By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc..
Director: Julie King
From March 29 to April 13, 2019

Auditions: You Can't Take It With You
Sunday, February 10 at 2 PM, and Monday, February 11 @ 7 to 9 PM

Directed by Julie King
Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Readings from the script. Open call. No appointments. You do not need to attend both nights.
Color blind casting.

Show Synopsis:
At first the Sycamores seem crazy, but soon we realize that if they are crazy, the rest of the world is crazier.
In contrast to this delightful family are the unhappy Kirbys. Tony Kirby 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, meeting
the Sycamores, and who are invited to eat cheap food, convinces Alice that marriage with Tony is impossible.
Meantime, Tony will not give her up and in the end, Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores.
Then there is the Grand Duchess who works as a waitress, the fireworks manufacture in the basement, the
printing press in the parlor, and Grandpa's interview with the government man, when he tells him he
doesn't believe in the income tax.

Characters:

Penelope Sycamore: a round little woman in her fifties, she is comfortable-looking, gentle,
homey. She fancies herself an artiste-a playwright and painter.

Essie Carmichael: late twenties, a bit of a pixie. Penelope's married daughter.

Rheba: 30ish, cook and maid of all trades.

Paul Sycamore: mid-fifties, but energetic and youthful, quietly charming and mild mannered.

Mr. DePinna: bald, ageless, devoted and serious.

Ed Carmichael: 30ish, nondescript, Essie's husband.

Donald: Rheba's boyfriend; mid-thirties; genial.

Martin VanderHof: Grandpa, 75, wiry, spry, a man at peace with the world.

Alice Sycamore: early twenties, fresh-faced, lovely, definitely a Sycamore, but more in touch with the world.

Wilbur C. Henderson: Internal revenue department man. All business. Any age.

Anthony Kirby, jr.: recently out of Yale and Cambridge; mid-twenties; personable, very nice.

Boris Kolenkhov: 30-40ish; Russian, enormous, hairy, loud. Essie's ballet instructor. Russian accent.

Gay Wellington: middle-aged; heavy drinker, supposedly a former actress.

Anthony Kirby, sr.: 50ish, Tony's father; stuffed-shirt type; upper-class and proper.

Miriam Kirby: 50ish, Tony's mother; very proper and cultured.

Three G-men: "Untouchables" types; they mean business!

Grand Duchess Olga Katrina: 50-60ish; Russian royalty down on her luck; waitresses at Child's to earn a living. Russian accent.

Rehearsals begin February 13, at 7:00 pm.


Performance Dates

Friday, March 29 - April 13; Thursday - Saturday @ 8 pm, with 2 PM matinee on Saturdays

For information:

Contact Co-director, Julie King (jking1318@gmail.com) or
Co-director Jon Crumb (jonathan.crumb@yahoo.com) or

Stage Manager, Deb Kelley (Deborah.Kelley@rocketmail.com)