Full-time gastroenterologist and part-time actor Tim Harper holds the instrument he uses to perform colonoscopies. He does 40 to 50 colonoscopies every week and has performed in dozens of community theater productions. He opens Friday in "Hello, Dolly!" for the Light Opera Guild.

"Medicine is certainly stressful, ...

... but musical and theatrical things ...

... are great stress reducers."

Ready for the curtain to go up on the Light Opera Guild production of "Hello, Dolly!," Tim Harper and Debbie Spradling are dressed to the nines for their roles as Horace Vandergelder and Dolly Levi. The show runs Friday through Sunday and Nov. 2-4 at the Clay Center.

In 1967, as a junior at South Charleston High School, Tim Harper played Mordred in "Camelot."

A publicity shot from the 1970s shows Tim Harper as he appeared in "Shenandoah."

Eight years ago, Tim Harper played President Theodore Roosevelt in the show "Tintypes."

In this scene from "Pippin," Tim Harper plays the elaborately garbed Charlemagne, a role he has played three times.

9.25x6.7 HARPER9 Dr. Tim Harper, Innerviews: He's a gastroenterologist who has lead in upcoming Guild show Hello Dolly...Very theatrical guy...portrait and expression shots. photo by chris dorst