Arsenic and Old Lace

By Joseph Kesselring

Venue

BF Rec Center Auditorium
Dates

August 27 & 28 at 7pm and August 29 at 3pm
Duration

Approx. 120 Minutes (Incl 15 min intermission)

We were so happy to finish our 2020 – 2021 Season with the classic comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace. It was a pleasure to present and we are so grateful for the enthusiastic response to this hilarious show.

The Story

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.

Poster design by Anna Robins of Open Space Creative

Well, dear, for a gallon of elderberry wine I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine and then just a pinch of cyanide.

Martha Brewster