Lake Country Playhouse set to resume events

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Open auditions for the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You,” Lake Country Playhouse’s September production, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14.

Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the show will be directed by Nelson Bond. Auditions will be held at the Historic Select Theater, 114 North Johnson St. in Mineola.

The cast calls for seven women and nine men of varying ages.

The Vanderhof family at the center of “You Can’t Take It with You” is a collection of cheerful and erratic (yet lovable) incompetents. Grandpa Martin Vanderhof is the salty and philosophical patriarch of this wacky family and a man who made his peace with the world, if not the Internal Revenue Service, long ago. Then there is daughter, Penelope Sycamore and her husband, Paul (who happily manufactures fireworks in the cellar). The third generation consists of Penelope and Paul’s daughters and son-in-law: Essie Carmichael (the eternally optimistic, and inept, ballerina), her husband Ed (who has a passion for printing presses and xylophones) and Alice. Seemingly the only normal character in the household is Alice, a Wall Street secretary.

Into this whirlwind of activity comes Tony Kirby, Alice’s boyfriend, the son of her boss, and the epitome of normality and success in the business world. Despite the differences between the two families, Alice and Tony are soon engaged, and (over Alice’s protests) a dinner party is planned for Tony’s parents – at the Vanderhof home. What can possibly go wrong?

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. In keeping with the governor’s order, masks will be required as well as social distancing.

Performances at this time are scheduled for Sept. 25, 26, 27 and Oct. 2, 3 and 4.

Contact the box office at 903-569-2300 for additional information.