, Mrs. Betty Chumley, and E. J. Lofgren, Reg Platt as Elwood P. Dowd, Melissa Couture as Ruth Kelly, Gregory Phillips as Duane Wilson, Nick Haley as Dr. Lyman Sanderson, Jon Morehouse as Dr. William R. Chumley, and Marty Gallagher as Judge Gaffney. The play is directed by Peter Ray, the set is designed by Clare Floyd DeVries, and costumes are by Jeulet Noyes.

Garland Civic Theatre, a member of Garland Chamber of Commerce and Texas Non-profit Theatres began its 42nd season this fall. Season sponsors include Garland Cultural Arts Commission, Texas Commission on the Arts, and The Dallas Morning News. Visit the GCT website at www.garlandcivictheatre.org or call 972-485-8884 for additional information.