Tickets are

on sale at the box office of Wadsworth Hall located on Jefferson Street

in downtown Newnan or can be purchased before the show at Perennials and

Scott's Bookstore in downtown Newnan, Newnan Antiques on Bullsboro Drive,

Catfish Hollow at Thomas Crossroads, or Old World Antiques in Sharpsburg.

Tickets are $7.50 for general adult admission and $5 for student and senior

admission (55 and older).

The play's

cast is drawn from high school students across Coweta County, and includes

Margaret Skrmetti as Penelope Sycamore, Bockenek as Rheba Jessie, Michael

Roach as Paul Sycamore, Thomas Skrmetti as Mr. De Pinna, Chaz Ferguson

as Ed Carmichael, Corey Hendrick as Donald, Sean Reidy as Martin Vanderhof,

Courtney Bailey as Alice Sycamore, Bethany Prosser as Wilma Henderson,

Michael Humphrey as Tony Kirby, Josh Carnes as Boris Kolenkhov, Becky

Moody as Gay Wellington, Joe Massingill as Anthony Kirby, and Mandi Phipps

as Grand Duchess Olga.

"We had

some very strong talent displayed during auditions," said Don Nixon,

performing arts center coordinator for the Coweta County School System.

"This will be a wonderful inaugural performance for the STAR program."

"You Can't

Take it with You" is an over-the-top comedy centered around Grandpa

Vanderhof, who reigns over a house full his eccentric family, including

his wife, children, grandchildren and their spouses, and even visitors

who have simply never left.

All are artists,

writers or inventors, "all independent minded people following their

bliss," said Nixon.

"It's

a zany comedy but with a wonderful moral story: that no matter where we

are in life we are all looking for a community that allows us to discover

and share our gifts. It's also a large cast, and the show provides lots

of male and female roles. It will allow us to showcase our best talents

from across the county."

The purpose

of the Superintendent's Theatre Arts Resource (STAR) program "is

to allow opportunities for theatre students or people with a love for

drama to share in a production together," said Nixon, who coordinates

the program. The program will be centered around the Coweta County School

System's new Performing Arts Center when that facility opens early in

2004.

"Students

often stay concentrated within their schools, and sometimes don't get

an opportunity to share the stage with other great talents," he said.

"This opens up the opportunity to experience what the real theatrical

world is like, with a larger audience base and exposure to different directors

and broader resources within our system."

"That's

what we hope the STAR program will do and what the arts center itself

will do when it opens next year, and we appreciate the city of Newnan

allowing us use of Wadsworth Hall to get an early experience of that.

Plus it gives us a neutral space for students to perform in, so everyone

will feel like equals onstage."