ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Presented by DAFT Theater (UC Student Theater Group)
April 4-6
University Heights
Directed by Elena Elder & Kiya Fix
Cast:
^ denotes Arsenic Cast (4th, 6th evening)
* denotes Old Lace Cast (5th, 6th matinee)
- Abby Brewster: Emma Seymour ^*
- Rev. Harper: Nikolas Schoonmaker^ & Peyton Hahn*
- Teddy Brewster: Andrew Van Matre ^*
- Officer Brophy: Michelle Hamad ^ & Samantha Scheifele*
- Officer Klein: Stephen Doyel^ & Sameam Shahrestani*
- Martha Brewster:Rachel Krallman^*
- Elaine Harper: Natalie Brdar^*
- Mortimer Brewster: Cody Hendershot^ & Jake Grieco*
- Mr. Gibbs: Sierra Ross^ & Patrick Kevin*
- Jonathan Brewster: Ryan Paluch^ & Austin Jutte*
- Dr. Einstein: Ceara Glenn^ & Kaitlin Otto*
- Officer O’Hara: Chris Postell^ & Andres Lopez*
- Lieutenant Rooney: Abbie Wallace^ & Juan David Lopez*
- Mr.Witherspoon: Sierra Ross^*
- Betty: Teresa Pestian^*
- Hoskins: Elena Elder^*
- Spenalzo: Kiya Fix^*
It’s 1941, Brooklyn NY, and Mortimer Brewster, a New York critic of both drama and marriage, is finally getting hitched to Elaine Harper, the girl next door. Before heading off for an evening at the theater with his new bride to be, Mortimer stops in to deliver the news to his aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster, two sweet little old ladies who donate toys to charity and car for their nephew Teddy, a bugle blowing nut-bag who thinks he’s Theodore Roosevelt. But Abby and Martha aren’t as sweet and innocent as they seem. Mortimer soon discovers, to his horror, that his dear old aunties have a dozen bodies buried in the basement. It seems the Brewster sisters have a new hobby- luring lonely old men into their home and serving them Elderberry Wine with their own special recipe, a teaspoonful of arsenic, a teaspoonful of strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide. To make matters worse, Mortimer’s deranged and very dangerous brother Jonathan shows up. Jonathan, on the run from the law, has a dead body in the trunk of his car, a drunken plastic surgeon at his side, and a face that looks like Boris Karloff. Mortimer frantically attempts to deal with dead bodies, insane asylum directors, attempted murders, and a new bride all in one crazy Halloween night.
- Thu-Fri, April 4-5 at 8pm
- Sat, April 6 at 2pm & 8pm
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