You Can't Take it With You

by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman

 

Synopsis: At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress. No mention has as yet been made of the strange activities of certain members of the household engaged in the manufacture of fireworks; nor of the printing press set up in the parlor; nor of Rheba the maid and her friend Donald; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax collector when he tells him he doesn't believe in the income tax.

Cast

Penelope Sycamore	Barbara Larrabee
Essie	Nelda Taylor
Rheba	Marian Middleton
Paul Sycamore	Eric Wallace
Mr. De Pinna	J.C. Holler III
Ed	Alan Hensel
Donald	Charles Ferrell
Martin Vanderhof	William G. Clark
Alice	Kathy Kirby
Henderson	Edward Douglas
Tony Kirby	James Rester
Boris Kolenkhov	Steve Sheetz
Gay Wellington	Judy Bedell
Mr. Kirby	Walter Cline
Mrs. Kirby	Betty Greene
Two Men	Steve Kilhefner
	Dove Ernst
Olga	Barbara Macon

 

Production Staff

Director	Cliff Goodwin
Technical Supervisor	Jonne C. Thornton
Stage Manager	Alita Gabler
Set & Lighting Design	J.C. Holler III
Set Decoration	John Barrow
Costumes	Rachel Colcord
	Priscilla Cooper
	Ree Crosby
	Steve Kilhefner
Properties	Betty Greene
	Barbara Macon
	Dove Ernst
Sound Operator	John Barrow
Lighting Operator	David Beavers
Makeup	Judy Bedell
	Edward Douglas
	Kurt Birdwhistell
House Manager	Ree Crosby