Upcoming Auditions at 82nd Street Theatre For *You Can’t Take It With You* SHOW DATES *August 12-14* *Auditioning students Ages 12-20* Monday, June 7, 2021 7-9 PM Director Caleb Taylor *Our auditions are held with all actors in the same room. It is a relaxed atmosphere and we ask that students stay for the whole time. Please be prepared to perform a monologue (you can find these monologues on our website) and we will do some reading from the script. Below are character descriptions as well.* Fill Out an Online Form at Online Registration <https://www.alcc.cc/auditionform> Find more information here: Audition Website <https://alcc.cc/Auditions> Auditions at Abundant Life Community Church 10143 Royalton Road, Suite N and O North Royalton, OH 44133 440-877-1202 Alcc.cc Direct inquiries to 82@alcc.cc You Can’t Take It with You Main Character Analysis *Penelope Sycamore:* The daughter of Martin Vanderhof, mother of Essie and Alice, and wife of Paul, Penelope is the fluttery, gentle lady of the house. She decided to become a playwright when a typewriter was delivered to their house by mistake. Since that time this accidental playwright has spent much of her time writing works with titles such as Poison Gas. *Essie:* The daughter of Penelope and Paul, granddaughter of Martin Vanderhof, and wife of Ed, Essie is a pixie in toe shoes. At the age of twenty-nine, she wants to be a dancer in the worst way--and, according to any unbiased observer, that is exactly what she is. The eternal student, she takes lessons from Boris Kolenkhov and is constantly dancing across the living room. *Rheba:* The maid in the Vanderhof household, she probably understands this unusual family better than anyone. *Paul Sycamore: *The husband of Penelope and father of Essie, Paul Sycamore is in his mid-fifties, but with a kind of youthful air. His quiet charm and mild manner are distinctly engaging. However, under that unassuming exterior lies a man who lives for his fireworks--the ones he manufactures in the cellar. *Mr. De Pinna: *Years ago Mr. De Pinna was delivering ice to the Vanderhof home--and just decided to stay. Now the mad genius of pyrotechnics helps out Paul in the cellar. *Ed: *The husband of Essie, Ed is a nondescript young man in his mid-thirties. However, he has two passions: the printing press and the xylophone. *Donald: *Rheba’s boyfriend, Donald spends a lot of comfortable time at the Vanderhof home. *Martin Vanderhof: *The patriarchal head of the family, Grandpa Martin Vanderhof is about seventy-five, a man whom the years have treated kindly. He is a man who made his peace with the world long, long ago, and his whole attitude and manner are quietly persuasive of this. He does, however, have a long-standing “disagreement” with the Internal Revenue Service. *Alice: *The daughter of Penelope and Paul and sister of Essie, Alice is a lovely, fresh young girl of about twenty-two. Because she is a secretary in a Wall Street office, she is in daily contact with the world and seems to have escaped the tinge of mild insanity that pervades the rest of the family; however, her familial devotion and love are readily apparent. In the course of the play she is engaged to marry Tony Kirby, her boss’s son. *Tony Kirby: *The boyfriend and later fiancé of Alice, Tony Kirby is a personable young man not long out of Yale and Cambridge. Although he fits all the physical requirements of a boss’s son, his face (and his spirit) has something of the idealist in it, invoking in him a certain fondness for the Vanderhofs’ quirkiness. *Boris Kolenkhov: *Essie’s dance teacher, Boris Kolenkhov is a hearty, explosive, Russian ballet-master. *Mr. Kirby: *Tony’s father and Alice’s boss in the Wall Street office, Mr. Kirby is a successful businessman who wants his son to follow in his footsteps; thus, he is very disapproving of the Vanderhof family and of his son’s engagement to Alice. *Mrs. Kirby: *Tony’s mother, Mrs. Kirby is of the same mind and temperament as her husband.