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Arsenic and Old Lace
November, 2005

Irresistible fun for the whole family. The hilarious misadventures of the Brewster sisters give the holidays a slightly wicked twist. Anxious to help elderly gentlemen find a peaceful and final resting place, the kindly sisters administer a lethal elderberry wine and bury them in the cellar. Add to the madcap mix three nephews: one who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, one who bears an uncanny resemblance to Boris Karloff and one who’s engaged to a minister’s daughter. Toss in a policeman who thinks he’s a playwright, sprinkle with a few corpses and you have the ingredients for a wild and nutty fruitcake – and one of the most hilarious and enduring comedies in American theatre.

The year is 1941. The location is a small house next to a cemetery in Brooklyn. In this house live two kind, thoughtful, sweet old ladies, Martha and Abby Brewster who have developed a very bad habit. It appears that they murder lonely old men who have some sort of religious affiliation and they consider doing it a charity. They then leave it to their bugle blowing nephew Teddy (who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt) to take them to the Panama Canal (the cellar) and bury them. In this instance, the "poor fellow" in the window seat suffered from 'yellow fever.' It is another of their nephews Mortimer Brewster, a dramatic critic, who returns home only to find the man in the seat by mistake. Another nephew, Jonathan, returns to the home after years of fleeing the authorities due to his "unofficial practice" of killing people and using their faces to change his. However the results cause him to look like Boris Karloff (this angers him upon the mention of his similarity to the actor) due to the poor craftsmanship of his German accented, alcoholic sidekick Dr. Einstein. As the story continues, we see each character trying to find resolve in their suddenly been flipped upside-down lives. Mortimer tries to keep his aunts safe and prevent them from continuing their nasty habit while trying to stay sane with the woman he loves (Elaine Harper), the aunts try to continue their "charities", and Jonathan tries to make a wealthy practice that is stationed inside the home.
Cast List
in alphabetical order
ABBY BREWSTER:
Anne Marie Cina
GIBBS/WITHERSPOON:
George Cina
DR. EINSTEIN:
Jeff English
LIEUTENANT ROONEY:
Ward D. Green
TEDDY BREWSTER:
Dan Kreisman
JONATHAN BREWSTER:
Paul Lockwood
OFFICER KLEIN:
Tony Prater
ELAINE HARPER:
Kim Scharlow
MORTIMER BREWSTER:
Rob Scharlow
REV. DR. HARPER:
Bob Sepot
OFFICER BROPHY:
Steve Strukenberg
MARTHA BREWSTER:
Sherry Tessler
OFFICER O'HARA
Bruce Worthel
Production Staff

* Soul Award Recipient

Director:
REGINA M. BELT
Producer:
JANIE CZARNY
Stage Manager:
PETER LIPUT
Set Designer:
LOU CZARNY
Lighting Designer:
PAUL KLOUDA
Costume Designer:
KATHY BRUHNKE
Costume Assistant:
TRUDIE DREYER
Properties Manager:
* LYNNE KREISMAN
Hair/Makeup:
VIRGINIA ZYMONAS
Scenic Artist:
JIM CLOUSE
Set Construction Foreman:
BOB HERMANSON
Technical Coordinator:
LOU CZARNY
Set Design Coordinator:
REGINA M. BELT
Lighting Technician:
GINA MICCI
Sound Technician:
ODETTE LITTLE
Stage Running Crew:
HEATHER LIPUT, JANAAN ROSE
Set Crew:
HOWIE ALTON, PATTY BOYD, GEORGE CINA
Publicity:
LOU CZARNY
Photography:
JIM PIERCE
Production Photography:
LOU CZARNY

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