March 6, 7, 8, and 13, 14, 15, 2008; Dinner seating at 6:30 with the
show to follow at 8:00 -- Annual dinner Theatre "You Can't Take It With
You" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. This wild comedy will be the
after dinner fare for your laugh-filled enjoyment. Michael Shoopman is
director.
This show is by RESERVATION ONLY at
515.576.6061. Plates have been
selling very early for this show (since mid-January!), so get your
reservations in FAST.
At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize
that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to
these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how
Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice
Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the
wrong evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to
eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the
question.
The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to
realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are
right and his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end
Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores,
particularly since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand
Duchess, earning her living as a waitress.
No mention has as yet been made of the strange activities of certain
members of the household engaged in the manufacture of fireworks; nor
of the printing press set up in the parlor; nor of Rheba the maid and
her friend Donald; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax collector
when he tells him he doesn't believe in the income tax.
Produced under authority of the Dramatists Play Services, NY, NY, USA.