"Classic Screwball Comedy!"

This beloved 1936 comedy is a visit with one of the most irrepressible families ever created for the stage - the Sycamores of Manhattan. Headed by Grandpa Vanderhof, who has spent most of his life avoiding the IRS, this extended family is a completely uninhibited clan whose members simultaneously manufacture fireworks in the cellar, distribute left-wing propaganda in home-made candy, take ballet lessons in the living room, and operate printing presses and xylophones--often simultaneously. As Grandpa says, "Why not do what you want to do? After all…you can't take it with you!"

In addition to the antics of this madly unconventional family group, the play harbors a tender love story: the romance of Alice, the one "normal" member of the Sycamore tribe, and her fiance Tony Kirby, son of a wealthy but very conservative Manhattan banker. When the Kirby family arrives for dinner at the Sycamores a day sooner than expected the only thing louder than the fireworks exploding is the laughter that fills the theater.

Online Playbill	Notes On You Can't Take It With You By Director Tobias Andersen	About Playwrights George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Points of Reference for You Can't Take It With You	Photos	Read the Oregonian review of You Can't Take It With You
Read the Oregonian article on Trish Egan and Harold Phillips

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