'You Can't Take it With You' plays in Elgin

The Elgin Theatre Company will present “You Can't Take it With You.”

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you 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.

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.

The comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman will be presented on June 15-17, 22-24, 29-30 and July 1. The Friday and Saturday night performances start at 8 p.m. Sunday performances start at 2 p.m. Tickets are priced at $15 for adults and $12 for youth and senior citizens. “You Can't Take It With You” will be presented at the Kimball Street Theater of the Elgin Academy. The theater is at the northeast corner of Kimball Street and Dundee Avenue in downtown Elgin. For ticket reservations or more information call (847) 741-0532 or email tickets@inil.com or visit [URL]www.elgin-theatre.org;http://www.elgin-theatre.org[URL].[/URL]