Arsenic and Old Lace
By Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Martin Leafe
Theatre critic Mortimer Brewster plans to get engaged to his sweetheart Elaine. But he discovers his two charming elderly aunts have taken up a gruesome hobby: they “charitably” murder lonely old men by giving them elderberry wine laced with arsenic! Meanwhile, his dotty brother Teddy, who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, is digging the Panama Canal in the basement – a handy place to bury the bodies. Matters are made worse by the unwelcome return of his serial-killer brother Jonathan, with his drunk plastic surgeon, a new face, and a corpse in tow. How can Mortimer stop their murderous antics without giving things away? And how can he marry Elaine when insanity seems to run in his homicidal family? Arsenic and Old Lace was a smash hit when it opened in New York and became an all-time classic film. Join us for a rollicking black farce.
Cast
Martha:
Sonia Senfft von Pilsach
Abby:
Ursula Schmidt
Mortimer:
Eddie Gray
Jonathan:
Maximilian Josef Duchow
Elaine:
Ute Kreitz
Dr. Einstein:
Thomas Thornton
O'Hara:
Tom Ivison
Teddy:
Mat Nichol
Brophy:
Roger Graves
Rev. Dr. Harper/ Rooney:
Jeff Caster
Mr. Witherspoon:
Peter Alexander
Mr. Gibbs:
Piet Hansen
