The lead girl, Jaime Hite, who plays the oldest daughter, Anne, has a huge amount of lines. The older kids have a lot of lines, too, more than the younger ones.

It's humorous and touching, too. And if you consider that it's set in 1924, you realize that kids really haven't changed a whole lot.

They weren't a stuffy family at all. They were very well-rounded. The play deals with the issue of the father's death.

He had a lot of experience in college and high school productions but hasn't been in a show in 30 years. He's a doctor, so he went on to get involved with that whole life.

Frank Gilbreth was a well-known time management expert. And he applied the same principles he used in his job to keep his family organized.

These kids have their own gang bible, just like I have a book of general statutes. And they have to study.