A dark, family comedy
June 1-23, 2019
Directed by Jeff Richards
8:00 PM — June 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, & 22
2:00 PM — June 2, 9, 16, & 23
Auditions: March 25 and 26, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.
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Writer Mortimer Brewster and girl-next-door Elaine Harper are engaged. When they return home to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat at the home of his eccentric aunts, Abby and Martha. The spinsters have been “mercifully” poisoning lonely old gentlemen while his disturbed uncle, who believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt, buries them in the basement. With that, and an unexpected visit by his homicidal brother, he starts to realize that his family is even crazier than he thought.
Arsenic and Old Lace is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Auditions: Arsenic & Old Lace March 25-26
Redlands Footlighters will hold open auditions for the classic Arsenic & Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring, on March 25th &26th at 7:00 pm at the theater. The theater is located at 1810 Barton Road in Redlands. Director Jeff Richards will hear cold reads from the script and others sides. Rehearsals will be Monday through Thursday 7-9:30 and maybe 2 Saturdays in May. Rehearsals will be by scene — if not in that scene you will not be required to be there that evening. So actors […]