ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring

Auditions Tuesday, February 12, and Thursday, February 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Directed by Mark Carovale

A smash hit in New York and an equally famous film, this is a classic American screwball comedy. Audiences are introduced to the Brewer sisters, their nephew Teddy - who believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt - and their drama critic nephew, Mortimer, who is as surprised as anyone to learn what his maiden aunts are doing with a glass of arsenic-spiked elderberry wine.

Cast requirements

Abby Brewster (plump, late 60's)

The Rev. Dr. Harper (40's/50's)

Teddy Brewster (40's, thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt)

Officer Brophy (a policeman)

Officer Klein (a policeman)

Martha Brewster (similar to Abby, her sister)

Elaine Harper (attractive, 20's, minister's daughter)

Mortimer Brewster (drama critic, around the same age as Elaine)

Mr. Gibbs (older man)

Jonathan Brewster (tall, sinister, resembling Boris Karloff)

Dr. Einstein (has the smirk of a man who lives in a haze of alcohol)

Officer O'Hara (policeman)

Lieutenant Rooney (tough, dominating police officer)

Mr. Witherspoon (elderly, tight-lipped disciplinarian, superintendant of Happy Dale asylum)