Non-conformity is celebrated in Warsaw Community High School Drama Dept.'s production of "You Can't Take It With You" this weekend.
A "normal" girl in an eccentric family falls in love with a boy from a "Wall Street" family.
When the two families meet, there's more than firecrackers going off.
But which family is the crazier of the two?
"You Can't Take It With You" is Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center.
"It's funny," said Dana McAfee, director. "It's very, very funny."
According to about.com, Grandpa Martin Vanderhof was once part of the competitive business world. However, one day he realized he was unhappy. So, he stopped working.
His daughter, Penny, writes plays simply because a few years ago "a typewriter was delivered to the house by accident."
Son-in-law Paul Sycamore spends hours in the basement making illegal fireworks and playing with erector sets.
Granddaughter Essie sells candy and has been clumsily attempting ballet for more than eight years.
Essie's husband, Ed Charmichael, plays the xylophone (or tries to) and accidentally distributes Marxist propaganda.
Besides the family, many "unconventional" friends come and go from the Vanderhof house. Some never leave, like Mr. DePinna, the man who used to deliver ice. He now helps out with the fireworks and dresses in Greek togas to pose for Penny's portraits.
Tickets for the comedy are $5 for students, and $7 for adults.
"You Can't Take It With You" is a comedy in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater Dec. 14, 1936. It played for 837 performances, and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.The cast includes Grace Bagshaw as Penny; Kristen Murdock as Essie; Haley Coffman as Rheba; Conner Julian as Paul; Chris Priest as Mr. DePinna; Landen DeGraff as Ed; and Michael Kuhn as Donald.
Luke Secaur is Grandpa; Hannah Bishop is Alice; Lucas Thomas is Henderson; Derek Grose is Tony; Gordon Blair is Kolenkhov; Jillian Burley is Gay Wellington; Josh Savage is Mr. Kirby; Kayley Herbruck is Mrs. Kirby; Antonio Mantey is The Man; Mark Southworth is Jim; Susanna Stichter is Mac; and Vicki Betances is Olga.
