We are currently accepting directing proposals for Little Women, And Then There Were None, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Harvey. If interested, please submit a brief proposal to our Managing Director Cat Milone at cat@actorsnetbucks.org, addressing the following:
1) Which show would you like to direct, and why?
2) What is your vision for the production? Tell us about your overall concept, tone, style, or approach to the material. Please feel free to include any set design drafts or sketches.
3) What would your production timeline look like? Please include anticipated audition and read-through dates; approximate rehearsal schedule, including frequency and weekend needs; media/content days; costuming timeline; set construction; and any other major production milestones.
4) Are you bringing any crew members with you? If you have an established stage manager, designer, or other collaborator you would like to bring onto the production, please let us know.
5) What crew will you need ActorsNET to help provide? Please be specific! Do you need a Stage Manager? Costumer(s)? Set designer or construction help? Props? Lighting and/or sound designer? Board operators? Run crew? Tell us every position you anticipate needing filled so we can properly assess the production’s staffing needs.
6) What do you anticipate being the most expensive element of your production? Sets, costumes, props, special effects, technical needs, or something else?
7) Tell us about your theatrical background and directing experience.
8) If you have never directed or volunteered with ActorsNET, please provide at least one theatrical reference. References must be a management or Board member of a theatre company with which you have previously worked.
9) Why do you want to direct at ActorsNET?
We’re looking for directors who are excited not only about the show they want to create, but about the planning, collaboration, and teamwork it takes to bring that vision from the page to the ActorsNET stage. Whether you’re already part of the NET family or hoping to work with us for the first time, we look forward to hearing your ideas!
Directors: Cat Milone
Producer/Stage Manager: Karolina Matyka
Producer/Set Construction: Ernie Albanesius
JOIN THE PRODUCTION TEAM!
Interested in learning more about how the backstage world of theatre works? We’d love to have you!
No experience? No problem! We’ll teach you the skills you need. These are volunteer roles, perfect for anyone wanting to learn theatre tech or be part of a fun, creative team.
If interested, please reach out to us by email: Karolina@ActorsNetBucks.org
At the delightfully unconventional Sycamore household, life is anything but ordinary. While her family happily pursues their passions – from ballet and playwriting to printing presses and homemade fireworks – Alice Sycamore has fallen in love with Tony Kirby, the son of her wealthy and decidedly proper employer. When the two very different families are brought together, carefully laid plans quickly give way to misunderstandings, surprises, and hilarious chaos.
Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take It With You is a warmhearted comedy about embracing what makes us different and choosing happiness over convention
If you are interested in auditioning, please email the Director Cat Milone (cat@actorsnetbucks.org) to schedule a date/time to be seen in-person or via Zoom.
In-person auditions will be at ActorsNET, 365 N Delmor Ave, Morrisville, PA 19067.
Actors will be asked to read from sides provided at the auditions.
Monologues are not required but should you like to perform one no longer than 2 minutes, you will be given the opportunity.
Please bring a list of ALL conflicts (including ANY tentative ones) from August 26 through November 1, 2026.
A headshot and resume are very much appreciated but not mandatory. Alternatively, you may send these materials ahead of time to Producer Karolina Matyka at Karolina@ActorsNetBucks.org
All roles are non-equity and unpaid.
ActorsNET strives to foster an environment of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in all productions. Roles are open to performers of all races, gender identities, sexual orientations, body types, ages (18+), and abilities.
REHEARSALS: Rehearsals will begin August 31st and continue through to the final tech week before the show opens on October 16th. There will be 3-4 rehearsals per week, including weekends. Participants are required to submit all conflicts at the auditions and continue to update the production team on new conflicts that arise even AFTER the rehearsal calendar has been distributed.
PERFORMANCES:
October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24*, 25, 30, 31″,
November 1^, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Call time for actors is ONE HOUR before the show starts. All performances will be at ActorsNET, 635 N Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA 19067
*Sat. 10/24 There are two shows (2pm and 8pm).
“Sat. 10/31 The performance will be at 2:00 p.m. instead of the usual 8:00 p.m.
^Sun, 11/01 Cast members are required to participate in the Strike at the end of the last performance.
CHARACTER LIST
Non-union. Non-paid. All roles are open.
GRANDPA MARTIN VANDERHOF (Male, 65-80)
The warm, spry, and free-spirited patriarch of the Sycamore household. Grandpa gave up the business world years ago to simply enjoy life and approaches everything (including his decades of unpaid income taxes) with cheerful common sense and quiet wisdom.
PENELOPE “PENNY” SYCAMORE (Female, 45-60)
Grandpa’s daughter and mother of Essie and Alice; a comfortable, gentle, endlessly enthusiastic woman who became a playwright when a typewriter was accidentally delivered to the house. Penny is loving, optimistic, eccentric, and completely confident in her questionable artistic abilities.
PAUL SYCAMORE (Male, 45-60)
Penny’s husband and father of Essie and Alice; youthful, mild-mannered, quietly charming, and happiest tinkering in the basement. His particular passion is manufacturing fireworks with Mr. De Pinna – occasionally with explosive results.
ESSIE CARMICHAEL (Female, 25-35)
Penny and Paul’s older daughter and Ed’s wife; a sweet, pixie-like aspiring ballerina who is almost constantly dancing despite possessing more enthusiasm than talent. She also makes homemade candy, which Ed sells for her. Strong movement/physical comedy skills preferred.
ED CARMICHAEL (Male, 25-35)
Essie’s devoted husband, an easygoing and somewhat absent-minded young man whose passions include playing the xylophone and operating his printing press. His habit of printing whatever interesting phrases he happens to encounter inadvertently attracts some very unwanted government attention.
ALICE SYCAMORE (Female, 20-28)
Penny and Paul’s younger daughter and the comparatively “normal” member of the Sycamore family. Smart, sincere, and deeply devoted to her family, Alice is in love with Tony Kirby and desperately hopes their very different worlds can coexist.
RHEBA (Female, 25-40)
The Sycamores’ maid and cook, though she is unquestionably part of the family. Practical, good-humored, observant, and unfazed by the constant chaos around her, Rheba shares an affectionate relationship with Donald.
DONALD (Male, 25-40)
Rheba’s genial, easygoing boyfriend and a frequent presence in the Sycamore home. Good-natured and perfectly at home amid the family’s lively household, he helps with odd jobs and goes along for the ride.
MR. DE PINNA (Male, 40-65)
A former deliveryman who came to the Vanderhof house years ago… and simply never left. Serious, devoted, and endearingly odd in his own way, he has become Paul’s enthusiastic partner in manufacturing fireworks and occasionally serves as a model for Penny’s paintings.
BORIS KOLENKHOV (Male, 35-55)
Essie’s enormous, exuberant Russian ballet instructor: loud, passionate, opinionated, and physically imposing. Kolenkhov brings tremendous energy wherever he goes and has no hesitation about loudly announcing exactly what he thinks or demonstrating his wrestling skills. Physical comedy required; Russian accent preferred.
ANTHONY “TONY” KIRBY, JR. (Male, 20-30)
Alice’s boyfriend, recently educated at Yale and Cambridge and now working in his father’s successful Wall Street firm. Personable, romantic, idealistic, and much more adventurous than his privileged upbringing might suggest, Tony is genuinely enchanted by Alice and her spirited family.
ANTHONY P. KIRBY, SR. (Male, 45-60)
Tony’s wealthy, successful father and Alice’s employer. Proper, stern, and accustomed to a carefully ordered world, Mr. Kirby finds the Sycamores utterly bewildering and (initially) has little patience for their way of life.
MIRIAM KIRBY (Female, 45-60)
Tony’s mother and Mr. Kirby’s proper, cultured wife. Reserved and concerned with social propriety, Mrs. Kirby tries to maintain her dignity amid the Sycamores’ chaos, though an interest in spiritualism hints that there may be more beneath her polished exterior.
GAY WELLINGTON (Female, 40-65)
An actress Penny meets and invites home to read one of her plays. Flamboyant, theatrical, and very fond of alcohol, Gay spends much of her visit spectacularly drunk, making this a smaller but memorable role with plenty of opportunity for physical comedy.
GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KATRINA (Female, 50-70)
A former Russian grand duchess who has fallen on hard times and now works as a waitress in New York. Regal, warm, generous, and remarkably practical despite her former station, Olga retains her dignity and good humor through dramatically changed circumstances. Russian accent preferred.
WILBUR C. HENDERSON (Male, 30-60)
An extremely businesslike representative of the IRS who arrives to investigate Grandpa’s decades of unpaid income taxes. Henderson expects a routine government matter and is completely unprepared for Grandpa’s cheerful refusal to understand why he should pay them.
FEDERAL AGENTS (Any Gender, 25+)
Three (3) no-nonsense government agents who descend upon the Sycamore home when the family’s seemingly harmless activities attract federal suspicion. Serious, authoritative, and all business, they provide a wonderfully straight-faced contrast to the escalating chaos around them.
