Cast of Characters
PENELOPE “PENNY” SYCAMORE – Ciara Schweigert
ESSIE – Charlotte Swartout
RHEBA – Jenessa Rose
PAUL SYCAMORE – Morgan Matlock
MR. DE PINNA – Samantha Demcak
ED – Nathan Sax
DONALD – Kyle Mershon
MARTIN “GRANDPA” VANDERHOF – Alice Giles
ALICE – Delaney Hagfeldt
HENDERSON – Clara Mellinger
TONY KIRBY – Benjamin Miller
BORIS KOLENKHOV – Sophie NewMyer
GAY WELLINGTON – Isabelle Moon
MR. KIRBY – Harrison Whiteley-Ross
MRS. KIRBY – Anja Lindgren
THE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KATRINA – Macy NewMyer
G-MEN – Charlie Page, Allie Edinger, Lillian Renard
SWINGS – Cosette Duckett (Kirby, Donald, Kolenkhov), Isaac Norris (Tony, Paul, Ed), Ellise Newton (Penny, Rheba, G-Men), Sophie Fletcher (Gay, Alice, Olga), Kiara Valladares (Mrs. Kirby, Henderson, DePinna), Lillian Renard (Grandpa), Allie Edinger (Essie)
Scene List and Synopsis
The scene is the home of Martin Vanderhof, New York
Act I – A Wednesday evening.
Act II – A week later.
Act III – The next day.
One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times, You Can’t Take It With You is a hilarious, delightful portrait of a charmingly eccentric family. Their hobbies include collecting snakes, building fireworks in the basement, writing a myriad of plays that never get published, and taking ballet lessons. But when practical young Alice Sycamore becomes engaged to her company’s Vice President Tony Kirby, the Vanderhof/Sycamore clan must straighten up to meet the new in-laws.
Production Team
Director – Joe Dalton
Technical Director – Kristen Hartman
Choreography – Tara Porter and Charlotte Swartout
Stage Manager – Ethan Quirie
Assistant Stage Manger – Grace Hoffman
Tech Crew – August Hartman, Jack Fairman, Mae Svenson, Kayleigh Olson, Lauren Branine
Technical Director Understudy – Shannon Miller
Set Construction – Robert Eli Taylor
Set Painting & Prop Assembly – Tech Crew
Costuming – Michelle Crosby, Claire Newton
Glam – Pamela Whitchurch, Rana Kaddumi, Izzy Garland, El Strausbaugh
House Manager, Booster President – Ambria Newton
Box Office – Lisa Swartout
Photography – Jeff Peters
Videography – Corbin Anderson and SHS Video Production Club
Special thanks to the Performing Arts Boosters and Families! And thank you to Adam Mitchell, Katie Voss, and SHS Administration and district office! We appreciate you!