"You Can't Take It With You" Teen Audition for the Theater
Looking for boys and girls in "You Can't Take It With You". See the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: 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. Rate: This is a non-paid volunteer opportunity. Additional info: Callbacks Wed Feb 18 (6:30 - 9:30pm), if needed Performances: May 1 – 17 2026, Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm Preparation: Auditions will be round robin style reading sides. The directors will audition these characters by sending out sides from the text to prepare. Sides will be emailed starting no later than February 1, 2026 and ONLY to those signed up to audition. The sides do not need to be memorized, but should be prepared Individuals of all levels of experience and all ethnicities are invited to audition. If you are interested please apply.
7 roles
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.
The maid and cook to the Sycamore family. She is treated almost like a part of the family. She is dating Donald.
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.
The boyfriend of Rheba, who seems to serve as handyman for the Sycamores.
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.
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.
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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