One of the most successful and popular plays ever written, the Pulitzer Prize winning Harvey by Mary Chase is currently on the Joseph Stein Stage at Amish Acres Round Barn Theater, and continues through Sunday, November 8. The hilarious comedy has been adapted for film and television several times, most notably in the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart.
Harvey is a lighthearted comedy which tells the tale of Elwood P. Dowd, an eccentric man with an unusual best friend, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit named Harvey. Harvey is invisible to everyone except Elwood, much to the frustration of his sister, Veta, who has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. When Veta takes Elwood to the local sanitarium to save their family’s reputation, doctors mistakenly commit anxiety-ridden Veta instead. As Harvey and Elwood slip out of the hospital unbothered, the town erupts into a hilarious whirlwind of confusion and chaos as they try to catch Elwood and his invisible rabbit.
Originally produced on Broadway in 1944, this Pulitzer Prize winner ran for 1,775 performances and was adapted into the beloved, classic film which starred Jimmy Stewart and Josephine Hull, who earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Veta Louise Simmons, the role she originated on Broadway. Harvey also had a successful limited run revival on Broadway in the summer of 2012 with Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons as Elwood. 2 Click HERE for ticket information.