FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 21, 2004
CONTACT: Sarah Lingenfelter, Media Relations (585) 567-9559

HOUGHTON DRAMA DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT ‘HARVEY’

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Houghton College will perform the classic play, “Harvey,” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 at Houghton Academy’s Rosemary Tysinger Auditorium. There will also be a Saturday matinee at 1:30 p.m.

“Harvey,” by Mary Chase, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 and served as the basis for the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart. From Broadway to London theatres, “Harvey” remains in constant production sixty years after its debut on Nov.1, 1944.  

“Harvey” tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd, a good-natured, mild-mannered eccentric fellow with one problematic character trait – his best friend is an invisible six-foot tall rabbit. Elwood’s sister and her daughter try to have Elwood committed to the local sanitarium, where the behavior of the prominent psychologist and his staff raise the age-old question of who is more dangerous to society: the easy-going dreamer with a vivid imagination or the people who want him to conform to the accepted version of reality.

Under the direction of Bruce Brenneman, “Harvey” features the following Houghton College students: Hilary Young of Houghton, N.Y.; Seanna Faley of Mount Vernon, Wash.; Tim Gunning of Battle Creek Mich.; Alicia Berbenick of Selden, N.Y.; Jenny Rainbolt of Clarks, Neb.; Kiera Tiefenbach of Saskatchewan, Canada; Joe Hall of Friendship, N.Y.; Jesse Orton of Clinton, N.Y.; Ethan Stowell of Bemus Point, N.Y.; Becky Farley of Burt, N.Y.; Andrew Gaerte of Houghton, N.Y.; and Adam Sukhia of Orchard Park, N.Y.

Tickets are $4 each and can be reserved by calling 585.567.9461.