KAUFFMAN & HART’S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING COMEDY

BOOKENDS KARAMU’S SEASON OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION

Karamu House, the oldest African-American theatre in the country, continues its mission to produce socially-relevant, professional-quality entertainment.  You Can’t Take It With You will close Karamu’s 2016-2017 season and will run from April 20 through May 7, 2017.  All performances will be held at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Mandel Theatre. 

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

written by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman

directed by Fred Sternfeld

APRIL 20 – MAY 7, 2017

Tri-C East Campus Mandel Theatre

4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, Ohio

When a wealthy Wall Street family collides with a slightly-batty but “eccentric” NYC family, the hilarious hijinks that ensues is nothing short of explosive. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman is a classic American romantic comedy that smartly arranges farce, wit, and social commentary, with optimism and compassion.  One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times, this quintessential play takes you on a wild romp you won’t soon forget.

The original production premiered on Broadway in 1936 at the Booth Theatre and played for 837 performances, winning the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  Adapted for the screen in 1938, the film starred James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Miller and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, and garnered the Academy Award for Best Picture. The most recent 2014 Broadway revival, directed by Scott Ellis, starred James Earl Jones, Rose Byrne, Elizabeth Ashley, and Annaleigh Ashford earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play in 2015.

For tickets to this smart side-splitting comedy, visit us online at www.karamuhouse.org or call 216.795.7077.

The ACTING COMPANY for You Can’t Take It With You includes:

BOB ABELMAN as Mr. De Pinna

CHRIS BIZUB as Boris Kholenkov

DAVID BOYCE as G-Man 2 “Jim”

SYRMYLIN R. CARTWRIGHT as G-Man “The Man”

SUE COHEN as Duchess Olga Katrina

JEANNINE GASKIN as Rheba

GREGORY DYLAN as G-Man 3 “Mac”

MAYA JONES as Essie

JOSHUA MCELROY as Ed

ANNE J. MCEVOY as Penny Sycamore

MIGUEL OSBORNE as Donald

CARLA PETROSKI as Gay Wellington

CHRIS RICHARDS* as Tony Kirby

LUTHER PETE ROBINSON as Paul Sycamore

PROPHET SEAY as Henderson

CORLESIA SMITH as Alice Sycamore

LAURA STARNIK as Mrs. Kirby

GREG WHITE as Grandpa

LOU WILL as Mr. Kirby

* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States

The CREATIVE TEAM for You Can’t Take It With You includes:

Director ……………………. FRED STERNFELD**

Stage Manager ..………. MEGAN MINGUS*

Scenic Designer ………… RICHARD MORRIS, JR.

Lighting Designer ……… ROBERT PECK

Costume Designer ……. INDA BLATCH-GEIB

Sound Designer ..………. STAN KOZAK

Props Mistress. ..….……. CLIFFIE JONES

Technical Director .……. PROPHET SEAY

Resident Costumer ……. BRIELLE MCGREW

Choreographer  …………. BEBE WEINBERG KATZ

* The stage manager is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

** The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a National Theatrical Labor Union.

Tickets range in price from $15 – $37. Groups of 10+ save more on single ticket prices.

Visit Karamu 2.0 online at www.karamuhouse.org.