High School Presents 'You Can't Take It With You' Starting Thursday

The Ocean City High School Drama Guild will entertain audiences once again with the fall play You Can’t Take It With You.

Students will perform the three-act comedy four times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 to 19) with an additional 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. The shows are at the at .

You Can’t Take It With You opened in 1936 at the Booth Theatre in New York City and ran for 837 shows.

The cast of experienced high school actors is ready for opening night after long hours of grueling work, costume fittings and dress rehearsals. One cast will perform on Thursday and Friday nights and another will perform both shows on Saturday.

“This show is about a crazy, seemingly mad family with a wise old grandfather, a kooky mother and strange father, the lovable maid and her boyfriend, a wacky sister and her husband, and the only sane one in the family: Alice. She falls in love with Tony, a boy from an incredibly wealthy and uptight family. As the story progresses, we see that Tony's family may not want to be involved with Alice's and with grandpa owing 24 years back income tax, who knows what will happen,” student director Kathryn Beatty said.

A feud begins when love birds Tony Kirby and Alice Sycamore decide to have their families together for dinner to announce their pending engagement. When the Kirby’s show up at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening, they are invited inside anyway and offered whatever cheap food is in the Sycamore's house. In utter disgrace and disbelief, it is then that the Kirbys forbid their son’s marriage to Alice. Throughout the show, the audience will hear witty one-liners, which was the claim to fame for the show in 1937, when it won a Pulitzer Prize.

Tickets are $8 for senior citizens and students and $10 for adults. They can be purchased at the door or by calling 609-399-1290, ext. 1442.

Below is a cast list in order of appearance. The bold names are in the Red Cast and perform in the two Saturday shows. Parts with only one actor listed are in both casts and all performances.

Penny Sycamore………………………Rachel Heist, Nicolette Naticchione

EssieCarmichael…………………………..   Marly Logue, Morgan Perry

Rheba………………………….. ………Maura Twiggs,Dominique Meola

Paul Sycamore/Prisoner ………………. Aiden MacDonald, Dean Howey

Mr. DePinna/Prisoner………………. Austin Satinsky, Bradley Davidson

Ed Carmichael/Prisoner……………………...… Pat Birk, Andy Wiggins

Donald …………………………………………………Kameron Ghanavati

Martin Vanderhof (Grandpa) …………………………………Ed Albright 

Alice………………………………………..Ann Unsworth, Carly DelSordo

Mr. Henderson/Prisoner …………………...Oliver Trout, Alex Jesperson      

Tony Kirby/Prisoner………………………….Jason Shirk, Ben Weisberg

Boris Kolenkhov……………………………………………........Cole Carlin

Gay Wellington………………………………..Carly Benson, Molly Reign

Mrs. Kirby ……………………………...Caroline O’Rourke, Hannah Breed

Mr. Kirby …………………………………………………………. AJ Klein

Matron at Prison………………………………………………..Alex Trout

WorkingGirl Prisoner #1,2,3, 4……………..Connie Meyer, Sarah Childs,  Morgan Noble, Jessica McGlynn 

Bag Lady/Prisoner #1 and 2………...………... Taylor Jackson, Sarah Meloy 

Protester #1,2,3 and 4…...........….. Lilly O’Brien, Nicole Garrett, Shannon  Donlevie, Laura Pomeroy

Teen Male Prisoners……………………….Angela Guido, Hannah Childs

Lady Lush…………………………………………………..Haley Robinson 

The G-Man/Prisoner …………………………………………Justin Smith      

Mac/Prisoner……………………………………………..Parker Guaraglia

Jim/Prisoner…………………………………………………. Kyle Howey

Guards………………………………….…Ben Jargowsky, Tom Lonergan

G-men …………………..Ben Jargowsky, Tom Lonergan, Haley Robinson

Duchess Olga Katrina……………………..Lexi Martino, Renata Altimari