Madison Heights High School
1965 Class Reunion

Senior Play

"You Can't Take It With You'

"You Can't Take It With You", a comical play by Moss Hart, was produced by the Senior Class for their final curtain call at Madison Heights.

        
In this Madison Heights Production, the characters in the play were portrayed by:
Penelope Sycamore.......................Pam Furnace
Essie..........................................Janie Wilkinson     
Rheba.........................................
Paul Sycamore.............................
Mr. De Pinna................................
Ed..............................................
Donald........................................
Martin Vanderhof..........................
Alice...........................................
Henderson...................................
Tony Kirby...................................
Boris Kolenkhov.............................Rick Plummer    
Gay Wellington..............................
Mr. Kirby......................................
Mrs. Kirby....................................
Three Men....................................
Olga............................................Arlene Webb

    In spite of the sudden illness of director William Jennings, the play cast met the scheduled deadline as planned. Mrs. Margaret Furnace, assisted by Mr. Henry McLain, assumed directorship, while Miss Ann Jenkins worked in costuming.

Rick Plummer getting ready for his role as Kolenkoff, a Russian ballet teacher in the senior play.

In the picture to the right, Rick Plummer in full makeup and costume, concentrates during the "association game."

Donning painter's beret and smock, Pam Furnace, as the eccentric Mrs. Sycamore, tries her hand at a new hobby.

Arlene Webb played the part of Olga in this busy and eccentric household.

Pam Furnace, 1965 Valedictorian, charmed audiences with her portrayal of Mrs. Sycamore in the senior class play, "You Can't Take It With You."

As Essie, Janie Wilkinson floats through the house while practicing her latest ballet step.

     The setting for Hart's play, 1930 in New York City, sets the mood for the hilarious comedy. The Sycamores, an eccentric family of seven, believed in doing only what they enjoyed. The house in which they lived reflected their peculiar interests, for it contained a fireworks laboratory, a candy factory, a printing press, and a novelists' study. Utter chaos resulted as unexpected dinner guests arrived to find the bewildered hosts occupied with ballet dancing, oil painting and xylophone practicing.

     The audience never witnessed a dull moment in the entire performance. One might dispute who had the most fun - audience or cast.

On behalf of the senior class play cast, Rick Plummer presents director Bill Jennings with an appreciatory dramatics plaque after the Saturday night performance of "You Can't Take It With You."