AUBURN — Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “You Can’t Take It With You,” an iconic comedy classic, featuring the eccentric Vanderhof/Sycamore family living in New York City, at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 1, and 7 p.m. Monday, March 2, on the second floor, 30 Academy St. Doors will open one hour before each session.
Set in 1936, the play centers on the home of Martin Vanderhof and his extended family — a brood that “goes on about the business of living life in the fullest sense of the word.”
“You Can’t Take It with You,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart originally premiered on Broadway in 1936, won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was adapted for the screen in 1938 which won an Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director. The shows revival in 2015 earned many Tony nominations including Best Revival of a Play and Best Direction.