Celebrating its 50th year anniversary, the NC State University Theatre program is now gearing up for its fall 2014 season. With You Can’t Take It With You and Around the World in 80 Days in its roster of plays, it is certainly an exciting time for the department. 

Starting in late September, the fall season will open with You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Set in the 1930s, the play is about an average American family happily surviving its way through the Great Depression. This satirical, yet heartwarming tale sends a message of treasuring values such as family and creativity more than wealth. The show will play Sept. 25 through Sept. 28 and Oct. 1 through Oct. 5. Weeknight and Saturday showings will be at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees will be at 2 p.m. All shows will be in Titmus Theatre at Frank Thompson Hall. 

November is also an exciting time, with the play adaptation of the Jules Verne classic Around the World in 80 Days. Centered on protagonist Phileas Fogg, this iconic tale is about this brilliant mathematician and scientist’s quest to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. Along the way, Fogg encounters a number of strange characters and places on his journey, learning that the world is much bigger than he anticipated. The show will be playing Nov. 7 through Nov. 9, Nov. 12 through Nov. 16, and Nov. 19 through Nov. 23. Weeknight and Saturday showings will be at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees will be at 2 p.m. The show will be in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Frank Thompson Hall.

 For more information on these shows and ticket sales, visit the University Theatre website at www.ncsu.edu/theatre.