After months of rehearsals, PSO Theatre at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School is proud to present, You Can't Take it With You, a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
Directed by teacher Lisa Dugaro, the production opens on Jan. 9 at Martin Exeter Hall behind the 100 Mile Lodge, and runs nightly at 7 p.m. until Jan. 12. In its second week, show dates are Jan. 16 to 19.
Two different casts will perform on alternating nights.
The show is a comedy, which first appeared on Broadway in 1936, and then won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The story is about the eccentric Sycamore family, whose members do what they like to make themselves happy, without worrying much about what others think. While they may seem weird and irresponsible, the important thing is that they all love, support and respect each other in whatever they do.
Mom, Penny Sycamore, writes plays and paints but is terrible at both. Her husband, Paul, makes fireworks in his basement to amuse himself and their adult daughter, Essie, dreams of being a ballerina, but after eight years of study, is still an awful dancer.
Grandpa is Paul's father who doesn't believe in income tax and has never paid it in his life. He amuses himself by going to circuses, commencements and throwing darts.
The only apparently normal member of the family is Alice Sycamore who dates straight-laced Tony Kirby, and is rather embarrassed of her odd parents, siblings and other related and extended family members.
Tony and his equally starchy parents are invited for dinner at the Sycamore's one night, where the family's behaviour puts the Kirbys into shock and douses any possible marriage plans.
By the end of the play, the Kirbys come to understand the happy madness of the Sycamoures and become converts, themselves.
Show tickets are on sale now for $10 each and available at Donex, Didi's and at the school in person or by calling 250-395-246.
You Can’t Take it With You, is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
