South Street Players To Present "Harvey" by Mary Chase At Wesley Hall in Spring Lake

Jan. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- The South Street Players will open their 2010 season with a production of Mary Chase's "Harvey".  Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase that  premiered on Broadway on November 1st  where it was staged for 1,775 performances before closing on January 15, 1949.

The South Street Players production is directed by Travis Hoxie.  Performances are scheduled at 8:00pm on February 19th, 20th, 26th, 27, March 5th and 6th.  A Matinee performance will be staged at 2:00pm on Sunday February 28th.  

Tickets are $22 each.  (Senior and Student tickets are $20 each.)  Reservations and Tickets can be made by calling 732-447-5169 or 732-462-4329.  The performances will be held at Wesley Hall which is located at 4th and Mercer (behind St. Andrews United Methodist Church) in Spring Lake, NJ.

The South Street Production is directed by Travis Hoxie.

“Harvey” by Mary Chase

Synopsis of the Play

When Elwood P Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend Harvey, a six and a half foot rabbit, 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 the 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.

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The South Street Players is one of New Jersey's oldest local theater company. Organized in 1982 the company has thrilled audiences for twenty seven seasons with it's high quality theatrical productions.