Arsenic and Old Lace
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Single Admission (everyone) is $20.00 per seat.
Opening Night Admission is $15.00 per seat.
Group Discount available for 10 or more seats.
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
Types: Full-Length Play
Genre: Comedy
*** All Ages are Relative ***
Abby and Martha Brewster: Darling elderly ladies whose main recreation is poisoning elderly men. They are very close sisters aunts to Teddy, Jonathan, and Mortimer. No one would ever suspect such older ladies who possess a Victorian charm would be serial killers.
Mortimer Brewster: The main character of the play, he is nephew of Abby and Martha, Mortimer is a drama critic who is engaged to Elaine. He is a nice man who cares for his dear aunts and is extremely surprised to discover their “hobby” of disposing of old men by having Teddy bury them in the basement. Mortimer is the only Brewster who is relatively sane.
Elaine Harper: An attractive woman and Mortimer’s fiancée, Elaine is the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Harper. She is surprisingly wise in the ways of the world for a minister’s daughter.
The Rev. Dr. Harper: Kindly and conservative Minister and father of Elaine, Mortimer’s bride-to-be.
Teddy Brewster: Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, Teddy is a mentally ill man who thinks that he is Theodore Roosevelt, working on the Panama Canal.
Jonathan Brewster: Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, he is a wanted murderer who is running from the law. Jonathan is a psychopath who has had botched plastic surgery and now looks like Boris Karloff.
Dr. Einstein: A failed plastic surgeon and alcoholic, Dr. Einstein has changed Jonathan’s face three times, successful only in deforming his appearance. Comic, he speaks with a heavy German accent.
Officer O’Hara: A police officer, O’Hara is a would-be playwright who pesters Mortimer to read his play.
Officer Brophy and Officer Klein: Police officers who regularly visit the Brewster home for tea and cookies; of course, they have NO IDEA that these kindly old ladies are actually homicidal maniacs!
Lieutenant Rooney: A tough and dominating police officer.
Mr. Witherspoon: The superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium, an institution for the mentally ill.
Director – Joey Mercado
Assistant Director / Stage Manager – Robert White
Set Design – Betty Neal, Kristofer James, Robert White, & Marv McQuown
Lights and Sound – Drake Rodgers
After two years ( and 4 plays later), I’m still in love with this charming, “down home” Theatre, RHP, that I now call family. It’s been an honor to be in 4 wonderful shows with such talented Directors: Almost, Maine (Betty Neal); Lost and Found in IKEA (Betty Neal); Miracle on South Division Street (Kristopher James) and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (Danny Guerrero).
And now I get the privilege to direct this classic comedy with such talented actors…along with these amazing assistants: AD/SM Bobby; Set builder / designer Betty; and a gifted, hard-working Tech and “everything else guy” Drake.
So as you sit back (unless you laugh leaning forward) and enjoy Arsenic & Old Lace, I hope and pray it fills you with joy, laughter, suspense, and another wonderful reason to forget your troubles and enjoy the magic of community theater!!!
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