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Ericka Law, Matthew Buckman, Marikate Sullivan, Michael Marone and Alicia Nordstrom in a scene from ‘You Can’t Take It with You’ at the Theatre at the Grove in Nuangola

NUANGOLA — If your son was hoping you’d approve of his girlfriend’s zany family, which of these might be a deal breaker?

Her grandfather’s pet snakes? Her father’s interest in making fireworks? Or maybe it would be the way her sister’s ballet tutor shows you — really shows you — how much he enjoys wrestling. That would be when he flings you to the ground for a impromptu match.

Those are just a few of the strange goings on that take place when the straight-laced, wealthy parents of young Tony Kirby come over to Alice Sycamore’s home for dinner in the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You,” which continues this weekend at the Grove Theatre at Nuangola.

“They come over on the wrong night,” director Michael Marone said. “And the Sycamores are practicing their eccentric hobbies.”

The conventional Kirbys learn that Alice’s mother is writing several plays at one time, because she can’t think of endings. Her sister, Essie, has been studying ballet for years. “She’s awful but she doesn’t care. Her husband, Ed, plays the xylophone and he’s really bad at it, too,” said Marone, who has that part.

The Sycamores aren’t too concerned about making money — although Grandpa is holding onto his cash by refusing to pay income tax. And, while the play is set during the Great Depression, the Sycamore family is certainly not depressed.

What they believe, Marone said, is “as long as you have your health and your loved ones, you can work everything else out. Maybe you don’t have a good job or the car you’d like to have but you can be rich at heart.”

The laughter is almost constant during this piece, Marone said, but audiences get a chance to “relax their jaws” during some tender, heart-to-heart talks.