director: Judee Brone
cast: Jessica Hosch, Karen Dulak, Carew Halleck, Beth Halleck, Lindsay Maus, Jamie Bautch, Rowdy Whitman, Tegan Blank, Jackie Beck, Ann Kohner
set, light, sound design: Jason Passow
The classic invisible rabbit comedy as performed by a small town community theatre.
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It seems rather odd that I've now seen Harvey twice in the last few months when I hadn't seen the play in such a long time before-hand.
The play is such that it is difficult to not do well. It is written in such a way that it is going to be funny, and any actor even slightly competent will be funny talking to an invisible rabbit.
While the production values are typical for small community theatre, this production did well. There were some interesting, unique aspects to the set which made it easy to change-over to a different set, and the actors did a fine job in all roles.
Particularly charming was Carew Halleck as Elwood P. Dowd. He had a true, natural talent which made it seem as though he wasn't acting. His conversations with Harvey were perfectly conversational and he treated all the other characters on stage as charmingly and calmly as he possibly could.
The direction was somewhat lacking, with characters wandering the stage and not looking as though they quite understood why they were moving or standing at any given time.
A fun production.
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