Riverwood Fall Play Opens Oct. 11

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — The Riverwood International Charter School Drama Department will present four performances of "You Can't Take It With You," a comedic play Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The shows kick off Thursday, Oct. 11 and will run through Saturday, Oct. 13.

Evening shows are 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A Saturday afternoon matinee is also scheduled for 3 p.m. All performances are in Riverwood's auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. The box office opens 45 minutes before curtain.

"You Can't Take It With You" centers on the Sycamore family and their daughter, Alice, who falls in love with her boss's son, Tony Kirby. The conservative Kirbys come arrive on the wrong night for dinner and get a first-hand experience the eccentric ways of the Sycamore clan.

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Alice feels the families are too different and the marriage will never work, but Tony believes that it will. Tony is confident of the love and warmth he feels for the Sycamores, especially Alice’s mother, Penny, and Alice's grandfather. It is grandpa who eventually brings everyone together with his philosophical views on life.

The performances will be held in the auditorium at Riverwood International Charter School at 5900 Raider Drive.

Photo: Back row, left to right are Lucy Howard, Rebecca Eisenstein, Virginia Warren, Vivian Lutz, Lizzie Begle, Sam Cooney and Breigha Young. Second row, left to right: Finn Shuster, Justin Smith, Aubrey Charron, Lillian Oelkers, Andrew Cibik, Shane Kleber and Isabel Jones. Seated, left to right are Tommy Carroll, Jonny Rodriguez, Michelle Stanek and Josh Lerner. On the floor, left to right are Mason Cohen and Sam Johnson. Credit: Riverwood International Charter School