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A Pop Musical Scripted and directed by Jerry Miller
Performances
The Blackbird Sings
Sunday Matinees
Ticket Prices
A classic comedy by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Richard Lauson
Poor Mortimer Brewster! He’s just a normal, run-of-the-mill guy who is anxious to marry his fiancé (the girl-next-door) Elaine. But standing solidly between Mortimer and matrimonial bliss is the wackiest family tree that ever grew! His two sweet aunts, Abby and Martha have developed murder as their favorite hobby. Out of a twisted sense of sympathy, they regularly poison lonely old men with a mixture of arsenic and elderberry wine and then bury them in the cellar. Cousin Teddy sports a pince-nez, a handlebar moustache and regularly charges up San Juan Hill! And horrid brother Jonathan has just arrived from an asylum with a new face (ala Boris Karloff) and a sinister side-kick named Dr. Einstein. It’s “Home Sweet Homicide” as Mortimer tries to thwart the police, conceal a corpse, curtail anymore killing, and convince Elaine that a wedding with a man who is drowning in such a murky gene pool would lead to nothing but woe. “Arsenic” is a truly classic comic melodrama, guaranteed to thrill and entertain! We haven’t staged it for 35 years. It’s high time!
Performance Dates
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
September 5 through September 28
Sunday Matinees September 15, 22 & 29
