You Can’t Take It With You
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Teresa Thuman,
Assisted by Sadiqua Iman
Center Theatre at the Seattle Center Armory 305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
February 22 – March 11, 2018
Inclusive casting and the “chosen family” will be the centerpiece of this classic 1930’s comedy about a family living “to the beat of a different drum.” Tee Dennard, a founding member of Seattle’s Group Theatre, and Shermona Mitchell lead this cast as Grandpa and his novelist daughter, Penny Sycamore. Appropriate for all audiences.
ASL Interpretation –
March 9th Special Performance
Synopsis:
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Alice Sycamore, the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Tony , the down-to-earth son of a snooty, wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life.
The Vanderhof family at the center of You Can’t Take It with You is a collection of cheerful and erratic (yet lovable) family members. First, there’s Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, the salty and philosophical patriarch of this wacky family and a man who made his peace with the world, if not the Internal Revenue Service, long ago. Then there is his daughter, Penelope Sycamore (a cheerful and unpublished playwright, at least at the moment) and her husband, Paul (who happily manufactures fireworks in the cellar). The third generation consists of Penelope and Paul’s daughters and son-in-law: Essie Carmichael (the eternally optimistic, and inept, ballerina), her husband Ed (who has a passion for printing presses and xylophones), and Alice.
CAST
| Tee Denard | – | Martin Vanderhoff (Grandpa) |
| Shermona Mitchell | – | Penelope Sycamore |
| Gurvinder Singh | ||
| Bo Mellinger | ||
| Aaron Jin | ||
| Nick Bernard | ||
| Ayo Tushinde | ||
| Alysha Curry | ||
| Geb Brown | ||
| Bob Williams | ||
| Laura Steele | ||
| Corey Spruill | ||
| Laurie Lynch | ||
| Chris Shea | ||
| Neve Mazique | ||
| Teresa Thuman | ||
| Casey DeCaire | . |
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