Audition sign ups for You Can't Take It With You

SYNOPSIS
Grandpa Vanderhof and his wacky family, the Sycamores, have been happily living their zany lives in his house by Columbia University in New York for many years. This family (and their friends) are a madcap group of eccentrics, marching to the beat of their own drum, with pride and joy. Their hobbies include collecting snakes, building fireworks in the basement, writing a myriad of plays that never get published, and taking ballet lessons. Things like stress, jobs, and paying taxes to the government are for other people, not for them! But when practical young Alice Sycamore becomes engaged to her company’s Vice President Tony Kirby, the Vanderhof/Sycamore clan must straighten up to meet the new in-laws. Disaster ensues when the Kirbys arrive at the wrong time and, despite the best laid plans, see Alice’s family in all of its crazy glory. The evening ends with everyone in the house getting arrested, and Alice ending the engagement. It isn’t until Grandpa’s wise speech to Mr. Kirby about the importance of living life to the fullest that the two families find a way to accept each other, and love conquers all. You Can’t Take It With You is a madcap, idealistic comedy that reinforces the idea that you can only live life to the fullest by doing whatever makes you happy.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13d7KsbxQ-eJ3PZvkRYuQSGZp_uRRhAJJ6tJLCAATaJ4/edit?usp=sharing

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Oak Lawn Park District | Erica Heilmann Theatre

OAK VIEW CENTER
4625 W 110th St. Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Director: Tom Fagan

Please sign up for ONE slot and arrive a 15 minutes prior to your audition slot to fill out an audition form.

Come prepared with a comedic monologue not exceeding 3 minutes in length. Though it's preferred, monologues do not need to be memorized. You may also be asked to do cold readings from the script.

If you cannot attend auditions, video submissions can be uploaded to google drive (sharing options turned ON) or YouTube and sent to Tom Fagan at tom.fagan15@gmail.com

CALL BACKS: Friday, April 21st @ 8:30pm

ACT I TECH: Thursday, May 25th
ACT II TECH: Friday, May 26th
OFF: Saturday, May 27th & Sunday, May 28th
TECH WEEK: Monday, May 29th - Thursday, June 1st
PERFORMANCES: June 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th @ 7:30pm. June 4th & 11th @ 3pm.

COME WITH A LIST OF YOUR CONFLICTS. We will not accept conflicts AFTER the show has been cast. We cannot cast those with multiple conflicts, or conflicts during tech week through performance dates.

If you have any questions about auditions, you can email Tom Fagan at tom.fagan15@gmail.com