You Can't Take It With You
By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
April 27 - May 20, 2007
The Richard Hugo House
|
|
Stan Asis, Virginia Gabby, Justin
Lockwood, Toni Rose, Kathy Hsieh
and Viet Nguyen as the Sycamore
Family in a moment from ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
|
Jeffrey Wade Gilbert as De Pinna,
Viet Nguyen as Paul and Kathy
Hsieh as Penny during a scene
from ReAct's presentation of
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
The Program
|
The Setting
The home of Martin Vanderhof near Columnia University, New York City. June 1938.
ACT 1
Scene 1: Late one afternoon.
Scene 2: Late the same night.
ACT 2
About a week later, the evening of Wednesday, June 8th.
ACT 3
The following afternoon.
|
|
Rachel Ferguson as Rheba with
Shawn Vines as Donald in ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
|
Toni Rose, Justin Lockwood,
Virginia Gabby and Eric Grimes
in a scene from Act I of ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
|
You Can't Take It With You
was first produced at the Booth Theater in New York City on December 14, 1936.
|
Production Notes
Director's Notes
You Can't Take It With You first premiered in December of 1936 near the end of the Great Depression. One of Hart and Kaufman's greatest successes, the comedy won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and has become a perennial American theater favorite. The Frank Capra film version won several Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1938, and the play has entertained generations of audiences for the past 70 years.
Toni Rose as Alice and Eric
Grimes as Tony in ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
Although much has changed since the 1930’s, surprisingly many of the problems the world faced are still with us today...unemployment, economic uncertainty, unstable foreign governments, racism, threats to "homeland security"...But ultimately it's the show's universal themes of family, love, and living life to the fullest which still continues to resonate the most.
This classic has always been a personal favorite, and it's been an exciting challenge bringing it to our mainstage on a shoestring budget with a multi-cultural cast, and more racially sensitive treatment. We hope those of you who saw it enjoyed the show, and that you take time out to follow your heart once in awhile, help others less fortunate and create lifelong memories with the ones that you love...because truly,...you can't take it with you.
--David Hsieh, Director of You Can't Take It With You
Video preview of ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
|
>>Purchase Scripts and Posters
>>Press Release and Publicity Photos
|
ReAct's production of You Can't Take It With You
was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.
|
|
Kathy Hsieh as Penny with
Catherine Kettrick as Gay from
a moment in Act II of ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
|
Eric Grimes, Timothy Kelly, Stan
Asis and Walayn Sharples in
ReAct's You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
Special Thanks To...
|
ACT for loaned set pieces
Stan Asis for donated pyro-technics
The Cast & Crew for production support and loaned costumes and props
Lorna Chin for production support
Driftwood Theatre for loaned set pieces
The Elliott Bay Book Company for promotional support
Brian Flora and Anneleen Severynen for production support
Roberta Furst for auditions support
Justus George for loaned props
George Paul Glanzman for production support
Daniel Gonzalez for properties support
Vera & Joey Ing for donated rehearsal space
Gigi Jhong for auditions support
Andy Justus for donated props
Agastya Kohli for auditions support
Rachel Rene for auditions support
The Richard Hugo House for loaned set pieces and production support
Sav Sall for loaned smoke machine
Tom Speer & the Seattle Channel for promotional support
Village Theatre for loaned costumes
Mark Waldstein & Encore Media for promotional support
|
|
Stan Asis, Virginia Gabby,
Justin Lockwood, Katy Hsieh
and Agastya Kohli in ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
|
Kathy Hsieh as Penny, Jeffrey
Wade Gilbert as De Pinna and
Stan Asis as Grandpa in ReAct's
You Can't Take It With You.
Photo: David Hsieh.
|
>>back to top
|
