Casting Teen Performers for "You Can't Take It with You" Play

Wife of Ed, daughter of Penny and Paul Sycamore, Granddaughter of Martin, sister of Alice. She is childish. As a hobby, she makes candy that Ed sells. Essie dreams of being a ballerina. She has spent years studying with Boris Kolenkhov, but is a terrible dancer. You must perform these embarrassing, bad dances keeping a very straight face, truly believing you are a premier ballerina.

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 good to him. He prints up dinner menus for his family and little quotes that he places in the boxes of Essie's candy. He also likes to make masks. The actor will need to be confident in all his crafts and the innocence of them, and show meekness when he is later confronted with a visit from the feds. A truly innocent and sweet soul.