An American favorite since its debut on the Broadway stage in 1944, this play by Mary Chase won the Pulitzer Prize for drama that same year, with its initial run lasting four years—1,775 performances. Since then, it has continually been revived around the world. It was adapted into a film in 1950, starring Hollywood legend James Stewart, and has since become one of Stewart’s most beloved loved films. Its most recent Broadway revival in 2012 was led by The Big Bang Theory actor, Jim Parsons.

THE STORY:  Elwood P. Dowd is a good-natured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known and beloved everywhere in his small town. Elwood is polite, cheerful, and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter. Wherever Elwood goes, his best friend, Harvey, follows. The problem is, Harvey is an invisible, six-foot-tall rabbit. When Elwood’s sister tries to have him committed to the local sanitarium, the behavior of the prominent psychologist and his staff raises 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 their accepted version of reality?

Named for Waukegan High School West Campus Principal Orlin Trapp, the Trapp Auditorium has been in use for 50 years. It is one of the largest auditoriums in Lake County, seating over 1,900 people.