Arsenic & Old Lace

A Live Radio Play

Apr 30 – May 16

By Joseph Kesselring • Directed by Jerry Lloyd

PROGRAM

Arsenic & Old Lace is comedic mayhem that shows the extreme lengths one man is willing to go to defend his family, even while they themselves wrestle with their own identities.

Sheltering In Place has caused a lot of us to spend way more time with our family (some of us much more than we’d prefer!). But what if your family was the Brewsters? Mortimer is a theatre critic, his brother thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt and his two Aunts Abby and Martha are… killers? When Mortimer proposes to the pastor’s daughter, he unwittingly opens the lid on buried family secrets. As strangers and cops keep calling, the Brewsters show that they will go to hilarious lengths to protect the skeletons in the cellar.

Joseph Kesselring’s classic frightfully funny comedy will be performed as a live radio play by a reduced cast playing a host of zany characters, with sound effects performed live on stage! 

Aresenic and Old Lace

* 2:30-2:45pm FREE presentation for visually impaired patrons.
Everyone welcome.

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What the Critics Have Said

“Reliably diverting. Fun for fun’s sake.”

— The Post & Courier

“…crowd pleasing entertainment.”

— Examiner.com

“light, laugh-inducing, hilarious production. This is a play to enjoy…”

— Splash Magazine

“adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem…pokes fun at the conventions of the theater.”

— Encyclopedia.com

Voted Best Theatre Company

by Metro Silicon Valley Readers