[NEohioPAL] YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Firestone Theatre (in Akron) Starting November 15, 2012

[firestonetheatre at gmail.com]

*Classic Comedy Takes the Firestone Stage***

*Kaufman and Hart’s Pulitzer-Prize Winning Comedy to Play Three Performances
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*Senior Citizens Invited to Thursday Performance of You Can’t Take It With
You Sure at No Charge*

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Firestone Theatre is set to present the comedy classic *You Can’t Take It
With You* on the stage of the Linda B. Kersker Auditorium at Firestone High
School. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, Friday,
November 16, and Saturday November 17, 2012. Tickets are $5.00 in advance
and $8.00 at the door. Reserved VIP tickets are available for just $10.00.
Advanced tickets can be purchased in the school commons from app. 11:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during school days starting Monday, November 12, 2012.
Advanced tickets can also be purchased online at BrownPaperTickets.com.
Area senior citizens are invited to attend the play for free at the
Thursday evening performance only.

*You can’t Take It With You *is a manic comedy by Moss Hart and George S.
Kaufman. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and has since been
a perennial favorite of repertory companies, schools, universities, and
community theatres. *You Can’t Take It With You is *about a man from a
family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but
decidedly eccentric family.

The Firestone Theatre production of *You Can’t Take It With You *is under
the direction of theatre director Mark A. Zimmerman. The cast features
seniors Zoe Sapienza (Alice Sycamore), David Cardew (Ed Carmichael), Jada
Langston (Miriam Kirby), Zachary Moeller (Anthony W. Kirby), Will Banno
Rothman (Boris Kolenkov), and Max Winer (Martin “Grandpa” Sycamore). Other
cast members include juniors Destiny Hampton (Grand Duchess Olga Katrina),
Brandon kline (Wilbur C. Henderson),Aidan Matney (Paul Sycamore), Andrew
Walsh (G-Man) and Rikayla Wright (Gay Wellington); sophomores Haley Calhoun
(Rheba), Morgan Csejtey Penelope Sycamore), Tyler Gillespie (G-Man), Brian
Hirsch (Tony Kirby), Charlie Kapper (G-Man), Kate Piscetta (Essie
Carmichael); and freshman Jake Pelrine (Donald.)

Junior Samantha Lewis serves as the stage manager. She is assisted by
junior Alex Friess and sophomore Kyla Davis. Junior Francine Parr serves as
the costumes mistress. Senior Imokhai Okolo serves as the productions sound
engineer. He is assisted by junior Ashton Blake. Junior Lilith Freed serves
as the master electrician. Sophomore Nalani Rodgers serves as the props
mistress. The production is supported by a number of guest artists
including Randie O. Sass (costume designer), Christopher Pepe (sound
designer), and Elynmarie Kazle (production manager).

Firestone Theatre is the play production component of the Akron Public
Schools’ visual and performing arts program housed at Firestone High
School. The curricular track of Firestone Theatre is accessible to all
rising ninth-grade students via open enrollment and a formal audition.

-- 
Mark A. Zimmerman,
Theatre Director

Harvey S. Firestone High School
333 Rampart Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44313

330.873.3408
www.FirestoneTheatre.com
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