Mortimer’s discovery of Aunts Abby and Martha’s murderous “good deeds” couldn’t come at a less opportune time, the drama critic’s impending nuptials with the lovely Elaine placed in jeopardy by the realization that there may well be killers’ blood rushing through his veins.Ĭertainly there is already more than enough evidence of madness under the Brewster family roof, and not simply because Mortimer’s dearest aunties appear to be homicidal maniacs.
Movie buffs will recall Arsenic And Old Lace from its Frank Capra-directed 1944 film adaptation, a Golden Era classic starring Cary Grant as writer Mortimer Brewster, who discovers to his dismay that his elderly aunts Abby and Martha have been systematically killing off one after another of their over-the-hill lodgers before burying their victims downstairs in the basement.Ĭall this “murder,” however, and you’ll get a loud and hearty “Not guilty!” from these self-proclaimed angels of mercy, whose homemade elderberry wine (laced with arsenic, strychnine, and “just a pinch of cyanide”) has saved one senior citizen after another from the loneliness of old age. As such, we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, ages and abilities, including d/Deaf, to attend every audition.Playwright Joseph Kesselring may have written only one enduring hit in his lifetime, but endure Arsenic And Old Lace most certainly has, its latest revival by Inland Valley Repertory Theatre providing 2014 audiences with as many laughs as must have greeted the black comedy’s Broadway debut back in 1941. The ARTfactory is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. Mortimer must come up with a plan to keep his family out of jail and save his own sanity. Mortimer Brewster is a drama critic who discovers a shocking secret about his aunts and uncle-they have been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic and disposing of their bodies.
Rooftop Productions announces auditions for Arsenic and Old Lacy by Joseph KesselringĪrsenic and Old Lace is a classic dark comedy about the Brewster family, whose members are all a bit eccentric.
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