‘You Can’t Take It With

‘You Can’t Take It With

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This weekend the Christendom College Players will be performing “You Can’t Take It With You,” a delightful and warm-hearted American comedy written in the 1930s.

The play was written in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize as the best play of that year.

It’s authors, George Kaufman and Ross Hart, were renowned not only as playwrights but also as directors.

Kaufman was considered the greatest director of his time.

Hart was also famous as the director of “My Fair Lady,” and he personally was most responsible for turning Julie Andrews into a great performer.

“You Can’t Take it With You,” was turned into an important motion picture in 1938, directed by renowned director Frank Capra.

Capra directed other fan favorites from that era including, “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Mr. Smith Goes the Washington.” The motion picture version starred Jimmy Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, and Jean Arthur, and it won the Academy Award for Best Picture of that year.

Directed by John Jalsevac, the play will feature an experienced cast who have performed in past Christendom Productions, including Julian Ahlquist, Shelagh Bolger, John Connolly, Catherine Trojack, Sam Phillips, and K.C. DuFrain.

Dr. Patrick Keats has been a moderator for the Christendom Players since 1992 and has produced more than twenty major shows for the stage. “You Can’t Take It With You” is the thirteenth production that the Christendom Players have staged at The Theatre at Washington, Virginia.

The performance will take place at the Theatre at Washington, Virginia, the weekend of March 23-25.

Each night will feature a performance at 8:00 p.m., plus a matinee performance on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Ticket prices are $8 for adults, $5 for students, and $3 for :hildren 12 and under.

To reserve tickets call (800) 877-5456 ext. 101. For further information contact Producer and Assistant Director Dr. Patrick Keats at ext. 327.