Westfield Community Players presents "You Can't Take It with You"

Published by New Jersey Stage
10/04/2024

The cast of "You Can't Take It with You" in rehearsal

(WESTFIELD, NJ) -- Westfield Community Players presents its first show of the season, the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, You Can't Take It with You across three weekends (October 12-13, October 19-20, and October 25-26, 2024). In the play, Grandpa Vanderhof and his wacky family, the Sycamores, have been happily living their zany lives in New York for many years. They and their friends are a madcap group of eccentrics, marching to the beat of their own drum with pride and joy.

Their hobbies include collecting snakes, building fireworks in the basement, writing plays that will never get published, and futile attempts at ballet dancing. Things like stress, jobs, and paying taxes are for other people, not for them!

But when young Alice becomes engaged to company vice president Tony, the clan must straighten up to meet the new in-laws. Disaster ensues when his parents arrive at the wrong time and, despite the best laid plans, see Alice’s family in all of its crazy glory.

You Can’t Take It with You is an idealistic comedy that reinforces the idea that you can only live life to the fullest by doing whatever makes you happy.

Performances take place October 12, 19, 25 and 26 at 8:00pm with matinees October 13 and 20 at 2:00pm at the theater, 1000 North Avenue West, Westfield. Reserve your tickets at https://www.wcptheatre.org or by calling the box office (908) 232-1221. Veteran and student discounts available with valid ID. 

Westfield Community Players (WCP), founded in 1934, has brought more than 300 comedies, dramas, musicals and mysteries to life on their stage. All productions are presented in their own 150 seat theater on the corner of Edgewood Avenue and North Avenue West in Westfield. With their productions, they continue to be part of the active cultural scene in Westfield and surrounding communities.

WCP is committed to offering hands-on participation for those wishing to learn more about various aspects of live theatrical production and performance while providing a varied theater experience to a broad audience. They do that by actively seeking volunteers to keep their theater functioning, and by maintaining an open-casting policy where everyone can audition for all of their scheduled plays.