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Show Playbox Readies "Harvey" Presentation The University of Utah Play-box Play-box Theatre has moved into the final preparations for its production produc-tion of the Pulitzer prize winning win-ning play Harvey. The fantasy of the six foot, 1 inch rabbit is to be presented in the University's Univer-sity's Theatre-in-the-Round August Aug-ust 12-16. Ken Sansom leads the cast of players as the friendly Elwood P. Dowd who wants everyone to know his friend Harvey. His sister, sis-ter, Veta Louise, played by Emma Em-ma Hempel, finds the introductions introduc-tions to the rabbit embarrassing even though she knows there is such a creature as Harvey. She with her daughter Myrtle Mae, enacted by Beverly Booth Rowland, Row-land, decide that Elwood must be committed to an institution for the mentally deficient. In the process, Veta Louise is the one that is committed until one of the doctors sees Harvey. Situation Situa-tion leads to situation, all full of laughs. Robert Hyde Wilson directs the cast, which is having as much fun with Harvey as Mary Chase must have had when she wrote the funny but wise play. Mr. Wil- son notes that there are times when Harvey comes into rehearsal re-hearsal and takes over. He is a most unpredictable rabbit, and a very demanding one. The cast includes Ursel Allred as the elder doctor who discovers there are such things as rabbits that have an occasional drink and can carry on intelligent conversations. con-versations. Vaughn McBride is to be seen as the confused young doctor everyone shouts at. Helen Marshal, Nadra Roberts, and Georgia McGinn complete the cast. Ken Sansom, well known Salt Lake radio personality, believes in the rabbit that is not seen by the audience. He notes that it depends upon members of his audience in the determination of whether Harvey is real or not but any fool knows that he exists. ex-ists. Asked whether Harvey was at the moment of the interview, Ken said, "He must have gone down to Charlie's to have a big drink." Tickets for the production of Harvey can be purchased at the Zion's Bookstore or at the Play-box Play-box Theatre. Phone reservations can be made by calling at the Playbox. |