[NEohioPAL]Auditions this weekend
Erin Bennett
cf_bennette at cfalls.org
Wed Dec 13 09:45:14 PST 2006
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Audition Announcement
MORRISON PLAYMAKERS INC
formerly the Galaxy Players in Wadsworth
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Show
YOU CAN=92T TAKE IT WITH YOU =
by Moss Hart and George Kaufman
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Director
Erin B=2E Bennett
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Auditions
Will be held at The Senior Center=2C 138 High St=2E=2C Wadsworth=2C Ohio=
Fri=2C Dec 15th at 6=3A30pm
Sat =26 Sun=2C Dec 16=2C 17 at 2pm
Possible callbacks=3A Wed=2E Dec=2E 20 at 7=3A00 p=2Em=2E
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Needed are 7 women and 12 men ages ranging 20 to 75+
Including one African American man ages 20-40 and one African American w=
oman ages 20-40
See below for additional information
Bring a prepared 1-2 minute monologue and ALL CONFLICTS that may interfe=
re with the rehearsal process=2E =
If possible=2C read the play to be familiar with thecharacters=3B auditi=
ons will include cold readings=2E
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Rehearsals
Rehearsals are scheduled to begin Dec 27th and will be=3A
Tuesdays 7-10 pm
Wednesdays 7-10 pm
Thursdays 7-10 pm
Sundays 7-10 pm
*A meet the cast and read thru may be held prior to Dec=2E 27*
Production dates (2007)=3A Feb 2=2C 3=2C 4=2C 9=2C 10=2C 11=2C 16=2C 17=2C=
18
For additional information or if you have an audition conflict call 330-=
416-5937 or =
330-990-5257=2E=2E=2E may email questions to weedz=40bright=2Enet or cf=5F=
bennette=40cfalls=2Eorg
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Background Info=3A
You Can=27t Take It with You opened in New York in December of 1936 to i=
nstant critical and popular acclaim=2E This depiction of a delightfully =
eccentric family=2C the third collaboration by playwrights George S=2E K=
aufman and Moss Hart=2C proved to be their most successful and longest-r=
unning work=2E Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1936=2C the comedy went on =
to run 837 performances on Broadway=2E You Can=27t Take It with You rela=
tes the humorous encounter between a conservative family and the crazy h=
ousehold of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof=2E Grandpa=27s family of idiosyncra=
tic individualists amuse with their energetic physical antics and inspir=
e with their wholehearted pursuit of happiness=2E Kaufman and Hart fill =
the stage with chaotic activity from beginning to end=2E Critics have ad=
mired the witty one-liners=2C the visual theatrics=2C and the balanced c=
onstruction of the play=27s three acts=2E Successful Broadway revivals i=
n 1965 and 1983 also attest to the play=27s timeless appeal=2E
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Synopsis=3A
Tony Kirby is in love with Alice Sycamore and she with him=2E But her c=
harmingly idiosyncratic clan is in sharp contrast with his conservative =
Wall St=2E family and Alice thinks that their romance would never work=2E=
A typewriter was delivered by mistake so her mother writes plays=2E G=
randpa collects snakes and stamps and goes to commencements=2E Her fath=
er makes fireworks in the basement assisted by the man who came to deliv=
er ice 8 years ago and just stayed=2E And let=92s not even talk about t=
he Russian defector-turned-ballet teacher who always seems to show up at=
dinner time=2E She loves them for their individuality but what will hi=
s family of money and society think=3F =
Tony sees it differently=2E He finds his family stuffy and repressed a=
nd wants the freedom to make his own choices=2E So he convinces Alice t=
o marry him and=2C when it comes time for the to-be-inlaws to meet=2C he=
=93accidentally=94 brings his folks over on the wrong night =96 right i=
n the midst of the whirlwind of lunacy that is the Sycamores=2E =
Can true love find a way amidst a quite revealing game of word associati=
on=2C Russian wrestling=2C pickled pigs feet=2C government agents=2C and=
exploding fireworks=3F Things must work out=2C after all=2C You Can=92=
t Take It With You!
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Setting=3A The home of Martin Vanderhof=2C New York=2C Spring 1936
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Characters=3A The ages cited are =22playing ages=94 and the descriptions=
provided are general guidelines=2E
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Martin Vanderhof=3A Grandpa is about 75=2C a wiry little man whom the ye=
ars have treated kindly=2E His face is youthful=2C despite the lines tha=
t sear it and his eyes are very much alive=2E He is a man who made his =
peace with the world long=2C long ago=2C and his whole attitude and mann=
er are quietly persuasive of this=2E
Penelope Sycamore=3A A round little woman in her early fifties=2C comfor=
table looking=2C gentle=2C homey=2E Grandpa=92s daughter=2C Penny is al=
most childlike in her direct approach to life=3B some might call her blu=
nt=2E Her passions include painting and writing plays=2E
Paul Sycamore=3A Penny=92s husband in his mid-fifties=2C Paul has a kind=
of youthful air and rock-solid composure=2E The latter is most useful =
in his pursuit of the perfect fireworks display=2E
Essie Carmichael=3A Penny and Paul=92s daughter is a girl of about twent=
y-nine=2C very slight=2C with a curious air of the pixie about her=2E E=
ssie spends her time making candies but her dream is to be a prima balle=
rina=2E
Ed Carmichael=3A Essie=92s husband is young man in his mid-thirties=2E =
His obsessions are printing and playing the xylophone=2E
Alice Sycamore=3A Penny =26 Paul=92s younger daughter=2C Alice is about =
22 and has escaped the mild tinge of insanity that pervades the rest of =
the family=2C but dearly loves them nonetheless (think Marilyn Munster)=2E=
The only one with a =93normal=94 job=2C Alice is a secretary at Kirby =
=26 Co=2E=2C a Wall St=2E firm=2E
Anthony Kirby=2C Jr=2E=3A Tony is a personable young man=2C not long out=
of college=2C the boss=92 son=2C and vice-president of Kirby =26 Co=2E =
Hopelessly in love with Alice=2C Tony fears a future with all work and =
no play =96- and takes steps to prevent that from happening=2E
Mr=2E Kirby=3A Tony=92s father=2C the middle-aged Mr=2E Kirby is a succe=
ssful Wall St=2E businessman=2E He is the embodiment of everything the =
Sycamore=92s are not =96 conservative=2C repressed=2C with perpetual ind=
igestion=2E
Mrs=2E Kirby=3A Tony=92s mother parallels her husband in most things=2E =
She does=2C however=2C reveal a repressed wild side with regard to her =
(and Mr=2E Kirby=92s) sex life=2E
Mr=2E DePinna=3A A middle-aged man with a serious demeanor=2C Mr=2E DiPi=
nna came to deliver ice eight years ago and just stayed=2E He assists P=
aul making fireworks when not posing for Penny=92s paintings=2E
Rheba=3A The Vanderhof=92s maid=3B an ethnic girl somewhere in her 20s o=
r 30s=2E This character is somewhat the stereotypical =93black maid=94 =
of the time period=2E
Donald=3A Rheba=92s boyfriend=2C an ethnic gentleman also in his 20s or =
30s=2E This character is somewhat the stereotypical =93black butler=94 =
of the time period=2E
Boris Kolenkhov=3A Essie=92s ballet teacher is enormous=2C hairy=2C loud=
=2C and very=2C very Russian=2E He defected at the time of the Bolshevi=
k revolution but loves politics and wrestling=2E
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina=3A Deposed member of the Russian aristocracy =
and now a waitress at Child=92s Restaurant=2E
Gay Wellington=3A An actress=2C nymphomaniac=2C and terrible souse=2E
Henderson=3A An IRS Agent
Three Men=3A Government agents
Mrs=2E Erin Bennett
Roberts Middle School
Reading and Language Arts =
Grades 7-8
330-926-3800
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center=22 align=3Dcenter=3E=3CI=3EYou Can=27t Take It with You=3C/I=3E =
opened in =3Cst1=3Aplace w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3AState w=3Ast=3D=22=
on=22=3ENew York=3C/st1=3AState=3E=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E in December of 1936=
to instant critical and popular acclaim=2E This depiction of a delightf=
ully eccentric family=2C the third collaboration by playwrights George S=
=2E Kaufman and Moss Hart=2C proved to be their most successful and long=
est-running work=2E Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1936=2C the comedy wen=
t on to run 837 performances on Broadway=2E =3CI=3EYou Can=27t Take It w=
ith You=3C/I=3E relates the humorous encounter between a conservative fa=
mily and the crazy household of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof=2E Grandpa=27s =
family of idiosyncratic individualists amuse with their energetic physic=
al antics and inspire with their wholehearted pursuit of happiness=2E Ka=
ufman and Hart fill the stage with chaotic activity from beginning to en=
d=2E Critics have admired the witty one-liners=2C the visual theatrics=2C=
and the balanced construction of the play=27s three acts=2E Successful =
Broadway revivals in 1965 and 1983 also attest to the play=27s timeless =
appeal=2E=3C/P=3E
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center=22 align=3Dcenter=3ETony Kirby is in love with Alice Sycamore an=
d she with him=2E=26nbsp=3B But her charmingly idiosyncratic clan is in =
sharp contrast with his conservative =3Cst1=3AStreet w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=
=3Cst1=3Aaddress w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3EWall St=2E=3C/st1=3Aaddress=3E=3C/s=
t1=3AStreet=3E family and =3Cst1=3ACity w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3Apla=
ce w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3EAlice=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E=3C/st1=3ACity=3E thinks t=
hat their romance would never work=2E=26nbsp=3B A typewriter was deliver=
ed by mistake so her mother writes plays=2E=26nbsp=3B Grandpa collects s=
nakes and stamps and goes to commencements=2E=26nbsp=3B Her father makes=
fireworks in the basement assisted by the man who came to deliver ice 8=
years ago and just stayed=2E=26nbsp=3B And let=92s not even talk about =
the Russian defector-turned-ballet teacher who always seems to show up a=
t dinner time=2E=26nbsp=3B She loves them for their individuality but wh=
at will his family of money and society think=3F =3C/P=3E
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sees it differently=2E=26nbsp=3B =26nbsp=3BHe finds his family stuffy an=
d repressed and wants the freedom to make his own choices=2E=26nbsp=3B S=
o he convinces =3Cst1=3Aplace w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3ACity w=3Ast=3D=
=22on=22=3EAlice=3C/st1=3ACity=3E=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E to marry him and=2C =
when it comes time for the to-be-inlaws to meet=2C he =93accidentally=94=
brings his folks over on the wrong night =96 right in the midst of the =
whirlwind of lunacy that is the Sycamores=2E =3Co=3Ap=3E=3C/o=3Ap=3E=3C/=
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rue love find a way amidst a quite revealing game of word association=2C=
Russian wrestling=2C pickled pigs feet=2C government agents=2C and expl=
oding fireworks=3F=26nbsp=3B Things must work out=2C after all=2C =3CI=3E=
You Can=92t Take It With You=3C/I=3E!=3Co=3Ap=3E=3C/o=3Ap=3E=3C/SPAN=3E=3C=
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AN style=3D=22COLOR=3A black=22=3EThe home of Martin Vanderhof=2C =3Cst1=
=3Aplace w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3AState w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3ENew York=
=3C/st1=3AState=3E=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E=2C Spring 1936=3Co=3Ap=3E=3C/o=3Ap=3E=
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pa is about 75=2C a wiry little man whom the years have treated kindly=2E=
=26nbsp=3BHis face is youthful=2C despite the lines that sear it and his=
eyes are very much alive=2E=26nbsp=3B He is a man who made his peace wi=
th the world long=2C long ago=2C and his whole attitude and manner are q=
uietly persuasive of this=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EPenelope Sycamore=3A=3C/B=3E A ro=
und little woman in her early fifties=2C comfortable looking=2C gentle=2C=
homey=2E=26nbsp=3B Grandpa=92s daughter=2C Penny is almost childlike in=
her direct approach to life=3B some might call her blunt=2E=26nbsp=3B H=
er passions include painting and writing plays=2E=3C/P=3E
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s husband in his mid-fifties=2C Paul has a kind of youthful air and rock=
-solid composure=2E=26nbsp=3B The latter is most useful in his pursuit o=
f the perfect fireworks display=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EEssie Carmichael=3A=3C/B=3E Penny=
and Paul=92s daughter is a girl of about twenty-nine=2C very slight=2C =
with a curious air of the pixie about her=2E=26nbsp=3B Essie spends her =
time making candies but her dream is to be a prima ballerina=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EEd Carmichael=3A=3C/B=3E Essie=92=
s husband is young man in his mid-thirties=2E=26nbsp=3B His obsessions a=
re printing and playing the xylophone=2E=3C/P=3E
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amp=3B Paul=92s younger daughter=2C Alice is about 22 and has escaped th=
e mild tinge of insanity that pervades the rest of the family=2C but dea=
rly loves them nonetheless (think Marilyn Munster)=2E=26nbsp=3B The only=
one with a =93normal=94 job=2C =3Cst1=3ACity w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=
=3Aplace w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3EAlice=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E=3C/st1=3ACity=3E is=
a secretary at Kirby =26amp=3B Co=2E=2C a =3Cst1=3AStreet w=3Ast=3D=22o=
n=22=3E=3Cst1=3Aaddress w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3EWall St=2E=3C/st1=3Aaddress=3E=
=3C/st1=3AStreet=3E firm=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EAnthony Kirby=2C Jr=2E=3A=3C/B=3E=
Tony is a personable young man=2C not long out of college=2C the boss=92=
son=2C and vice-president of Kirby =26amp=3B Co=2E=26nbsp=3B Hopelessly=
in love with =3Cst1=3ACity w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3Aplace w=3Ast=3D=
=22on=22=3EAlice=3C/st1=3Aplace=3E=3C/st1=3ACity=3E=2C Tony fears a futu=
re with all work and no play =96- and takes steps to prevent that from h=
appening=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EMr=2E Kirby=3A=3C/B=3E Tony=92s f=
ather=2C the middle-aged Mr=2E Kirby is a successful =3Cst1=3AStreet w=3A=
st=3D=22on=22=3E=3Cst1=3Aaddress w=3Ast=3D=22on=22=3EWall St=2E=3C/st1=3A=
address=3E=3C/st1=3AStreet=3E businessman=2E=26nbsp=3B He is the embodim=
ent of everything the Sycamore=92s are not =96 conservative=2C repressed=
=2C with perpetual indigestion=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EMrs=2E Kirby=3A=3C/B=3E Tony=92s =
mother parallels her husband in most things=2E=26nbsp=3B She does=2C how=
ever=2C reveal a repressed wild side with regard to her (and Mr=2E Kirby=
=92s) sex life=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EMr=2E DePinna=3A=3C/B=3E A middle=
-aged man with a serious demeanor=2C Mr=2E DiPinna came to deliver ice e=
ight years ago and just stayed=2E=26nbsp=3B He assists Paul making firew=
orks when not posing for Penny=92s paintings=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3ERheba=3A=3C/B=3E The Vanderhof=92=
s maid=3B an ethnic girl somewhere in her 20s or 30s=2E=26nbsp=3B This c=
haracter is somewhat the stereotypical =93black maid=94=26nbsp=3Bof the =
time period=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EDonald=3A=3C/B=3E Rheba=92s boyfr=
iend=2C an ethnic gentleman also in his 20s or 30s=2E=26nbsp=3B This cha=
racter is somewhat the stereotypical =93black butler=94=26nbsp=3Bof the =
time period=2E=3C/P=3E
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s ballet teacher is enormous=2C hairy=2C loud=2C and very=2C very Russia=
n=2E=26nbsp=3B He defected at the time of the Bolshevik revolution but l=
oves politics and wrestling=2E=3C/P=3E
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=22mso-bidi-font-weight=3A normal=22=3EGrand Duchess Olga Katrina=3A=3C/=
B=3E Deposed member of the Russian aristocracy and now a waitress at Chi=
ld=92s Restaurant=2E=3C/P=3E
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