2024-25: Arsenic and Old Lace (Ignore)

Arsenic and Old Lace is a darkly comedic play that revolves around the eccentric Brewster family. The story follows Mortimer Brewster, a theater critic who discovers that his sweet, elderly aunts have been poisoning lonely old men with arsenic-laced elderberry wine as an act of charity. Chaos ensues when Mortimer’s long-lost criminal brother, Jonathan, returns home with his accomplice, Dr. Einstein, complicating matters further. As Mortimer tries to contain the madness and protect his fiancée from the family’s secrets, the play unfolds with witty dialogue, mistaken identities, and hilarious misunderstandings, making it a classic farcical romp.