Prize-winning classic performed in Ronan
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Actors, from left, include Elijah Carey, Rachel Cordis, Bradly Findly, Thomas Oschmann, Ethen Sheumaker, Jenna Janssen, Alexia Pierre, Danny Harris, Carston Rhine, Shantay Cran, Ryan Dresen, Kail Cheff, Tyrel Miller, and Richard Anselmo.
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RONAN — “You Can’t Take It With You” is the story of a family- the Sycamore family. At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is even madder.
In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. Tony, the attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore house on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. Alice, feeling the Kirby’s family is sane and her family is a little abnormal, cancels the wedding. Tony, on the other hand, knows the Sycamores live the right way with love and care for each other, while his own family is the family that’s crazy.
Unfortunately, Paul Sycamore, the patriarch of the family, is an admitted pyromaniac and the government men show up and arrest him for all the gunpowder in his basement at the exact hour the Kirbys have come to dinner. After the arrest, all hope of reconciliation between Alice and Tony seems to be lost. But the end has a twist when Mr. Anthony Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores when he happens in on the Sycamores during a visit by the ex-Grand Duchess of Russia, Olga Katrina, who is currently earning her living as a waitress.
“You Can’t Take It With You” is a comedy you’ll want to see over and over again. It is a classic written in 1930 by George Kaufman and Moss Hart and won a Pulitzer Prize. With fantastic wit and humor, compactness in form, and swiftness in tempo, it would be hard to improve upon this time-tried classic.
Don’t miss the fun at 7 p.m. on April 26 and 27 at the Ronan Performing Arts Center.
