You Can't Take It With You

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	Linda Walden
Essie	Patricia Simmons
Rheba	Heidi Workman
Paul Sycamore	Pete Shaner
Mr. De Pinna	Michael Chisolm
Ed Carmichael	Scott Winn
Martin Vanderhof	William Fairchild
Alice	Joshilyn Jackson
Henderson	Colin Young
Tony Kirby	James Gordon
Boris Kolenkhov	Stephen Sheetz
Mr. Kirby	Frank Burton
Mrs. Kirby	Beth Ramirez de Arellano
Gay Wellington	Lindsley Armstrong
The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina	Evelyn Grosse
"G" Men	James Pettis
	Stephen Ferguson

 

Production Staff

Director	Fred Baldwin
Costume Design	Linda McNeill
Production Stage Manager	James Pettis
Production Specialist	Frank Burton
Properties	Lindsley Armstrong
	Heidi Workman
Lighting Control	Andy Mann
Sound Control	Eve Vandenberg
Assistant to the Director	Jennifer Bradsberry