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Last Modified: Monday, February 26, 2007
"Arsenic and Old Lace"
"Arsenic and Old Lace"
by Joseph Kesselring

October 2001

Producer: Gene Forsyth
Director: Don Russell
Asst. Dir/Stage Manager: Jean Russell


The Players

Character Actor
Abby Brewster: Jan McKillip
Rev. Dr. Harper: Ray Johnson
Teddy Brewster: Tom Clark
Officer Brophy: Dan McCraw
Officer Klein: Jerry Longinotti
Martha Brewster: Pauline Prince
Elaine Harper: Carolyn Kane
Mortimer Brewster: Hal McAfee
Mr. Gibbs: Don Russell
Jonathon Brewster: John Citron
Dr. Herman Einstein: Joshua Drake
Lieutenant Rooney: Ron Kelly
Mr. Witherspoon: Robert L. Simpson

Synopsis

Take two dotty old ladies who poison lonely old men as "one of our little charities", a nephew who thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt, another who is a drama critic that hates theatre and a third who is a serial killer, shake them up and you have one of Broadway's funniest and favorite comedies. Of the dozen or so plays written by Joseph Kesselring, only "Arsenic and Old Lace" enjoyed any sort of success, but that one was a real lulu.





Our Crew

Assistant SM/Props: Donna Draper
Lights/Sound: Walter Dodson
Sets: Mark Britton, Suzi Dennis