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First Maedgen Mainstage production "You Can't Take It with You"

You Can’t Take it with You

By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman

Directed by Dr. Jonathan Marks

Featuring Jaston Williams of “Greater Tuna” fame

 

Texas Tech University’s School of Theatre & Dance presents You Can’t Take it with You October 8th through 11th in the Maedgen Mainstage Theatre, located at 2812 18th Street, between Boston and Flint Avenues. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

 

A family farce at its finest, You Can’t Take it with You is sure to surprise, entertain and enlighten audiences this season at TTU. Living in the midst of the Great Depression, the Sycamore family escapes the gloom by creating an oasis of passion and pursuits in their own home. Hobbies and interests ranging from ballet and baking, to painting and puttering – this family is quirky and chaotic. But when Alice, the sanest and squarest of the bunch, brings home a boy from an affluent family, how will she justify her own relations’ eccentricities? The feuding family trope brought to us by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, is explored in this sidesplitting favorite by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman.

 

This cast features many Texas Tech alumni favorites including Kim Ansolabehere, Sylvia Ashby, Richard Privitt, and special guest artist Jaston Williams (of Greater Tuna fame) among current graduate and undergraduate students.

 

When asked about how it feels to be back at his alma mater, Williams replied: “Being back on the stage at the University Theatre at Tech is a return to the source in a way. I first worked on that stage at the age of fifteen. It's good to be home.

 

Director Dr. Jonathan Marks describes the ensemble as “Even the oddest of oddballs,” and with a unique cast portraying these unique characters, You Can’t Take it with You is sure to be a night of hilarity, chaos and laughter.

 

Tickets for You Can’t Take it with You are $18 for individuals and $5 for students with a valid student ID. A limited number of free student rush tickets are available for Texas Tech Students. For more information, please call the Maedgen Theatre Box Office at (806) 742-3603.

Posted:
10/1/2015

Originator:
Richard Privitt

Email:
richard.privitt@ttu.edu

Department:
Department of Theatre and Dance


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