Fall

Harvey

Andover High School will perform Mary Chase’s play Harvey November 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, & 22. Friday and Saturday evening performances will be at 7:30 and Sunday matinees will be at 2:00.

Harvey begins on a spring afternoon at the Dowd family home, and a tea for the high-society ladies of the Wednesday Forum is in full swing. The hostess, Veta Louise Simmons, is hoping that the event will allow her daughter, Myrtle Mae, now in her twenties and still unmarried, to mingle with the mothers and grandmothers of some of the town's remaining eligible bachelors. However, to Veta's horror, her brother, Elwood P. Dowd, arrives home unexpectedly and in the company of his closest friend, Harvey, a six foot one-and-a-half inch tall white rabbit—a friend nobody else can see. Veta and Myrtle Mae are mortified as Elwood who, ever pleasant and polite, begins introducing his companion to the ladies of the Wednesday Forum. The embarrassing family secret is now exposed, and all that Veta and Myrtle Mae can do is watch helplessly as their guests flee the house.

In spite of the fact that they are living in Elwood's house and being supported by his money, Veta and Myrtle Mae vow that this is the last time they will be humiliated by his eccentric behavior. They determine that the only solution is to commit Elwood to Chumley's Rest, a sanitarium. In the ensuing confusion, the doctors, Veta, and Elwood all try to figure out who is really crazy—no one, everyone, Elwood, Veta, or the doctors themselves? What, after all, as the cab driver says, is "a perfectly normal human being"? Of course, it all gets sorted out in the end, but there are many surprises (as well as comic doses of wisdom) along the way, as everyone questions just what exactly is real.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Call (763)506-8491 for more information.

Performing Nov. 13, 15, & 21:

Elwood P. Dowd.........................................................Sam Schedler

Dr. Sanderson........................................................Michael Conroy

Dr. Chumley.....................................................................Joe Picardi

Wilson...........................................................................TJ Marcotte

Judge Gaffney..................................................................Erik Olson

E.J. Lofgren......................................................................Eddy Gese

Veta Louise Simmons...........................................Nykeigh Larson

Myrtle Mae Simmons..................................................Alicia Auch

Mrs. Chauvenet...........................................................Emma Olson

Miss Kelly..........................................................Lexi Saastamoinen

Mrs. Chumley.........................................................Taylor Zaudtke

Miss Johnson/Nurse.................................................Claire Rabine

Miss Ellerbe/Nurse................................................Aubrey Borgen

Performing Nov. 14, 20, & 22:

Elwood P. Dowd............................................................Caleb Craig

Dr. Sanderson...........................................................Peder Schuller

Dr. Chumley..................................................................Brett Burger

Wilson.....................................................................Kevin Savarese

Judge Gaffney............................................................Jeremy Butler

E.J. Lofgren................................................................Kaylin Larson

Veta Louise Simmons.................................................Emily Picardi

Myrtle Mae Simmons.............................................Anne Johnson

Mrs. Chauvenet.................................................Connie Anderson

Miss Kelly.......................................................Marissa Blumhoefer

Mrs. Chumley............................................Josephine Hunt-Pfautz

Miss Johnson/Nurse..............................................Jerica LeCuyer

Miss Ellerbe/Nurse.......................................................Emma Salmi

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