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WRCT 50 years
Winter 2025

Arsenic and Old Lace 

By Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Stephanie Hoerth​
 
Production Dates:
February 27 & 28 at 7 PM;
March 1 at 2 PM;
March 6 & 7 at 7 PM;
March 8 at 2 PM


Comedy

11 men, 3 women (of the 11 men, some are smaller parts)

Arsenic and Old Lace

THE STORY: Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

Stephanie Hoerth

Stephanie Hoerth

Director

Arsenic and Old Lace cast list:

Abby Brewster           Dawn Jaminski
Rev. Dr. Harper          Chris Williams 
Teddy Brewster          Jeff Friday
Officer Brophy           Wesley Floyd 
Officer Klein               Aliya Arroyo
Martha Brewster       Kim Nicholas
Elaine Harper             Nicole Czerwinski
Mortimer Brewster   Steven Witt
Mr. Gibbs                     Jesse Gildenzopf 
Jonathan Brewster    Seth Habhegger
Dr. Einstein                  Frank Fiacchino
Officer O’Hara             Phil Hartley
Lieutenant Rooney    Dick Antinoja
Mr. Witherspoon        Corey Rouse

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