Western University of Health Sciences Students Swap Graphs for Laughs in Comedy Production
Moss Hart and George Kaufman’s comedy classic, “”You Can’t Take It With
You,”” will debut November 15-16 at a venue less ordinary for Inland Valley
theater fans.
The production won’t be running at the Candlelight Pavilion or the
Lifehouse Theater. Rather, the play is showing at Western University of
Health Sciences, in one of the school’s largest lecture halls with a cast
of university health professions students, staff, and faculty.
A production of SANUS, the university’s student theater group, whose Latin
name means, “”soundness of mind, emotions and behavior,”” “”You Can’t Take
It With You”” will join the list of plays produced every fall by the
organization since its inception in 1985. Their past credits include
Shakespeare’s, “”A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”” Agatha Christi’s, “”Ten Little
Indians,”” and the Broadway musical, “”Pump Boys and Dinettes.””
SANUS director and second-year medical student Sindy Bottros said that
cast members appreciate the play as a break in their rigorous schedule.
“”When you get to a graduate school for health professions, you expect
everyone to be either medically or scientifically focused,”” Bottros
said. “”However, I was overwhelmed by the amount of talent and creativity
the cast has to offer. I think they appreciate the stress release in
coming to practice two to three hours a week where they can act like
someone they’re not.””
“”You Can’t Take it With You”” is a campy love story about a young couple
who worry that their marriage will never work with the undeniable
differences in their two families — one thriving on its Wall Street
wealth, the other comprised
entirely of unemployed artists and theorists.
The cast is as follows:
Hanly Burton, second-year medical student, as Grandpa
Kathy Lalezarzadeh, second-year medical student as Alice
Danny Craig, advancement communications assistant as Tony
Ravi Shah, second-year medical student as Paul
Maily Nguyen, second-year medical student as Penny
Dawnell Moody, second-year medical student as Essie
Jonathan Nelson, second-year medical student as Ed
Dan Le, second-year medical student as Kolenkhov
Nicole Louie, second-year medical student as Rheba
Les Tsang, second-year medical student as Donald
Hooman Harooni, second-year medical student as Mr. DePinna
Arnold Cuenca, second-year medical student as Mr. Kirby
Sophea Tim, second-year pharmacy student as Mrs. Kirby
Amy Thomas, second-year medical student as Grand Dutchess Olga
Lilian Leong, second-year medical student as Gay Wellington
Jason Reed, second-year medical student,
Amit Parik, second-year medical student &
Phuongdoan Doan first-year medical student as the police officers
Tickets are $8 at the door or $6 during the presale period that will begin
on November 6. The curtain time for both performances is 7:30 p.m. in
Amphitheater II of the Health
Professions Center. For more information about Western University’s
performance of “”You Can’t Take It With You,”” contact the Media Relations
Department at (909) 469-5360.
