The Chapman Theatre Department put on the production “You Can’t Take it With You” September 22nd and 23rd.

The show is a comedy written in 1936 by George S. Kaufman and Moss Heart. The show won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and later on won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Director after it was made into a movie.

Will Thorne, senior, was very pleased to be a lead in the first show of his last year. Thorne plays Tony, the son of the company’s executive and Alice’s boyfriend.

In order to get prepared for the show, Thorne has been writing letters to Alice.

“I plan on making this a career, honey. I enjoy every aspect of it,” said Thorne.

Carlie Shope, junior, played Penny Sycamore. Penny Sycamore is the mother of the crazy Sycamore family.

The show brought lots of laughs to the audience on all three nights, “I think it invites a diverse audience to enjoy and laugh together,” said Shope.

Shope even got to carry around two kittens during the whole show.

Although it was a comedy, the show also demonstrated important issues that take place in people’s family and day to day lives.

“I think it provides a deeper meaning of unity. I also think it illuminates the battle between money and family,”  said Shope.

The cast of “You Can’t Take it With You” did an excellent job on their production. The audience enjoyed every second, even the times when things went a little wrong, and especially the kittens.

Chapman looks forward to “Beauty and the Beast” coming up in the spring.