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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

She Loves Me
May 1991
By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
 
Directed by Alice Corey 

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress. No mention has as yet been made of the strange activities of certain members of the household engaged in the manufacture of fireworks; nor of the printing press set up in the parlor; nor of Rheba the maid and her friend Donald; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax collector when he tells him he doesn't believe in the income tax.

TICKETS
$4.50 Adult / $3.00 Senior & Youth

CAST
Penelope Sycamore / Michele Portmann
Essie / Teresa Findorff-Johnson
Rheba / Stacey Boustead
Paul Sycamore / Charlie Stark
Mr. De Pinna / Ben Benedict
Ed Carmichael / Jason Garey
Donald / Richard Hill
Martin Vanderhof / Richard Hill
Alice / Jenifer Duncan
Henderson / Bill Wrightson
Tony Kirby / Lou Hash
Boris Kolenkhov / Keith Kessler
Gay Wellington / Dorris Stark
Mr. Kirby / Jack Thorstenson
Mrs. Kirby / Marge Wrightson
Mac, Justice Dept / Pat Donohoo
G Man / Richard Holgate
Jim / Jean Giraud
Olga / Jennifer Corey 

PRODUCTION CREW
Director / Alice Corey
Assistant Director / Dora May Benedict
Set Design / Ben Benedict
Set Construction / Ben Benedict, Jon Thies, Jean Giraud
Set Painting / Jack Thorstenson, Dorris Stark, Harmony Robertson, Dick Holgate
Set Decoration / Barbara Hartel, Fred Zumwalt, Barbara Williams, Alice Corey
Props / Bonnie Gilvin, Shelly Davey, Barbara Hartel, Cast
Costumes / Barbara Williams
Lights & Sound / Barbara Hartel, J.P. Otis, Alan Balance
Poster / Dorris Stark
Make-up / Dorris Stark
Stage Managers / Shelley Davey, Amber Bien
Publicity / Marla Norton
Programs / Pauline Thorstenson 

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