"You Can't Take It With You" AUDITIONS
February 15th and 16th
Performances : May 1 – 17 2026, Fri & Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm / Location: Rise Church 10445 SW Canterbury Ln, Tigard
Directed by Kraig Williams and Assistant Directed by Sophia Caruso
All roles are available and are voluntary without pay. Individuals of all levels, all experiences, and all ethnicities are invited to audition. Auditions will be cold readings from the script.
** AUDITION SIDES will be emailed February 1, 2026 **
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Sunday, February 15th : 2pm - 5pm
Monday, February 16th : 6:30pm - 9pm
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ABOUT THE SHOW: "You Can't Take It With You" is the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comedy about the delightfully unconventional Sycamore family. This madcap household of lovable eccentrics, led by the charming Grandpa Vanderhof, lives life on their own terms, pursuing hobbies from making fireworks to writing plays—all while dodging the tax man. Chaos ensues when their seemingly "normal" daughter, Alice, brings her straitlaced, high-society fiancé, Tony Kirby, and his conservative parents to dinner on the wrong night. The resulting clash of lifestyles is a hilarious and heartfelt reminder that happiness is found by doing what you love.
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PENNY SYCAMORE: (Age: Early 50s) - Penelope is the mother of Essie and Alice, wife of Paul, and daughter of Martin. She writes plays and paints as hobbies because it makes her happy, but is terrible at both. Penny is a loving mother and wife who is constantly concerned with the welfare of her family. Her main goal is to make sure everyone is happy, particularly her daughter Alice.
ESSIE CARMICHAEL: (Age: mid 20s- mid 30s) - Wife of Ed, daughter of Penny and Paul Sycamore, Granddaughter of Martin, sister of Alice. She is childlike. As a hobby she makes candy that Ed sells. Essie dreams of being a ballerina. She has spent 8 years studying with Boris Kolenkhov, but is a terrible dancer
RHEBA: (Age: mid 20s- mid 30s) - The maid and cook to the Sycamore family. She is treated almost like a part of the family. She is dating Donald.
ALICE SYCAMORE: (Age: Early 20s) - Fiancée of Tony Kirby, daughter of Paul and Penny, granddaughter of Martin, sister of Essie. She is the only "normal" member of the extended family. She has an office job, and is rather embarrassed by the eccentricities of her family when she has Tony and his parents at her house, yet she still loves them. She tends to be a pessimist. But she is a Sycamore and her love and devotion for her family is apparent.
GAY WELLINGTON: (Age: mid 40s- mid 50s) - A stage actress whom Mrs. Sycamore meets on a bus and invites home to read one of her plays. She gets very drunk, and passes out shortly after arriving at the Sycamore's home.
MIRIAM KIRBY: Age: (Age: mid 40s- mid 50s) - Wife of Mr. Kirby, mother of Tony. She is an extremely prim and proper woman and is horrified by the goings-on in the Sycamore household. Her hobby is spiritualism.
THE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KATRINA: (Age: mid 40s and up) - She was one of the Grand Duchesses of Russia before the Revolution, another being her sister, the Grand Duchess Natasha. Since then she has been forced to flee to America where she has found work as a waitress in Childs Restaurant. She rises above everything despite her circumstances. The rest of her family has had a similar fate, such as her Uncle Sergei, the Grand Duke, who is now an elevator operator. She loves to cook as a hobby.
Government Agents (Age: 20s-up) - Three agents who come to investigate Ed because of the communist origin of some of the 'catchy' quotes he printed and placed in Essie's candy boxes, such as "God is the State – the State is God" and "Dynamite the White House".
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PAUL SYCAMORE: (Age: Mid-50s) - Father of Essie and Alice, husband of Penny, son-in-law of Martin. He is a tinkerer who manufactures fireworks in the basement with the help of his assistant Mr. De Pinna. His hobby is playing with erector sets His quiet charm and mild manner are distinctly engaging.
MR. DE PINNA: (Age: 40s-60s) - The ice man who came inside to speak to Paul eight years before, and never left. He helps Mr. Sycamore build fireworks, and moonlights as a model in Mrs. Sycamore's paintings.
ED CARMICHAEL: (Age: Mid 20s- mid 30s) - Husband of Essie, son-in-law of Paul and Penny. He is a xylophone player, and distributes Essie's candies. Ed is an amateur printer who prints anything that sounds 'catchy' to him. He prints up dinner menus for his family and communist pamphlets that he places in the boxes of Essie's candy. He also likes to make masks.
DONALD: (Age mid 20s-mid 30s) - The boyfriend of Rheba, who seems to serve as handyman for the Sycamores.
DR. MARTIN (Grandpa) VANDERHOF: (Age: 70s) - Referred to mostly as Grandpa in the play. Father-in-law to Paul, father of Penny, grandfather of Alice and Essie. He is an eccentric happy old man who has never paid his income tax because he doesn't believe in it, as he feels that the government wouldn't know what to do with the money if he paid it. Once a very successful businessman, he left his job 35 years prior for no reason other than to just relax. He lives his life by the philosophy "don't do anything that you're not going to enjoy doing". He goes to circuses, commencements, throws darts, and collects stamps.
WILBER C. HENDERSON: (Age: 30-up) - An employee of the IRS. He comes to collect the tax money owed by Grandpa, and can't understand why the latter won't pay income tax.
TONY KIRBY JR.: (Age: early/mid 20s- mid 30s) - A personable young man, not long out of Yale and more recently out of Cambridge. Fiancé of Alice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. He sees how, even though the Sycamores appear odd, they are really the perfect family because they love and care about each other. His own family is very proper and has many issues none of them will admit. He is vice president of Kirby and Co.
BORIS KOLENKHOV: (Age: 35-up) - A Russian who escaped to America shortly before the Russian Revolution. He is very concerned with world politics, and the deterioration of Russia. He is the ballet instructor of Essie, aware that she is untalented at dancing, but knows that she enjoys dancing so he keeps working with her. He admires the ancient Greeks and the Romans, questions society, and is interested in world affairs. He is enormous, hairy, loud and very, very Russian.
MR ANTHONY W. KIRBY: (Age: mid 40s- mid 50s) - Husband of Mrs. Kirby, father of Tony. He is a very proper man who is president of Kirby and Co. and secretly despises his job. His hobby is raising expensive orchids. He is also a member of the Harvard Society, the Union Club, the National Geographic Society, and the Racquet Club.
Government Agents (Age: 20s-up) - Three agents who come to investigate Ed because of the communist origin of some of the 'catchy' quotes he printed and placed in Essie's candy boxes, such as "God is the State – the State is God" and "Dynamite the White House".
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**PLEASE LIST ANY POSSIBLE REHEARSAL CONFLICTS**
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Rehearsals to start in early March and will generally be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings 630pm-9pm. Possible weekend rehearsals. First read thru on Monday, February 23rd
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