A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Salt Lake Community College and the Grand Theatre are proud to serve as the community’s home for compelling artistic experiences, including theatrical, musical and dance performances, captivating lectures, engaging screenings, and culturally-significant offerings. As the home of The Grand, the stunning Center for Arts and Media serves as a vital educational hub, combining the latest digital arts technology with the unique and varied talents of our remarkable faculty. Whether you are a community member enjoying a performance or a student embarking on a career, you are always welcome at this state-of-the-art facility. As Salt Lake Community College prepares to celebrate its 75th year in 2023, the Grand and Center for Arts and Media serve as prime examples of our dedication to truly engaging and celebrating our community. Enjoy the show!

Deneece Huftalin, PhD President, Salt Lake Community College

FROM THE DEAN’S DESK

TheGrand Theatre seeks to engage, inspire and connect with our community through exceptional and accessible production. Housed in Salt Lake Community College’s unique Center for Arts and Media, The Grand utilizes professional and local talent to create theatre that excites our audiences year after year. The Grand’s shows are just some of the many artistic and cultural events you’ll find here at the Center for the Arts and Media. Our talented students participate in a wide variety of offerings, including concerts and performances by our band, choir, and dance ensembles, engrossing art displays, screenings for thought provoking films and documentaries, and powerful productions in our Black Box Theatre. We’re excited to serve as the largest venue in Salt Lake City for the annual Sundance Film Festival, where you can join fellow film lovers to appreciate the very best cinema from around the world. You’ll also find professional exhibits in our Eccles Art Gallery, free screenings and discussions with our professors on classic films, and stimulating lectures and presentations.

Art is “doing” and at the South City Campus we are “Doing”! I hope you can continue to join us throughout the 2020-2021 Season.

Richard Scott Dean, School of Arts, Communication and Media Salt Lake Community College

www.slcc.edu/arts-comm www.grandtheatrecompany.com

From The Artistic Director

Thanksfor visiting us here at the Grand Theatre. We pride ourselves on being the “Community’s Professional Theatre.” In which we are committing to the community to provide exceptional theatre filled with local artists at an affordable price. By working with local talent, we are able to celebrate our community and provide an exceptional theatrical experience for our audiences all while committing to presenting productions that will entertain and engage our audience in new dynamic ways. As you enjoy our productions, please remember to spread the word; it is because of amazing patrons like you that we exist as we continue to bring you the best our community has to offer. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Seth Miller Artistic and Executive Director The Grand Theatre

Somehow,

it’s been five years since the last time I directed an American Classic on the stage of The Grand Theatre. I’ve had a wonderful collaboration with The Grand on this series since 2011. It’s been a joy to direct these plays on the kind of stage they were written for, where life is written on a grand scale. With such plays as The Glass Menagerie, Death of a Salesman, Our Town, and A Streetcar Named Desire we’ve been able to share some of the greatest plays ever written. It is unfathomable to me that various issues (including a worldwide pandemic) have kept these classics off this stage for a half decade.

As we looked to return to these classic plays in 2023, it’s clear the world is not where it was five years ago. We’ve all been through a lot, and it has weighed on many of us. We don’t need to turn to the stage for tragedy and loss and catharsis when it seems in abundance in the world around us.

It is time for joy and hope on the stage, a celebration of life and love.

It is time to highlight another kind of American Classic. It is a time for giant magical rabbits.

Mary Chase was the child of penniless Irish immigrants in Denver and rose to success first as a journalist with the Rocky Mountain News, and then as a playwright, novelist, and children’s author. She wrote Harvey to honor her mother who had recently passed away and from whom she had learned Irish myths, including that of the mischievous and magical púca. Harvey came to the stage just a month before Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and ran for four and a half years. Chase became only the fourth woman at that time to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama when Harvey took the 1945 award. (Tennessee would need to wait until 1947 to receive his first Pulitzer for A Streetcar Named Desire.)

At its heart, Harvey is not that far removed from the classic tragedies of its time. Death looms large, family is complicated, madness lurks around the corner, and the pressure of a society that wants to convert individuals into something more manageable weighs on everyone. Mary Chase takes these same notes, however, and tells the story in a major key of love and triumph. Harvey can remind us all that love and compassion can get us through the dark days, and that (as Elwood P. Dowd tells us) sometimes it is better to be pleasant than smart.

Mark Fossen Stage Director Harvey

Presents Harvey

By Mary Chase

Stage Director MARK FOSSEN

Assistant Director MERRY MAGEE

Stage Manager CAROLINE CAIN

Scenic Design HALEE RASMUSSEN

Properties Design MÁIRE NELLIGAN

Lighting Design DREW BIELINSKI

Sound Design JOE KILLIAN

Costume Design SHANNON MCCULLOCK

Technical Director ADAM DAY

(www.dramatists.com)

In Order of Appearance

Myrtle Mae Simmons

Veta Louise Simmons

NIKI RAHIMI

KRISTIN HOUSLEY

Elwood P. Dowd ROGER DUNBAR

Miss Johnson TERESA MCLEOD

Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet

Ruth Kelly, R.N.

Duane Wilson

Lyman Sanderson, M.D.

William R. Chumley, M.D.

JAYNE LUKE

ANGIE NICOLE

ROBERT A. EASTON

ARON CAIN

MICKY GOLDSTEIN

Betty Chumley VICKI PUGMIRE

Judge Omar Gaffney JEFFREY OWEN

E.J. Lofgren

WILLIAM MANLEY

Swing LAVERNE MCDERMOTT

VIVIANE TURMAN

Scene Synopsis

The action of the play takes place in the early 1950s in a city in the Far West, in the library of the old Dowd family mansion and the reception room of Chumley’s Rest.

Part I

Scene 1: The library, late afternoon

Scene 2: Chumley’s Rest, an hour later

Scene 3: The library, an hour later

Part II

Chumley’s Rest, four hours later

There will be a 10-minute Intermission between Part I and Part II

ARON CAIN (Lyman Sanderson) is thrilled to be a part of this profoundly talented cast and crew of Harvey at The Grand. Instagram: @gat0rbee

ROGER DUNBAR (Elwood) is excited to be in his first production at the Grand Theatre. He has most recently been seen as Dr. Livesy in Treasure Island at HCT. Other shows in the area: Waiting for Godot, Hedda Gabler, The Proposal, and The Winter’s Tale (Sting & Honey); Doubt, Amadeus (Utah Repertory); The Philadelphia Story, King Charles III (Pioneer); Art, Boeing Boeing, Betrayal (Pinnacle Acting Company); One Big Union and Art & Class (Plan B); The Forgotten Carols, film version. Roger has also been a fight director for several plays in the valley.

ROBERT A. EASTON

(Duane Wilson) has been acting in stage productions since 1997. He is very happy to be playing the role of Wilson in this production of Harvey and to return to the Grand for the first time since he appeared as Tony in A View From the

Bridge in 2018, which was also directed by Mark Fossen.

MICKY GOLDSTEIN

(William Chumly) marks his first show in Utah. Previously he performed in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Favorite past roles include Sancho in Man of La Mancha, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music, Andre in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Harry Macafee in Bye Bye Birdie, and Mr. Snow in Carousel.

KRISTIN HOUSLEY (Veta Simmons) is delighted to be back at The Grand, she was last seen here as a supporting cast member in A Streetcar Named Desire (2017) and as Mrs. Maggie Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth (2015). At Herriman Arts Council, Kristin has directed Mary Poppins (2016), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2018), Newsies (2021) and Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (2022). Kristin has a MFA in Acting from the Asolo Conservatory/FSU.

About The Cast

JAYNE LUKE

(Mrs. Chauvenet) has worked in theatre for over 50 years. Some of her favorite roles have been on the Grand Theatre stage, including Amanda in Glass Menagerie, the piano player in Full Monty and Charity in Sweet Charity. Other favorite roles include Abuela in Strictly Ballroom (HCT), Aida in Over the River (HCTO), Queen Elizabeth in The Audience (Creekside Theatre Festival), Hold Me Touch Me in The Producers (PTC) and Mrs. Peacock in Clue (West Valley Arts).

WILLIAM MANLEY

(E.J. Lofgren) first studied theatre at Santa Barbara City College in 1977 after four years in the US Navy. Accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC, William passed on the opportunity and studied at the Actors Workshop and Repertory Company in West Palm Beach for five years. Working with a host of visiting and resident directors, William studied voice, movement, dramatic, classical and contemporary styles of acting on both coasts. William’s stage credits include roles from Shakespeare to Edward Albee, notably Albee’s two character play The Zoo Story. William is presently pursuing a career in writing and voiceover work.

LAVERNE MCDERMOTT

(Swing) has secured his second role in Salt Lake City, here at The Grand! He has only been in Utah for nine months and is beyond humbled to continue his theatric journey out here. He has already learned much at The Grand and will continue to open his mind and his heart as he jumps into the role/ opportunity of a lifetime: learning from his fellow cast mates how they create their characters, doing his best to keep what they have created while showing what he can do as an actor.

TERESA MCLEOD

(Miss Johnson) is very excited to make her debut at the Grand Theatre, returning to the stage after nearly 40 years’ absence. Teresa works hard at being retired. She’s learning to find time for new and old hobbies amidst taking care of a cat and a grandson. She wants to thank her two sons and husband for their support. Special thanks to Miss Catsy Cline for her advice as a thespian.

ANGIE NICOLE (Ruth Kelly) is so humbled to share the stage with this fantastic cast and to work with such an incredible production team and crew. Thank you to everyone helping watch our little girls, and a special thank you to Bo and Edee. Some of Angie’s credits include Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Catherine in The Foreigner, Louisa in The Fantasticks, Margo in Bright Star and Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Instagram: _angie_nicole__

JEFFREY OWEN

(Judge Gaffney) is excited to be back at The Grand, where he has appeared in To Kill A Mockingbird as Judge Taylor, Jeckyl And Hyde The Musical as Danvers Carew, Ms. Evers’ Boys as Dr. Douglas, and in Carousel as Jigger. Recently, Jeffrey appeared as Louis Ironson in Kushner’s Angels In America: Millenium Approaches and Perestroika with Kalisti Theatre Company. He appeared in New World Shakespeare’s Merchant Of Venice as Shylock, Coriolanus as Cominius, Much Ado About Nothing

About The Cast

as Don Pedro and in Othello as Iago; at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre: Hello Dolly as Horace Vandergelder and Walter in Don’t Drink The Water; Wasatch Theatre: Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Ted in Ideation; Carmichael in A Behanding In Spokane (The Hive Theatre); Herb in I Ought To Be In Pictures (Utah Theatre Artists Co.).

VICKI PUGMIRE (Mrs. Chumley) is so very happy to be back at The Grand. Other wonderful shows she has done here are The Musical Murder Mystery of 1940, A Streetcar Named Desire, Father of the Bride, and Mornings at Seven. She was most recently seen as The Nurse in the Greek Theater Festivals production of Medea and Betty Meeks in The Foreigner at West Valley Arts.

NIKI RAHIMI (Myrtle Mae) is thrilled to be making her Grand Theatre debut! She graduated from the University of Utah Musical Theatre Program last May. Recent credits include Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Good Co. Theatre),

Trudy in SLACabaret 2022 (Salt Lake Acting Company), and Ernestina in Hello Dolly! (Pioneer Theatre Co). She is also a part of the Hale Story Weavers outreach program to elementary schools.

VIVIANE TURMAN (Swing) is a Westminster alumnus with a BFA in Theatrical Performance and is a figure artist. This will be Viviane’s official debut with The Grand. Their regional credits include Rent (Chorus/Alexi Darling), Medea (Messenger), Fossil Record (Elise), To Kill A Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell), The Drowning Girls (Margaret), Malleable Vulnerability (Artist), The Women of Trachis (Chorus), Macbeth (Witch 3/ Lennox), The Moors (Marjory), Mr. Burns (Jenny/Lisa Simpson), Herakles (Protestor/ Chorus, Puppeteer), and Didn’t Go as Planned (Kathy).

DREW BIELINSKI (Lighting Design) is a freelance lighting designer now based in Salt Lake City after having spent the majority of his life living in the Midwest. He currently works as a Technical Director at Abravanel Hall. Prior to moving to Salt Lake City, he worked as the Lighting Supervisor for Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle, Washington, and as the Master Electrician for Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa. His most recent lighting design credits include Liminal and Men on Boats at the University of Utah, and Dead Certain and Head Over Heels at The Grand Theatre.

CAROLINE CAIN (Stage Manager) is a graduate of the U of U with her BFA in Stage Management. Caroline has worked for the Grand Theatre since 2008, becoming their resident stage manager in 2013. Her most recent credits include Dead Certain, Head Over Heels, Noises Off (PSM); Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Wall Apart, West Side Story, First Date, Marvelous Wonderettes, Spamalot, and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Other credits include Dead Certain (staged reading 2021), Heat Death of the Universe (2021), Plan-B Theatre’s Script in Hand Series (2018); The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (2016); Wasatch Theatre’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (2016).

MARK FOSSEN (Director) has directed many American classics at The Grand Theatre, including A View from the Bridge, Our Town, and Death of a Salesman. Other directing credits include Bright Star at Hale Center Theatre Orem, The Birthday Party at Westminster College, and productions with Pinnacle Acting Company, Wasatch Theatre Company, The University of Utah, Utah Repertory & Silver Summit, Davis Arts Council, and PYGmalion Productions. He serves on the board of The Grand Theatre and is an adjunct instructor at Westminster College and the University of Utah. He received his BA from the University of Utah and holds an MFA from the University of Idaho. http://markfossen.info

JOE KILLIAN (Sound Design) holds a B.F.A. in sound design and stage management from the University of Utah and currently serves as SLAC’s house sound engineer. Mr. Killian is a free-lance designer of sound effects, soundscapes and arranged music for film, video games and the performing arts. His work has been heard in a variety of venues, including the Grand Theatre (Death of a Salesman, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Crucible, Miss Ever’s Boys, etc.), Plan-B, SLAC, Kingsbury Hall, Utah PrideFest, Utah Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Festival and Utah Lyric Opera.

MERRY MAGEE (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be making their directorial debut at the Grand. She graduated from Westminster College with a BFA in Theatre Performance and is passionate about creating theatre and film in her community.

SHANNON MCCULLOCK

(Costume Design) is a Utah based costume designer residing in Salt Lake City. She received her BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah in 2010. Shannon began designing for The Grand Theatre as Resident Costume Designer in 2016. Though her body of work emphasis is musical theater, she has also designed for opera, classical Greek theater, American classic theater, children’s theater, and music video. Her resident designer position finds her primarily designing for The Grand, however, she has also been fortunate to design for SLAC, the Utah Classical Greek Theater Festival, Westminster College Opera Studio, the U of U, and the Utah Museum of Natural History Children’s Theater Program.