In The Wings: Arsenic and Old Lace

The Village Players of Hatboro are proud to announce the second show of our 71st season, Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring.  It will be directed by Allison Schrader and assistant directed by Kara McCormick, with Richard Lutz producing.

Showtimes for this production are:

SYNOPSIS

Arsenic and Old Lace is a farcical black comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the Mayflower, but now composed of insane homicidal maniacs. The hero, Mortimer Brewster, is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves.

His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and “just a pinch” of cyanide, a brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serves as graves for the aunts victims; he thinks that they died of Yellow Fever); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein, to conceal his identity, and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff.

CAST

VOLUNTEER WITH US!

It’s easy to forget that every show of every production is put together and ran 100%  by volunteers, so it can be difficult at times to make sure we have enough people to bring it all together.  If you could spare us some of your time, we’d love to have you help us out. Email production@thevillageplayers.com with the date(s) you’re available to volunteer for ASAP!

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